Robert Martin Quotes

I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there.

I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.

There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

But remember this: in the final analysis, you can believe in your dream, you can be taught, supported, motivated, and loved by others, but ultimately, your success depends on you. You must take responsibility for your body, your mind, and for your character.

It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person's behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one to be responsible for himself.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.

The doer alone learneth.

No matter who is watching or paying the paycheck, we are ultimately each our own boss.

A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.

I've learned that you have to take responsibility for yourself in this game and lead yourself through it.

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

I like people who take responsibility for their lives.

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself.