Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

Wake-up! Think for yourself, be yourself and return to what is real.

You can't wait for people to tell you; you have to know yourself.

Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has. Use that freedom.

To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject.

What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.

Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to.

So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone.

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 like to make my own mistakes.

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.

As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

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

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

The only knowledge which satisfies us is one which is subject to no external standards but springs from the inner life of the personality.

The beauty of knowing yourself is nobody else has to.

I hope that people understand that with education, we can be our own superhero.

I've realised that I actually like being by myself.

I was never ideological in any sense, or a slave to any particular politics or religion. My solace and my inspiration always came from books and literature.

There is something so different and empowering about travelling solo. It's a unique experience and one that is so self-educating.

To seek advice is easy, easy-approach job. To find the truth by yourself, that is a little difficult, and you have to work hard continuously, and you will find it.

I do keep my eyes and ears open but I don't spend a lot of time looking at what other people are doing to see how I can fit in.

In my limited experience, you have to make your own decisions in life and experience things for yourself.