There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the … - Abraham Maslow

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So, after all, we are but puppets, creatures of our fate, not commanding it but being molded by it.

Abraham Maslow

There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige

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I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.

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The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

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Self-actualized people. . . live more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that most people confuse with the world.

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