A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
VERNON HOWARDWhen one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
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Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation.
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Genuine effort is success.
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Study carefully the law of cause and effect.
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The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable – when lived in fully – of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.
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Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward.
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A false path must be tensely and angrily defended by those it has deceived.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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Do not let them deceive you into assuming that they are creative forces; they are not. They are thieves of genuine powers. As always, your awareness of their thievery is your first fine step toward casting them out.
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Mysticism is not this or that particular cup on the table; it is the water poured into all of them.
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There exists a special self which takes every event as if it were the very thing you wanted to happen. That self is the Supermind, which is never upset by anything. Your goal is to nourish it into greater strength. Then, every step is sunlit.
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The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
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Our life-transformation is in exact proportion to the amount of truth we can take without running away.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it’s a valuable asset if you’re poor or haven’t any sense.
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Suppose you stand on a high place to enjoy the beauty of the sparkling sea below. You need do nothing to create that beauty; you need only BE IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE IT IS, and let nature do the rest. So it is with the inner life.
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