Norman Vincent Peale

== Influence ==
Five U.S, presidents ([[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]], [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[George H. W. Bush]]) spoke well of Peale in the documentary about his life, ''Positive Thinking: The Norman Vincent Peale Story''.<ref name=Crouse>{{Cite web | people = | url=http://www.crouseentertainment.com/crouse-entertainment-productions/positive-thinking-the-norman-vincent-peale-story |title = Positive Thinking: The Norman Vincent Peale Story | location = | publisher = Crouse Entertainment Group | time = }}{{full citation needed|date = January 2022}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date = January 2022}}

The Reverend [[Billy Graham]] said at the [[National Council of Churches]] on June 12, 1966, that "I don't know of anyone who had done more for the kingdom of God than Norman and Ruth Peale or have meant any more in my life for the encouragement they have given me."<ref>Hayes Minnick, BFT Report No. 565 p. 28</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2017}} Mary L. Trump in ''Too Much and Never Enough'' wrote that Donald Trump's father, Fred Trump, was heavily influenced by Peale, and that the Trump family regularly attended Peale's sermons during the 1950's.

As a child, [[Donald Trump]] attended Marble Collegiate Church with his parents, [[Fred Trump|Fred]] and [[Mary Anne MacLeod Trump|Mary]]. Both he and his two sisters, [[Maryanne Trump Barry|Maryanne]] and Elizabeth, were married there. Trump has repeatedly praised Peale and cited him as a formative influence.<ref name="trumppeale">{{cite web|first=Gwenda|last=Blair|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/donald-trump-2016-norman-vincent-peale-213220 |title=How Norman Vincent Peale Taught Donald Trump to Worship Himself|website=[[Politico]]|publisher=[[Capitol News Company]]|location=Arlington, Virginia|date=October 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?327045-5/presidential-candidate-donald-trump-family-leadership-summit|title=Presidential Candidate Donald Trump at the Family Leadership Summit|date=July 18, 2015|publisher=C-SPAN|accessdate=November 27, 2023}}</ref>

[[Scott Adams]], creator of ''[[Dilbert]]'', says Peale's writing influenced him to achieve success.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eqcnDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA123 |title = Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter|isbn = 9780735219724|last1 = Adams|first1 = Scott|author-link=Scott Adams|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|location=New York City|date = 2017}}</ref>

At the invitation of [[Robert R. Spitzer]], former under-secretary in the Ford administration, Peale, accompanied by his wife, [[Ruth Stafford Peale|Ruth]], spoke several times to the student leaders at [[MSOE]] University prior to passing in 1993, influencing engineers, technical writers, managers, and architects for decades who today serve as executives in companies like [[GE]], [[Nvidia]], and many others.