Quotes on Self Actualization

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.

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.

Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.

I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.

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.

The more one forgives himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.

Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image

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

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.

Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.