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More Quotes by Vernon Howard
Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.
The need to impress others causes half the world's woes.
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.
We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen, what we want to happen. When our preference clashes with the reality, we get hurt. Rid yourself of all preconceived ideas as to what should happen. You are then at peace whatever happens.
Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent.
Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it's the understanding of something.
Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.
Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.
