Claude C. Hopkins Quotes

Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.

There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.

Don't take too much advice.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.

For six years, I was really on my own and did not have a coach.

If you give young people enough information, they'll figure out what to do with it. They just need a little guidance.

Wisdom holds a candle to experience, but you've got to take the candle and walk alone.

The best way of leading people is to let them find their own way.

You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.

There is no Yoda-there's no one who points you in the right direction. You've got to figure that out by yourself.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.

A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.

It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you're all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It's quite liberating in a way.

Our aim is to help the clients help themselves, not to tell them what to think.

I like to make my own mistakes.

Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.

I encourage all of you to seek out teachers and mentors that challenge you to think for yourself and guide you to find your own voice.

In a very slow way, I found my path. Even now, I think, 'If I can't do it my way, I'd rather not do it.'

I know that I have raised my sons to be big, strong, independent men who love God, themselves and care for others. I have to learn to let them have space and learn without me.

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

When you don't have someone to model yourself after, you're going to make mistakes.

It is the '94 race which in many ways allowed Ted Kennedy to become his own man rather than the 'third brother.' He had to reach down and win it on his own.

One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.

From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way.