Vernon Howard Quotes

It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.

Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.

I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn't just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me.

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

The stories I want to tell are when we're our own heroes and our own enemies, and I don't think that's a rude thing to ask for. I don't think that's something I should apologize for.

I think this idea of fighting the enemy within is sort of more interesting than fighting an external enemy.

There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts on tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.

The Ideal is in thyself, the impediments too is in thyself.

The disease we all have and that we have to fight against all our lives is ... the disease of self.

To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers.

Knowing who you are is confidence.

The ordinary man puts up a struggle against all that is not himself, whereas it is against himself, in a limited but all-essential field, that the artist has to battle.

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.

I'm not nearly as important as I used to think I was. It's a wonderful discovery.

We all have to go through our own spiritual process. It is very difficult. Some people are struggling and they are in their teens. Some people are in their 50s and they're struggling. Some people go through life and die not being able to accept themselves. Tragic. But it's very individual. And it's about self-esteem.

I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can.

This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it.

The only one who can beat me is me.

Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition.

There must have been something in my nature - I believe, with all my heart, that I have conquered it now - which prevented me from being perfectly happy or making a woman perfectly happy.