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

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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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"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"

- President Boyd K. Packer

Ambition

"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."

- Mark Twain

Ambition

"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."

- David Ogilvy

Ambition

"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."

- Billie Jean King

Ambition

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

- Michael Jordan

Ambition