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Inspirational Quotes by Robert H. Schuller (American Televangelist, Author)

Inspirational Quotations by Robert H. Schuller (American Televangelist, Author)

Robert Harold Schuller (1926–2015) was an American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author. He was principally known for his weekly Hour of Power television program 1970–2010.

Born near Alton, Iowa, Schuller was an ordained minister of the Reformed Church in America. He was a prominent megachurch pastor, a popular televangelist, and a foremost proponent of “possibility thinking.” Related closely to the “positive thinking” movement of his mentor Norman Vincent Peale, Schuller’s “possibility thinking” message synthesized therapeutic psychology, mind conditioning, New Thought, and positive biblical texts.

Schuller Hour of Power program was one of the most popular and long-standing television ministries produced in America. He had a colossal impact upon popular American religion since 1960.

Schuller produced over 30 books, six of which have made The New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. His notable works include Peace of Mind with Possibility Thinking (1977,) Living Powerfully One Day at a Time (1982,) The Be Happy Attitudes (2002,) Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do (2006) and the autobiography Prayer: My Soul’s Adventure With God (1995.)

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Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
—Robert H. Schuller

You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Money

Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure… it just means you haven’t succeeded yet.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Failure

Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Goals, Goal

Courage is spelled I-N-T-E-G-R-I-T-Y.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Courage, Bravery

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Preparation, Achievement, Entrepreneurs, Planning, Achieving

Possibilitizing is overcoming while you’re undergoing.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Potential

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don’t know how to quit.
—Robert H. Schuller

High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Dreams, Entrepreneurs, Action

I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Action

Big egos have little ears.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Listening

What great things would you attempt if you knew you could not fail.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Potential, Trying

Quitting is never an option. The cows have to be milked come Hell or High Water.
—Robert H. Schuller

It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Attitude, Thought, Thinking, Thoughts, Army

Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Problem-solving

Build a dream and the dream will build you.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Dreams

Are you disappointed, discouraged and discontented with your present level of success? Are you secretly dissatisfied with your present status? Do you want to become a better and more beautiful person than you are today? Would you like to be able to really learn how to be proud of yourself and still not lose genuine humility? Then start dreaming! It’s possible! You can become the person you have always wanted to be!
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Dreams

You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Dreams

Doomed are the hotheads! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, “I’m sorry.”
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Anger

For every mountain, there is a miracle.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Challenges, Obstacles, Difficulty, Miracles

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Problems

Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Entrepreneurs, Goals

Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary: impossible.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Action, Entrepreneurs, Dreams

Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Miracles, Determination, Possibilities

Turn your scars into stars.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Failure

Some people are at the top of the ladder, some are in the middle, still more are at the bottom, and a whole lot more don’t even know there is a ladder.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Success & Failure

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Entrepreneurs, Hope

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Courage, Bravery

When you can’t solve the problem, manage it.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Problems

Tough times never last, but tough people do.
—Robert H. Schuller
Topics: Endurance, Adversity

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