When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem.
ABRAHAM MASLOW
If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.
More Abraham Maslow Quotes
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When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem.
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It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually.
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I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
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Most people experience both tragedy and joy in varying proportions. Any philosophy which leaves out either cannot be considered to be comprehensive.
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Don’t worry when you are not recognized but strive to be worthy of recognition.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.
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The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.
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What is life for? Life is for you.
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What one can be, one must be!
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If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.
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What you don’t know has power over you; knowing it brings it under your control, and makes it subject to your choice. Ignorance makes real choice impossible.
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One of the goals of education should be to teach that life is precious.
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False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment, anger and hopelessness.
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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Be independent of the good opinion of other people.
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