“You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.”

—  Abraham Maslow

As quoted in How the Best Leaders Lead : Proven Secrets to Getting the Most Out of Yourself and Others (2010) by Brian Tracy, p. 35.
1970s and later

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American psychologist 1908–1970

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