Orison Swett Marden Quotes

I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right.

I've never been a 'yes person.'

To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.

I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.

Some people have tried to change me and tell me what to do, but I haven't done it, and it's worked for me.

I do my own deal and I don't really care what anybody thinks.

I'm talented and I don't listen to people. I have a mind of my own.

I ain't got nothing to prove to nobody.

Find out who you are and figure out what you believe in. Even if it's different from what your neighbors believe in and different from what your parents believe in. Stay true to yourself. Have your own opinion. Don't worry about what people say about you or think about you. Let the naysayers nay. They will eventually grow tired of naying.

I don't really put too much emphasis on what somebody else might think of it. Otherwise your putting limits on yourself.

The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.

I was never the kind of person who cared much what people thought about me.

I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.

I'm such a strong-headed person and so stubborn, I don't need someone to be sweet to me.

I'm not going to be bullied or pushed around by the group of the day. You've got to have political courage. You've got to have your own inner beliefs.

I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.

I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

I don't hold myself dictated to by what everyone is saying, by the tabloids or popular opinion. I don't like bourgeois values. I say you find your own way to live.

I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.

I'm not following anybody's tracks, I'm making my own baby.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.

I've never been a yes man.

A strong spirit transcends rules.