Prince Quotes

Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

I thought one should have the attitude of 'What do you care what other people think!'

I have never limited myself by focusing much on being a 'normal' teenager.

I learned how to break the rules without asking.

I could never understand the herd mentality. I have always fought to do things my way and have stuck to that.

And truly it demands something god like in him who has cast off the common motives of humanity, and has ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster. High be his heart, faithful his will, clear his sight, that he may in good earnest be doctrine, society, law, to himself, that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others!

I think one thing my mother always instilled in me was a sense of individuality. Being an only child, I never thought I had to rely on anyone. I was never afraid to be alone and I was never afraid to be my own person. So when all my friends were like, "Let's smoke weed," I was like, "I'm not doing it." It wasn't because I was trying to be a rebel or because I didn't like it or I was anti-drugs. I just didn't do it because I didn't want to do it, and if I didn't want to do it, I wasn't doing it. That was it.

The first rule of survival is: Make your own rules. The hell anyone thinks about the way you're acting; listen only to yourself.

There were more ways to live than the ones given by one's superiors

I do things in my own way, but I've never felt any need to rebel.

My father once said, ‘If the whole world wants to go left and you feel like going right, go right. You don’t have to follow. You don’t have to make a big deal about which way you’re going. Just go. It’s very easy.’

I have only two rules which I regard as principles of conduct. The first is: Have no rules. The second is: Be independent of the opinion of others.

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.

I was never the kind of person who cared much what people thought about me.

You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.

I was taught that you didn't want to be part of the group - that it was better to do your own thing.

I don't hold myself dictated to by what everyone is saying, by the tabloids or popular opinion. I don't like bourgeois values. I say you find your own way to live.

I don't live on other people's terms.

I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts.

I'm not following anybody's tracks, I'm making my own baby.

If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there.

I'm not driven by being understood.

I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school.

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.