Motivation Quotes

"A man's main concern should not be the gaining of pleasure or the avoidance of pain, but rather the fulfillment of a meaning."

"What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather a striving and struggling for some worthwhile goal."

"The mainspring of man's nature is positive."

"We are most effective when we work from our values, not our fears."

"A child who feels secure has the courage to explore their potential."

"Self-actualizing people are, without one single exception, involved in a cause outside their own skin"

"Human beings are motivated by a hierarchy of needs"

"Every person has an inner drive for personal growth and self-actualization"

"Those who have a 'why' to live can bear with almost any 'how'."

"The striving to find meaning in one's life is the primary human motivation."

"When we find meaning in what we do, we unlock human potential."

"The deepest human need is to find purpose and meaning in existence."

"In the deepest sense, I believe humans want to become their best selves."

"To help someone grow, I must believe in their capacity to grow."

"All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse toward growth, or self-actualization."

"What a man can be, he must be."

"Perhaps my wish to investigate the theory of human motivation is in part a result of the fact that I have never been satisfied by a psychological theory that reduced the human being to an empty organism."

"The person who says it is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it."

"The self-actualized person is what every human being should become."

"Motivation without action is just fantasy."

"True motivation comes from within, not external rewards."

"The moment a person comes into contact with their real feelings, change becomes possible."

"Those who have a 'why' to live can bear with almost any 'how'."

"The will to meaning is the most human of all human phenomena."

"Man's search for meaning is the primary human motivation."

"The search for meaning is the highest calling of human existence."

"Motivation without ethics is merely ambition dressed up in respectable clothes."

"Dissonance between cognition and action motivates behavior change."

"Inconsistency creates tension that demands resolution."

"Cognitive consonance is a prerequisite for action."