Quotes by Howard Thurman

“At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.”

“A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope.”

“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.”

“Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers.”

“During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.”

"Don't ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.  Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”