Imperfect preparation gives rise to the thousand-fold forms that express physical and mental inferiority and insecurity.

Quote by Alfred Adler

Topics: Inferiority Quotes, Preparation Quotes

If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the...

If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the...

There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

We can comprehend every single life phenomenon, as if the past, the present, and the...

We can comprehend every single life phenomenon, as if the past, the present, and the...

There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

All inherited possibilities and all influences of the body, all environmental influences, including educational application,...

All inherited possibilities and all influences of the body, all environmental influences, including educational application,...

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give...

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give...

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well.

The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well.

The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of...

The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of...

No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the...

No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the...

All neurotic symptoms have as their object the task of safeguarding the patient's self-esteem and...

All neurotic symptoms have as their object the task of safeguarding the patient's self-esteem and...

There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side :...

There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side :...

My difficulties belong to me!

My difficulties belong to me!

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.

We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms.

We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms.

Tolerance implies a gratuitous assumption of the inferiority of other faiths to one's own

Tolerance implies a gratuitous assumption of the inferiority of other faiths to one's own

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming...

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming...

Overconfidence blurs out the risk. Inferiority magnifies it.

Overconfidence blurs out the risk. Inferiority magnifies it.

Preparation is the be-all of good trial work. Everything else-felicity of expression, improvisational brilliance-is a...

Preparation is the be-all of good trial work. Everything else-felicity of expression, improvisational brilliance-is a...