Hey guys! I created another collection of quotes from the psychologists. You know the drill! I hope you enjoy these inspirational quotes and find them inspiring too!
Carl Rogers
โThe curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.โ
โThe good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.โ
โThe very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.โ
โThe only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.โ
Erik Erikson
โThe more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.โ
โWe are what we love.โ
โI am what survives of me.โ
โLife doesnโt make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.โ
โIn the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.โ
โThe way you โtake historyโ is also a way of โmaking history.โโ
William James
โThe greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.โ
โThis life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.โ
โAct as if what you do makes a difference. It does.โ
โWhen you have to make a choice and donโt make it, that is in itself a choice.โ
โBelieve that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.โ
โTo change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.โ
โTruth is what works.โ
โWe are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.โ
โThe greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.โ
โThe art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.โ
โIt is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.โ
โIf you want a quality, act as if you already had it.โ
โThere is but one cause of human failure. And that is manโs lack of faith in his true self.โ
โIf you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.โ
โBegin to be now what you will be hereafter.โ
โThe greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.โ
โAction may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.โ
โHuman beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.โ
โNothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.โ
โBe willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.โ
โWe have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.โ
โThe world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.โ
Albert Ellis
โThere are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.โ
โThe art of love is largely the art of persistence.โ
Elisabeth Kรผbler-Ross
โShould you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.โ
โI believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.โ
โThe ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.โ
โLove is really the only thing we can possess, keep with us, and take with us.โ
โThe opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.โ
โThe most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.โ
โLearn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.โ
โPeople are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.โ
โConsciously or not, we are all on a quest for answers, trying to learn the lessons of life. We grapple with fear and guilt. We search for meaning, love, and power. We try to understand fear, loss, and time. We seek to discover who we are and how we can become truly happy.โ
Erich Fromm
โThere is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself.โ
โThe task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.โ
โThere can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.โ
โIf I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?โ
โCreativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.โ
โOnly the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.โ
Alfred Adler
โMan knows much more than he understands.โ
โIt is easier to fight for oneโs principles than to live up to them.โ
โThe only normal people are the ones you donโt know very well.โ
โThe chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.โ
Sigmund Freud
โBeing entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.โ
Albert Bandura
โIn order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.โ
Abraham Maslow
โWhat is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.โ
โIf you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.โ
โIf you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.โ
โThe ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.โ
โWhat a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.โ
โA musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.โ
Karen Horney
โThou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality.โ
โLife itself still remains a very effective therapist.โ
B. F. Skinner
โWhen you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.โ
โI did not direct my life. I didnโt design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. Thatโs what life is.โ
โThe way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.โ
โA failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.โ
Carl Jung
โYour vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.โ
โAs far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.โ
โA man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.โ
โIn all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.โ
โThere is no coming to consciousness without pain.โ
โThe word 'happinessโ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.โ
โKnowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.โ
โWe should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.โ
โIt all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.โ
โFollow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.โ
โNobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.โ
โThe least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.โ
โKnowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.โ
โMan needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.โ
โWe cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.โ
โMistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.โ
โThe most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.โ
โMan is not a machine that can be remodeled for quite other purposes as occasion demands, in the hope that it will go on functioning as regularly as before but in a quite different way. He carries his whole history with him; in his very structure is written the history of mankind.โ


















