Marva Collins Quotes

Daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and I told him I'm gonna beat out my own rhythm.

I make no concessions to conformism.

I would never wear anything because someone told me to.

I am not a conformist.

Don't do it, Eleanor told the little girl; insist on your cup of stars; once they have trapped you into being like everyone else you will never see your cup of stars again; don't do it; and the little girl glanced at her, and smiled a little subtle, dimpling, wholly comprehending smile, and shook her head stubbornly at the glass. Brave girl, Eleanor thought; wise, brave girl.

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.

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.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.

I don't care much about conforming.

Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual.

I don't want to follow the herd.

Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist.

We all have those friends that tick to their drum, and you don't want them to tick to anybody else's drum.

I've always been like, if society's trying to push me in one direction, I always rebel against it, thinking, 'Nope, I'm going to do the opposite, something that is not expected.'

I'm not a conformist.

I don't like to be part of the cattle. I like to just do my own thing.

I couldn't follow nobody's rules.

I've always found it hard to do what I'm told - I'm not very good at conforming.

No rebellious heart is ever at ease with paths established by others.

There is no need to accept the standards of the world at large.

I'm not going to be a rebel and offend anybody, but I'm not going to live in somebody else's image.

I learned the word non-conformist in fourth grade and immediately announced that I would grow up to become one.

To be an individual is the hardest thing in the world, because nobody likes you to be an individual. Everybody wants to kill your individuality and to make a sheep out of you. Nobody wants you to be on your own.

Non-conformity is the only real passion worth being ruled by.