caption death_date death_place religion birth_place subject imagesize nationality birth_date genre image article_title name occupation
norman vincent peale 24 december 1993 pawling , new york , u.s. reformed church in america bowersville , ohio , u.s. positive thinking 250px united states 31 may 1898 motivational norman vincent peale nywts.jpg norman vincent peale
 norman vincent peale author , professional speaker , minister
norman vincent peale

norman vincent peale -lrb- may 31 , 1898 -- december 24 , 1993 -rrb- was a minister and author -lrb- most notably of `` the power of positive thinking '' -rrb- and a progenitor of `` positive thinking '' .
his ideas were not accepted by mental health experts .
