"If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life."

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Source : As quoted in "Perfecting Private Practice" by Joan Neehall-Davidson, (p. 95), 2004.

Abraham Maslow

#Inspirational Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Unhappy Quotes

“A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.”

Source : "Here’s Bette Davis Ripping Hollywood’s Gender Phobia in 1963" by Louis Virtel, uproxx.com. September 30, 2014.
“If we view our children as stupid, naughty, disturbed, or guilty of their misdeeds, they will learn to behold themselves as foolish, faulty, or shameful specimens of humanity. They will regard us as judges from whom they wish to hide, and they will interpret everything we say as further proof of their unworthiness. If we view them as innocent, or at least merely ignorant, they will gain understanding from their experiences, and they will continue to regard us as wise partners.”
“The further conquest of space will make it possible, for example, to create systems of satellites making daily revolutions around our planet at an altitude of some 40,000 kilometers, and to assure universal communications and the relaying of radio and television transmissions. Such an arrangement might prove more useful, economically, than the construction of radio relay systems over the whole surface of the earth. The great accuracy of movement of these satellites will provide a reliable basis for solving navigational problems”
“Music is not everything in life. If a young musician looks at it that way, then he can just play his instrument like putting a nail into a wall.”
“I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.”
“What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate'er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.”
“I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether its old cars or taxidermy or knitting.”
“In general, I don't care for scenes of copulation.Certain functions of the human body are bloody private.”

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