Vernon Howard Quotes
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
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The following terms all mean one and the same thing: God, goodness, mental health, truth, decency, happiness, freedom, reality, peace, love, sensibleness.
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The need to impress others causes half the world's woes. Don't add to them. Be real, not impressive.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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Your friends will be as careless with your life as they are with their own.
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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Self-righteousness loves to pounce on an evil which by sheer accident is not its particular evil.
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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through... whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.
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People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you.
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Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
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To change what you get, you must change who you are.
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Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a powerful individual. Somehow they have acquired the false notion that tyranny or dictatorship or cruelty are the outcomes of a powerful personality. These characteristics are not power. They are weaknesses disguised as power.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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Make it absolutely clear to yourself what you want from other people. That is really half the secret for drawing your desire to you in the shortest possible time and with the least amount of effort.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
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It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
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Learn to see a problem from a higher level of understanding. Then, it dissolves before your eyes.