If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

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"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again."

- Abraham Maslow

Personal Growth

"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen, again and again, fear must be overcome again and again."

- Abraham Maslow

Courage

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

- Abraham Maslow

Motivation

"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."

- Abraham Maslow

Motivation

"Almost all creativity involves purposeful play."

- Abraham Maslow

Creativity

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"We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them."

- Albert Einstein

Insight

"Vision is not what your eyes see, but an image that your brain comprehends."

- Touko Aozaki

Insight

"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."

- Albert Einstein

Insight

"Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring: ‘How to Build a Boat.’"

- Steven Wright

Insight

"The shell of an oyster only hides the pearl inside."

- Jack

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