quotes by Abraham H. Maslow

"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be"
— Abraham H. Maslow

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."
— Abraham H. Maslow

"If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life."
— Abraham H. Maslow

""It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self-realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be." "
— Abraham H. Maslow

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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— Abraham H. Maslow

"The sacred is in the ordinary...it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's own backyard...travel may be a flight from confronting the scared--this lesson can be easily lost. To be looking elsewhere for miracles is to me a sure sign of ignorance that everything is miraculous."
— Abraham H. Maslow

"If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."
— Abraham H. Maslow

"To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail."
— Abraham H. Maslow

"He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail."
— Abraham H. Maslow

"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."
— Abraham H. Maslow

"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be."
— Abraham H. Maslow

"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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— Abraham H. Maslow

"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."
— Abraham H. Maslow

""If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail "
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— Abraham H. Maslow

""If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail "
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— Abraham H. Maslow

"The key question isn't "What fosters creativity?" But why in God's name isn't everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore a good question might not be why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate?

We have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle that anybody created anything."
— Abraham H. Maslow

""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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— Abraham H. Maslow

"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be."
— Abraham H. Maslow

"If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life."
— Abraham H. Maslow