Howard Thurman Quotes

"A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope."
-Howard Thurman

"Ask not what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive... then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
-Howard Thurman

"Twilight: A time of pause when nature changes her guard. All living things would fade and die from too much light or too much dark, if twilight were not."
-Howard Thurman

"He who fears is literally delivered to destruction."
-Howard Thurman

"During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism."
-Howard Thurman

"There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls."
-Howard Thurman

"Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve centre of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies."
-Howard Thurman

"Follow the grain in your own wood."
-Howard Thurman

"At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live."
-Howard Thurman