Padgett Powell Quotes

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

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Every person can reach a full life.

I'm a sucker when it comes to under-explored human potential and 'stuff that makes you be better.'

I like this idea of becoming fully realised.

A person has the right, and I think the responsibility, to develop all of their talents.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

Getting the most out of life is giving life your most.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

At the end of the day, life's about realising one's human potential. I don't know if I've realised mine, but I've certainly gone a long way towards realising some goals and some dreams.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

I'm a great believer in people and their untapped potential.

Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

I fight to embrace the entire circle of human activity to the full extent of my ability.

It has been my observation that the happiest of people, the vibrant doers of the world, are almost always those who are using - who are putting into play, calling upon, depending upon-the greatest number of their God-given talents and capabilities.

I can't imagine, as a human being, not being able to grow.

We must develop the capacity to see men not as they are at present but as they may become.

My life guided me to express my full potential.

I was very anxious that Stephen should have every opportunity to fulfil himself.