Life Quotes

"Every moment is an experiment; every day is a laboratory of lived experience."

"The person you are becoming is based upon the reinforcements you receive daily."

"Sadness is often the result of loss of reinforcing conditions."

"Everything we are comes from our reinforcement history, not our intentions."

"I do not believe that being a woman is a misfortune; it is rather a peculiar opportunity."

"Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness."

"The ego serves three harsh masters: reality, the id, and the superego."

"People are both architects and products of their own environments."

"People are capable of profound growth and change throughout their lives."

"People have the power to shape their own destinies through their choices and actions."

"I built my life not on sudden genius but on gradual discovery."

"One cannot be said to live unless one is useful."

"One's responsibility begins in infancy and ends only in death."

"One's worth is measured not by birth but by character."

"To be truly useful is to find meaning in life."

"Life has meaning only to the extent that our behavior produces reinforcing consequences."

"We are the creatures of Gaia; we cannot exist without her"

"The quality of people's lives is determined by the beliefs they hold about their capabilities."

"People construct their identity through the roles they enact and the feedback they receive."

"The most important conversation you can have is the one you have with yourself about your capabilities."

"People construct narratives about themselves that either enable or constrain their possibilities."

"The narrative you construct about your life shapes the life you live."

"If youth is wasted on the young, then maturity is wasted on the old."

"The only person you must be is yourself."

"The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day, from hour to hour."

"A life devoted to inquiry is a life well spent."

"What we inherit is not behavior, but the capacity to be conditioned."

"In every organism lies the entire history of its conditioning."

"The greatest tragedy in the world is a wasted life."

"To rest is good, but to rest for too long is to rot."