Human Needs Quotes

Man does not live by bread alone. Many prefer self-respect to food.

When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health.

In the production of the necessaries of life Nature is ready enough to assist man.

If you are driven by certainty you can't grow. If you are driven by certainty if somebody messes with you, you can get very intense, even violent, depending upon the person's personality.

Some people get certainty by working harder and saying I'm going to master something. Some people get certainty by lowering their expectations, going 'it will never work. And they lose their dreams, but they get their needs. The needs are not like goals. They're not like belief systems that are built into you.

If you look around the world and I can tell you right now that the majority of the planet is focused on certainty and significance. And those two absolutely guarantee unhappiness. Because if you're driven by significance, it doesn't matter what you achieve, it's never enough.

People have to feel needed. Frequently, we just offer a job and 'perks.' We don't always offer people a purpose. When people feel there is a purpose and that they're needed, there's not much else to do except let them do the work.

Everyone wears an invisible sign that reads "Notice me. Make me feel important."

She worked in order to live, and presently fell in love, also in order to live, for the heart, too, has its hunger.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Each individual has a universal responsibility to shape institutions to serve human needs.

I believe we live in a love-starved society. Everywhere you go there are probably people who haven't had the right kind of love in their lives.