Lydia M. Child 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..

I've got to live my life the way I feel is right for me. Might not be right for you, but it's right for me.

One must measure and conduct one's life on its own terms.

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.

Follow your own star!

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

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

Never was my political stance determined by the men I was with. I had my own ideas.

If you really have your own identity you'll keep on doing what you think is really right for you, and you'll also understand the next step you want to take.

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

I have always worked better alone and from my own impressions.

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

I have to follow my own vision.

I don't care about anything but what I want to do. You can't worry about what else is happening out there. You have to be true to yourself.

Rely upon your own judgment; be true to your own conscience; follow the light that is within you; all outward lights are so many will-o'-the-wisps. There will be those who tell you that you are foolish; that your judgment is faulty; that your conscience is all awry, and that the light within you is darkness; but heed them not. If what they say is true, the sooner you, as a searcher of wisdom, find it out the better, and you can only make that discovery by bringing your powers to the test. Therefore, pursue your course bravely.

[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity; I can't even find the model by which to live outside myself. I can only find it within.

I realized that what was most important to me was following my own path, and not the one laid down for me by others.

There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you believe is right, regardless of what everybody else is doing.

So the life I have made May seem wrong to you But, I've never been surer It's my life to ruin My own way.

What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.

The wisest men follow their own direction.

No one knows you better than you know yourself. Do the thing you want. Don't wait for someone else

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

I don't believe that everyone else really cares what I do all the time. I think in general you have to follow your own path and your own heart and not worry about what everybody else wants you to do. They should be worried about what they're going to do.

there's no use trying to live in other people's opinions. The only thing to do is live in your own.