Grantland Rice Quotes

I listen with attention to the judgment of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own..

Get advice, then make your own decision.

Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.

It is long since I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.

Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.

Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.

The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity.

While people are quick to praise the wisdom of the crowd, being an old-school journalist, I look at the wisdom of the crowd and know it can quickly turn into a mob mentality.

You have to ask a lot of questions and listen to people, but eventually, you have to go by your own instincts.

If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path.

I fear we might be losing the basic human facility to be alone - and with that you throw out independent decision-making, what to trust, what not to trust; key stuff - a perilous loss.

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.

Don't take too much advice.

Everyone who means well gives advice based on his or her perception. I have realized that while it's important to hear the suggestions, one should only listen to oneself.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.

One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

You never ask the public individual to decide. You can teach them anything, particularly the truth. But never ask them to decide.

Send a wise man and don't advise him. He should know what to do.