Quotes on becoming by Abraham Maslow

Abraham Maslow, was influential in the understanding of the drive to become.  Here are quotes by him to inspire you to become who you are meant to be.

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

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. 
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.


there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization.



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

If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. 

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.