Vernon Howard Quotes

God works according to the law of gradual growth, so don't be discouraged if your progress seems slow.

I've got a long way to go. I'm not in a hurry.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.

Slowly would be better than not at all.

Development comes from within. Nature does not hurry but advances slowly.

When you feel gloomy, think what has been done within the last year. How, rising from nothing.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.

Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.

We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time.

The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.

Pas a pas, se va luenh. Step by step, we make our way.

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.

Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Almost nobody gets rich or erudite overnight.

It's hard for me to speak of my own development. I'm the one behind the steering wheel, and it is easier to see where the vehicle is going when you are looking at it. For me, it feels like I have been doing the same thing all along.

Sometimes making progress a step at a time is better than no progress at all.

Look at my success. I didn't achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years' struggle, and every year, my times have shown gradual improvement.

I learned that it's important to treat yourself like a work in progress, to think about how you can improve, to listen to feedback.

I think, with more experience, I'm probably wiser, calmer. You hope you'll be able to use your knowledge a bit better.

You're always looking where you could do better.

I just have to be better. There's not much else to say.

I love competing in everything that I do, and I try to express that, but I try not to rush it.