Max Stirner Quotes

I am definitely an individual.

You need to be your own individual.

Everything comes out of what works for me.

But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.

Man cannot will unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself; that he is alone.

I don't want to be like anyone else or do what someone else did. I want to be like me and do what's best for me. I can't go do stuff Cardi B did - that may not work for me.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.

The only real influence I've ever had was myself.

I've always told Will, 'You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay.' Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I'm here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be, and that's not for me to do for him. Or vice versa.

I think I learned pretty early that in the end, it's only you. To an extent, you're all alone.

I try to not focus on what people expect from me.

You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.

I don't live in France; I live in myself.

I don't think about what other people want from me.

I am my own person.

All I have to do is what's right for me.

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.

That person has to be accountable for himself. I think that's what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone else's life.

I only listen to myself, I hate to say. I don't got time to listen to nobody else. There's a lot of guys out there, but I only listen to myself.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.