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Abraham Maslow Quotes: When all you own is a hammer, every problem starts looking like a nail.
         

When all you own is a hammer, every problem starts looking like a nail.


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



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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.



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

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



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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.





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