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Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 - December 24,
1993) was the author of The Power of Positive
Thinking and chief progenitor of the theory of
positive thinking.  With his wife, he founded
Guideposts magazine in 1945. He was born in
Bowersville, Ohio and died in Pawling, New York.
He was educated at Ohio's Ohio Wesleyan
University|Wesleyan University, and Boston
University.

At the age of 34, Peale accepted a call to Marble
Collegiate Church in Manhattan where he remained
for 52 years as one of New York City’s most
famous preachers. Membership grew from 600 when he
arrived to well over 5,000 today.

In 1945, Dr. Peale, his wife, Ruth Stafford Peale,
and Raymond Thornburg, a Pawling, New York
businessman founded Guideposts Magazine. They
managed to raise $1,200 from Frank Gannett,
founder of the Gannett newspaper chain, J. Howard
Pew, the Philadelphia industrialist and Branch
Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Guideposts was designed to be a non-denominational
forum for people – both celebrities and ordinary
folk – to relate their inspirational stories to
provide a spiritual lift to all readers. Today,
the 48 page, full-color magazine under the
direction of Ruth Stafford Peale is the 13th
largest paid-circulation magazine in the country
with a circulation of over 4 million.

Peale put his writing skills to work over the
years. His fourth book “The Power of Positive
Thinking,” was published in 1952 and has sold
nearly 20 million copies and has been printed in
41 different languages. Peale completed what has
been called his all-time inspirational best seller
at age 54. He was the author of 46 inspirational
books including “The Art of Living,” “A
Guide to Confident Living,” “The Tough-Minded
Optimist,” and “Inspiring Messages for Daily
Living.”

For 54 years, Peale’s weekly radio program,
“The Art of Living,” was on the air. His
sermons were said to be mailed to over 750,000
people per month and in 1964 a movie was made of
his life entitled “One Man’s Way.”

Peale also co-founded “The Horatio Alger,
Jr.|Horatio Alger Association,” with educator
Kenneth Beebe in 1947 dedicated to recognizing and
honoring contemporary Americans who have achieved
success and excellence in the face of adversity.

The Guideposts family of nonprofit organizations
includes the Peale Center, the Positive Thinking
Foundation and Guideposts Publications. Their
purpose is to be the world leader in communicating
positive, faith-filled principles that empower
people to reach their maximum personal and
spiritual potential.

On Christmas Eve of 1993, Dr. Peale died at the
age of 95 years old.

Norman Vincent Peale is mentioned as a 'deep
philosopher' in the Tom Lehrer song 'It Makes A
Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier' (on the album An
Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer, 1959).

==Books==
* The Power of Positive Thinking, Ballantine
Books; Reissue edition (August 1, 1996).  ISBN
0449911470
* Guide to Confident Living, Ballantine Books;
Reissue edition (September 1, 1996).  ISBN
0449911926
* Six Attitudes for Winners, Tyndale House
Publishers; (May 1, 1990). ISBN 0842359060
* Positive Thinking Every Day : An Inspiration for
Each Day of the Year, Fireside; (December 6,
1993). ISBN 0671868918
* Positive Imaging, Ballantine Books; Reissue
edition (September 1, 1996).  ISBN 0449911640
* You Can If You Think You Can, Fireside Books;
(August 26, 1987).  ISBN 0671765914
* Thought Conditioners, Foundation for Christian;
Reprint edition (December 1, 1989).  ISBN
9991038922
* In God We Trust: A Positive Faith for Troubled
Times,  Thomas Nelson Inc; Reprint edition
(November 1, 1995).  ISBN 0785276750 
* Norman Vincent Peale's Treasury of Courage and
Confidence, Doubleday; (June 1970). ISBN
0385070624 
* My Favorite Hymns and the Stories Behind Them, 
Harpercollins; 1st ed edition (September 1, 1994).
 ISBN 0060664630
* The Power of Positive Thinking for Young People,
Random House Children's Books (A Division of
Random House Group); (December 31, 1955).  ISBN
0437951103
* The Amazing Results of Positive Thinking,
Fireside; Fireside edition (March 12, 2003). ISBN
0743234839
* Stay Alive All Your Life, Fawcett Books; Reissue
edition (August 1, 1996). ISBN 0449912043