Howard Thurman

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

- Howard Thurman

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive."

- Howard Thurman

"Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

- Howard Thurman

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive."

- Howard Thurman

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

- Howard Thurman

"Ask not what the world needs; ask what makes you come alive, and then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

- Howard Thurman

"Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center 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

"When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with the flocks, then the work of Christmas begins: to find the lost, to heal those broken in spirit, to feed the hungry, to release the oppressed, to rebuild the nations, to bring peace among all peoples, to make a little music with the heart…"

- Howard Thurman