If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

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.

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.

You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.

All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.

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.

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.

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.

Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all people were members of a single family.

Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing.

Aren't maids the ultimate art critics?

I've always been attracted to stories about rebels - things that are unusual and sometimes dangerous.

With genuine love and compassion, another person's appearance or behavior has no affect on your attitude.

My job is to teach them to believe they could perform better than they realize. Great coaches teach athletes to go beyond the barriers.

Part of being human is having a sense of humor.

I see so much beauty in people and in the world and when I see ugliness I try to either expose it or fight but also remind myself that it's mostly just people who can't spell who say mean things.

Everything that is contradictory creates life

Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.

There are things God does for me daily, and it throws me into brain lock, because I know in my heart I don't deserve that kind of grace. I don't deserve that break.