A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
VERNON HOWARDIs the beam from a lighthouse affected by howling wind and rain? It remains perfectly steadfast and unaffected by the storm. Your true self is like that. Nothing can ever harm you once you are consciously aware that it is so.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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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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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.
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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through… whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.
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Who asks a king for a penny?
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It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
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The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
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The genuinely spiritual person is one who has lost all desire to be anyone but exactly who he is, without labels and without apologies. He is what he is and that’s all there’s is to it. Such a man is undivided, uncomplicated and contented.
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Examine every action and reaction. Do you act naturally or do you act because you feel compelled? If you feel compelled, stop. Compulsion is slavery. Example: Refuse to go along with the crowd.
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The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
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Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty.
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We are slaves to whatever we don’t understand.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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Anger or bitterness toward those who have hurt you will block your path to higher ground. You can have anger toward people or you can have freedom from people, but you can’t have both.
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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
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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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