American - Author | March 16, 1918 - August 23, 1992
Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are.
Vernon Howard
ImaginationLearnSeeThingsImagine
Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
RoadThinkYouKnowMoreRight
Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.
MindRememberStabilityMentalAbove
We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
UnderstandWhateverSlaves
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.
TimeYourselfEffortPeopleDrawing
People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you.
PeopleAppreciateYouPersonFollow
Make it your profitable habit to carefully study facial expressions. You can see the entire human drama in a face; you can tell its owner's history.
HistoryHabitFaceYouDramaSee
Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it.
YouWantQuestionMayGiveDiscover
Evil wants you to think that its power is absolute, endless. It wants to so make you quake and quiver that all you'll do is fall down and worship it.
PowerEvilThinkYouFallDown
Tell a man that he is putting on a stage performance in order to get what he wants, and he will irritably reject your observation. Why? Because most people go through life as cunning actors with a permanent horror of getting found out.
LifeManPeoplePerformanceGoWhy
You are not condemned for anything, but you are also not excused from anything. See these two ideas together at the same time, and a powerful third force for self-awakening is created.
TimeTogetherIdeasYouPowerful
In order to reach home, where you have the guidance of cosmic insight, you must first depart from your present location. You cannot remain in the noisy city of your own vanities and expect to know what to do. Cosmic knowledge and personal vanity do not mingle.
HomeKnowledgeCityPresentReach
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Vernon Howard quotes