Quotes in psychology

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust.

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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves.


The important thing, once you have enough to eat and a nice house, is what you can do for others, what you can contribute to the enterprise as a whole.

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We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

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If there isn't joy in work, you won't get productivity, and you won't get quality.


As I use the term here, the job of a leader is to accomplish transformation of his organization. He possesses knowledge, personality, and persuasive power.


Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.


numerical goals set for other people, without a road map to reach the goal, have effects opposite to the effects sought.


Fear invites wrong figures. Bearers of bad news fare badly. To keep his job, anyone may present to his boss only good news.