Countenance Quote 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…

— Howard Thurman

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…

— Howard Thurman

When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When…

— Howard Thurman

I will light candles this Christmas, Candles of joy, despite all sadness, Candles of hope where despair keeps watch. Candles of courage where fear…

— Howard Thurman

There are two questions that we have to ask ourselves. The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go…

— Howard Thurman

Twilight - a time of pause when nature changes her guard. All living things would fade and die from too much light or too…

— Howard Thurman

There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only…

— Howard Thurman

“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…

— Howard Thurman

Dont ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world…

— Howard Thurman

At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.

— Howard Thurman

I say that creeds, dogmas, and theologies are inventions of the mind. It is the nature of the mind to make sense out of…

— Howard Thurman

There were long stretches where each of us was engaged in a private world of rapidly shifting vignettes. Always I was overwhelmed by the…

— Howard Thurman