Vernon Howard Quotes

Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.

I believe in the importance of seeking self-knowledge. The more I know myself, the more I feel empowered.

You can't wait for people to tell you; you have to know yourself.

Wouldn't have no knowledge of wealth, without no knowledge of self.

Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.

I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.

The most important thing about a person is that you know who you are and what you want. You should be capable of introspection and evaluate yourself.

There are moments when the inner life actually 'pays,' when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.

Self knowledge begins with the neighbor, the mirror, and just the same with true self-love; that goes from the mirror to the matter.

The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.

The knowledge of self is the most important thing, because how are you going to know God if you don't know yourself? How are you going to know anything if you don't know yourself?

The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else.

I think over time you learn to know a bit more about yourself - you develop a certain amount of self-insight and self-awareness, and you know what you can absorb, and what you cannot; what gets to you and what doesn't.

I like when people know exactly, have a good sense of themselves, and know exactly what's good for them, I admire that, but I don't have anywhere near that kind of perspective on my own.

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is.

Learning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one's being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense of self.

By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged.

Self-acquainta nce is a rare condition.

Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery

Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings.

One's own self is well hidden from one's own self; of all mines of treasure, one's own is the last to be dug up.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

I've always been a very self-aware person.