You can end half your troubles immediately by no longer permitting people to tell you what you want. — Vernon Howard Ends Copy Share Image
Pseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it. — Vernon Howard Mysticism Copy Share Image
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. — Vernon Howard Approval Copy Share Image
It is wise to seek immortality for time defeats all other ambitions. — Vernon Howard Ambition Copy Share Image
Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side. — Vernon Howard Dark Copy Share Image
Start your day in a upward direction, and the rest of the day will follow the uphill path. — Vernon Howard Day Copy Share Image
Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense. — Vernon Howard Beauty Copy Share Image
The outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm. — Vernon Howard Cease Copy Share Image
“Don’t think that you must involve yourself with complex intellectual philosophies. Don’t try to be profound or educated. That only wears you… — Vernon Howard Day life Copy Share Image
You know what is right. Deep down, you know. The battle between your true wisdom and the counterfeit wisdom of society is… — Vernon Howard Battle Copy Share Image
No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not… — Vernon Howard Accept Copy Share Image
Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will… — Vernon Howard Go Copy Share Image
The terrible immoralities are the cunning ones hiding behind masks of morality, such as exploiting people while pretending to help them. — Vernon Howard Behinds Copy Share Image
Evil wants you to think that its power is absolute, endless. It wants to so make you quake and quiver that all… — Vernon Howard Evil Copy Share Image
Make it absolutely clear to yourself what you want from other people. That is really half the secret for drawing your desire… — Vernon Howard Desire Copy Share Image
You are not condemned for anything, but you are also not excused from anything. See these two ideas together at the same… — Vernon Howard Ideas Copy Share Image
Don't try to be spiritual. That is only a word in the dictionary. Make it your goal to become a normally functioning… — Vernon Howard Decent Copy Share Image
The only reason you do not do great things is because you timidly cling to small things. Will you let loose of… — Vernon Howard Bears Copy Share Image
Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a powerful individual. Somehow they have… — Vernon Howard Personality Copy Share Image
The genuinely spiritual person is one who has lost all desire to be anyone but exactly who he is, without labels and… — Vernon Howard Apology Copy Share Image
When you're young, you don't have much sense. You don't have any reasoning power. You don't have any ability to take a… — Vernon Howard Child Copy Share Image
Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are… — Vernon Howard Action Copy Share Image
It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great… — Vernon Howard Change Copy Share Image
Many of us knock on the door but remain outside, because knocking and entering are entirely different actions. Knocking is necessary, consisting… — Vernon Howard Action Copy Share Image
A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction. — Vernon Howard Being happy Copy Share Image
Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent. — Vernon Howard Agreement Copy Share Image
When the mind is exhausted in trying to find the answer, the answer dawns. — Vernon Howard Answers Copy Share Image
The following terms all mean one and the same thing: God, goodness, mental health, truth, decency, happiness, freedom, reality, peace, love, sensibleness. — Vernon Howard Freedom Copy Share Image
If heaven existed as a physical building on earth, human beings would remodel it to make it right. — Vernon Howard Building Copy Share Image
“Regrets at losing social or financial opportunities are both delusion and needless pain.” — Vernon Howard Money Copy Share Image
The problem is not what other people think, do or say; it is your reaction. — Vernon Howard People Copy Share Image
