Chrysippus Quotes

I have a hard time doing anything someone else tells me to do! I've always been driven to follow my own path and not be pushed down another lane because some executive thought I could be more commercially successful or whatever.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

If you want to be told what to think, well, I'm not in that business.

“I would rather err with the majority than in my own way.” So thought Saint Augustine. I am of the reverse opinion.

I chose my own path because that was the only way.

I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle.

I hate the idea of always having to interpret other people's ideas and thoughts and words, because I'm very independent and, I guess, a free thinker.

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

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

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

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.

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

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

He who dares not reason, is a slave.

Think for yourself and question authority.

I don't believe in other people's ideas. I have my own ideas.

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.

Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own understanding.

I'm not 100 percent anybody's ideological prism.

I am not a representative of anything. I have my opinions.

I didn't follow anybody's advice, really.

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

I do what I want. Everybody does what he likes. What is so unique about it?

If someone doesn't like something, it's their prerogative not to like it. It's not possible to please everyone. That doesn't mean that I'm going to change my mental make-up. I follow my instinct.

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