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“I hope that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet.”

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Author:Sylvia Earle

“Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development”

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Author:William Arthur Ward

“As one studies these preconditions, one becomes saddened by the ease with which human potentiality can be destroyed or repressed, so that a fully-human person can seem like a miracle, so improbable a happening as to be awe-inspiring. And simultaneously one is heartened by the fact that self-actualizing persons do in fact exist, that they are therefore possible, that the gauntlet of dangers can be run, that the finish line can be crossed.”

“Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all people were members of a single family.”

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Author:Abraham Maslow

“Don't ever underestimate the capacity of a human being who is determined to do something.”

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Author:Edna Adan Ismail

“Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation - and about fundamental relations with one's fellows.”

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Author:Tom Peters

“All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It's like saying a declaration of love is an act of decadence. Any work of art, provide it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.”

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Book:Truman Capote: Conversations

Source: Truman Capote: Conversations

“It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.”

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Book:The Complete Works Of Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor

Source: The Complete Works Of Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor

“For most of human history, musicians, artists, they've been part of the community — connectors and openers, not untouchable stars.”

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Author:Amanda Palmer

“Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience.”

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Book:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition

“Human beings are emotional amoral egoists, driven above all by emotional self-interest. All of our thoughts, beliefs and motivations are neurochemically mediated, some predetermined for survival, others alterable.”

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Author:Nayef Al-Rodhan

“There's something about human nature which draws us to people who are authentic and makes us want to repel those that aren't.”

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Author:Rachael Bermingham

“Human success is a quotation from overhead.”

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Author:Charles Henry Parkhurst