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

Psychologists
Abraham Maslow
American psychologist (1908-1970). Father of humanistic psychology — the "third force" after psychoanalysis and behaviorism. His hierarchy of needs and self-actualization shaped management and education beyond academia.
View this figure's profile
Abraham Maslow's Other Quotes
If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.
It is as if Freud supplied us the sick half of psychology and we must now fill it out with the healthy half.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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.
Related Quotes
The duty of the individual is to do what he does best.
-- Robert Bosch
I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations. I have built my own factory on my own ground.
-- Madam C. J. Walker
Success is not sustainable if it is defined by how big you become or by how much money you accumulate. Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.
-- Howard Schultz
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
-- Oprah Winfrey
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
-- Abraham Maslow