Abraham Maslow Quotes


If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. Abraham Maslow Perspective 297
The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short. Abraham Maslow Women 201
What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization. Abraham Maslow Identity 158
But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication. Abraham Maslow Behavior 157
We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings. Abraham Maslow Potential 147
If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life. Abraham Maslow Life 106
The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior. Abraham Maslow Affection 106
If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. Abraham Maslow Wisdom 93
It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail. Abraham Maslow Assumptions 82
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. Abraham Maslow change 82
To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail. Abraham Maslow Adaptability 78
We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves. Abraham Maslow Aspects 76
Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values. Abraham Maslow Love 76
A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting. Abraham Maslow Creative 75
Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth. Abraham Maslow Dispassionate 72
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. Abraham Maslow Peace 70
All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization. Abraham Maslow Health 70
We may define therapy as a search for value. Abraham Maslow Uncategorized 61
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness. Abraham Maslow Mind 56
If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away Id still swim. And Id despise the one who gave up. Abraham Maslow Psychology 41
If both the physiological and the safety needs are fairly well gratified, then there will emerge love and affection and belongingness needs, and the whole cycle already described will repeat itself with this new centre. Now the person will feel keenl Abraham Maslow Uncategorized 34
The most stable and therefore the most healthy selfesteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation. Abraham Maslow Self esteem 33
Even when adults do feel their safety to be threatened, we may not be able to see this on the surface. Infants will react in a fashion as if they were endangered, if they are disturbed or dropped suddenly, startled by loud noises, flashing light, or Abraham Maslow Uncategorized 31

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