Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone else's point of view.

There will always be some people who think for themselves, even among the self-appointed guardians of the great mass who, after having thrown off the yoke of immaturity themselves, will spread about them the spirit of a reasonable estimate of their own value and of the need for every man to think for himself.

Through life's ups and downs, and the few mistakes we make and all the successes that we get, let nobody - nobody's opinion - define who you are. And if anybody defines who you are, let it be yourself.

I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.

You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

The world calls me conceited. The world is in error. I trace all the blunders of my life to sacrificing my own party to that of others.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

I guess, just being in a group, I had never thought to question my individual artistry.

I'm going to give it my all, but I'm also going to know my worth, know that I have options, and that's the best feeling in the world.

I am what I am. Whatever it was that made me what I am, I thought I should stay around and be that.

I have started exploring my own life and have started valuing myself. I have started valuing my individuality.

I have lived life enough to know that I define myself.

If you dont respect me what must you think of yourself?

Respect starts with ourselves.

Let a man then know his worth and keep things under his feet.

In short, whoever you may be, To this conclusion you'll agree, When every one is somebodee, Then no one's anybody!

It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.

If you teach a child that appearance doesn't matter, what will be the next thing that child asserts her individuality over? Turning up on time? Turning up at all?

I am no one's role model.

I know when I am good and when I am not good. I don't need anyone to tell me.

To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.

You have to know your strengths and tell yourself you're the best.

'Correct' is a song and an exercise for me where I've been able to reclaim who I am and the good that I've done when in real life sometimes I struggle with that.