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 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.
It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
The need to impress others causes half the world's woes.
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.
Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it's the understanding of something.
Whenever encountering a troublesome person, do not identify him as being cruel or stupid or rude or anything else like that. Instead, see him as a frightened person.
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.
You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them
