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> [Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/commitment-means-that-it-is-possible-for-a-man-to-yield-the-nerve/)

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## More by Howard Thurman

> [ “...\[A\] strange necessity has been laid upon me to devote my life to the central concern that transcends the walls that divide and would… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/a-strange-necessity-has-been-laid-upon-me-to-devote-my-life-to-the/)

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> [Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/don-t-ask-what-the-world-needs-ask-what-makes-you-come-alive-and-go/)

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> [When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/when-the-song-of-the-angels-is-stilled-when-the-star-in-the-sky-is/)

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> [I will light candles this Christmas, Candles of joy, despite all sadness, Candles of hope where despair keeps watch. Candles of courage where fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/i-will-light-candles-this-christmas-candles-of-joy-despite-all/)

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> [There are two questions that we have to ask ourselves. The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/there-are-two-questions-that-we-have-to-ask-ourselves-the-first-is/)

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> [Twilight - a time of pause when nature changes her guard. All living things would fade and die from too much light or too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/twilight-a-time-of-pause-when-nature-changes-her-guard-all-living/)

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> [There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/there-is-something-in-every-one-of-you-that-waits-and-listens-for-the/)

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> [“It’s a wondrous thing, that a decision to act releases energy in the personality. For days on end a person may drift along without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/it-s-a-wondrous-thing-that-a-decision-to-act-releases-energy-in-the/)

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> [Dont ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/dont-ask-yourself-what-the-world-needs-ask-yourself-what-makes-you/)

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> [The years, the months, the days, and the hours have flown by my open window. Here and there an incident, a towering moment, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/the-years-the-months-the-days-and-the-hours-have-flown-by-my-open/)

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> [At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/at-the-core-of-life-is-a-hard-purposefulness-a-determination-to-live/)

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> [I say that creeds, dogmas, and theologies are inventions of the mind. It is the nature of the mind to make sense out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/i-say-that-creeds-dogmas-and-theologies-are-inventions-of-the-mind-it/)

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> [There were long stretches where each of us was engaged in a private world of rapidly shifting vignettes. Always I was overwhelmed by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/there-were-long-stretches-where-each-of-us-was-engaged-in-a-private/)

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> [The movement of the Spirit of God in the hearts of men and women often calls them to act against the spirit of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/the-movement-of-the-spirit-of-god-in-the-hearts-of-men-and-women/)

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> [It cannot be denied that too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/it-cannot-be-denied-that-too-often-the-weight-of-the-christian/)

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