Michel de Montaigne Quotes

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

You should not pay too much attention to what anyone tells you, including me. It's very, very important to follow your own map.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.

All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel.

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

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.

I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my life, I also need to listen to what I have to say.

Get advice, then make your own decision.

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

I know what's best for me, and I want to do things my way. So, now I listen to my inner voice and my heart - and that's how I make my decisions.

In a world in which we are exposed to more information, more options, more philosophies, more perspectives than ever before, in which we must choose the values by which we will live (rather than unquestioningly follow some tradition for no better reason than that our own parents did), we need to be willing to stand on our own judgment and trust our own intelligence-to look at the world through our own eyes-to chart our course and think through how to achieve the future we want, to commit ourselves to continuous questioning and learning-to be, in a word, self-responsible.

If you're not thinking for yourself, then you're following-not leading.

Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.

I don't think I have ever taken any 'offbeat' advice. Actually, I don't know I take any advice very often. I trust my own instincts and seek out information so I can make fully informed decisions. That's what's worked for me.

Determine to do some thinking for yourself. Don't live entirely upon the thoughts of others. Don't be an automaton.

I am led by what I find to be true, not what I find to be popular.

I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.

People should make up their own mind about what they think of me.

I will offer a choice, not an echo.

I've learned to think, I may succeed or fail, but I'm going to do so on the merit of my own instincts.

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.