Body Quote by Stephen Covey

Most human beings, though in varying degrees, desire to control, not only their own lives but also the lives of others

— Bertrand Russell

Being human means having power; specifically, the power to accomplish whatever we want.

— Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

There's this really awesome theory of human motivation - that human beings all want three things. One is to be competent, one is to…

— Angela Duckworth

“A human being is a Spirit using the Soul to incarnate through the personality to implement goals that allow the Spirit to become the…

— Master Del Pe

Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to…

— Anonymous

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…

— Nayef Al-Rodhan

To be human is to teach oneself by judging its environment.

— Voeun Tivea

“Human beings, in a sense, may be thought of as multidimensional creatures composed of such poetic considerations as the individual need for self-realization, subdued…

— Aberjhani

Human beings, in a sense, may be thought of as multidimensional creatures composed of such poetic considerations as the individual need for self-realization, subdued…

— Aberjhani

a human being is never what he is but the self he seeks.

— Octavio Paz

Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human needs for…

— John P. Kotter

The development of willpower -I will, I won't and I want- may define what it means to be human.

— Kelly McGonigal