Unmet Needs Quotes

• Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Anger, Expression

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• At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Struggle, Communication, Roots

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• I only share when I have no unmet needs that I'm trying to fill. I firmly believe that being vulnerable with a larger audience is only a good idea if the healing is tied to the sharing, not to the expectations I might have for the response I get.

  Brené Brown

  Believe, Healing, Ideas

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, andLead”, p.162, Penguin

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• We're only as needy as our unmet needs.

  John Bowlby

  Needs, Needy

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• Get your personal needs met, once and for all; if you have
  unmet needs, you'll attract others in the same position.

  Thomas Leonard

  Needs, Need You, Mets

  Thomas J. Leonard (2007). “The 28 Laws of Attraction: Stop Chasing Success and Let It Chase You”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

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• If you invest the time to understand the customer better than they know themselves, if you know the things they want or need even if they can't articulate it, you can begin to develop a good sense as to where there really are unmet needs in the market.

  Scott D. Anthony

  Needs, Want, Customers

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Getting in touch with unmet needs is important to the healing process.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Healing, Important

  Marshall B. Rosenberg (2004). “Getting Past the Pain Between Us: Healing and Reconciliation Without Compromise”, p.36, PuddleDancer Press

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• Focusing on the unmet need (not the judgment) is more likely to get the need met.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Needs, Judgment

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• Sin is the result of deep and unmet needs.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Needs, Sin, Results

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• Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Expression, Criticism

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• Interpretations, criticisms, diagnoses, and judgments of others are actually alienated expressions of our unmet needs.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Expression, Criticism

  Marshall B. Rosenberg (2003). “Life-enriching Education: Nonviolent Communication Helps Schools Improve Performance, Reduce Conflict, and Enhance Relationships”, p.30, PuddleDancer Press

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• Peace requires something far more difficult than revenge or merely turning the other cheek; it requires empathizing with the fears and unmet needs that provide the impetus for people to attack each other. Being aware of these feelings and needs, people lose their desire to attack back because they can see the human ignorance leading to these attacks; instead, their goal becomes providing the empathic connection and education that will enable them to transcend their violence and engage in cooperative relationships.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Revenge, Ignorance, People

  Marshall B. Rosenberg (2005). “Speak Peace in a World of Conflict: What You Say Next Will Change Your World”, p.129, PuddleDancer Press

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• Bitterness is a nonproductive, toxic emotion, usually resulting from resentment over unmet needs.

  Craig Groeschel

  Bitterness, Toxic, Needs

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• If war stems from unmet needs related to male adolescent ritual, that's something that we need to examine. I'm interested in the possibility of simply getting rid of war. I'd be no more willing to let go of that than to let go of the possibility of eradicating cancer. That's not to say I'm certain we can, but I am willing to use any energy at all in the quest.

  Jaron Lanier

  Letting Go, War, Cancer

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• I think it's possible to have experiences of love without attachment, but I think part of our conditioning is to grasp at times, especially when there are unmet needs. It's part of our nervous system to hold on to where we think those needs will be met.

  Tara Brach

  Thinking, Attachment, Needs

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• When I look at 225 million women who want contraceptives, and then I look at the 52 million unintended pregnancies that could be avoided by addressing this unmet need, where can we have the biggest impact with our voice, our dollars, our partners? It's on contraceptives. I would rather address the problem upstream.

  Melinda Gates

  Pregnancy, Voice, Impact

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• The unmet need that can get met right now is the need to be whole, to be both your magnificent, divine self and your imperfect, human self.

  Debbie Ford

  Self, Needs, Imperfect

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• One person simply can’t be all things to another person – sexually or otherwise—and unmet needs, unfulfilled desire, and unexplored possibilities are prices we pay to be in LTRs (long –term relationships). Monogamous, polyamorous, Femdom, or whatever: All couples people walk around feeling a little unfulfilled. (Single people, too). Because no one gets everything they want.

  Dan Savage

  Couple, Long, People

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• Violence in any form is a tragic expression of our unmet needs.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Expression, Needs, Violence

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• But there are so many ways to be needy. There are many who mourn and find no comfort. Many are lonely and find no love. Some feel unneeded and find no opportunities to share with others. Anyone who has an unmet need is needy. We are all needy! And those who have something they can share are rich. We are all rich! All of us can share something that may lift a burden or help in some silent struggle.

  Mary Edmunds

  Lonely, Struggle, Opportunity

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• When I am angry I have a judgment and an unmet need.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Judgment, Angry

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• They have most likely said it because they have an unmet need.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Needs, Said

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• All moralistic judgments, whether positive or negative, are tragic expressions of unmet needs.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Expression, Negative

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• Use anger as a wake-up call to unmet needs.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Needs, Wake Up

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• Any evaluation which implies rightness or wrongness is a tragic, suicidal expression of an unmet need. Tragic, first because it decreases our likelihood of getting our need met! Even if we think it. And secondly, because it increases the likelihood of violence. That's why I'm suggesting any evaluation which implies rightness or wrongness is a tragic, suicidal expression of an unmet need. Say the need! Learn a need-consciousness.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Suicidal, Thinking

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