If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.Toward a Psychology of Being, 1962
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Abraham Maslow (1908–1970) was an American psychologist known for his development of the hierarchy of needs theory, which proposes that human motivation is based on fulfilling a series of needs, ranging from basic physiological requirements to higher-level self-actualization. Maslow's work in humanistic psychology has had a lasting impact on the fields of psychology, education, and management theory.
1908–1970·lived 62 years
If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.Toward a Psychology of Being, 1962
It isn’t normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege.Motivation and Personality, 1954
One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.The Psychology of Science, 1966
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.The Psychology of Science: A Reconnaissance, 1966
I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.The Psychology of Science, p. 15, 1966
That’s all 8 quotes by Abraham Maslow.