Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

If you're not thinking for yourself, then you're following-not leading.

Determine to do some thinking for yourself. Don't live entirely upon the thoughts of others. Don't be an automaton.

In Ministry, we've only had one message: Think for yourself.

I chose my own path because that was the only way.

You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying. -An-mei

First, recognize that you are not a sheep who will be satisfied with only a few nibbles of dry grass or with following the herd as they wander aimlessly, bleating and whining, all of their days. Separate yourself now from the multitude of humanity so that you will be able to control your own destiny. Remember that what others think and say and do need never influence what you think and say and do.

The first rule of survival is: Make your own rules. The hell anyone thinks about the way you're acting; listen only to yourself.

I will not live out of me I will not see with others' eyes My good is good, my evil ill I would be free.

You can not live your life just based on what everyone else thinks.

I hate the idea of always having to interpret other people's ideas and thoughts and words, because I'm very independent and, I guess, a free thinker.

Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgement and nothing can help you escape it - that no substitute can do your thinking, as no pinch-hitter can live your life.

By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed with them because, again, I don't care too much what other people think.

. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

What? You're thinking for yourself? You're deciding on your own? You're applying your own yardsticks, your own judgments, your own values? Who do you think you are, anyway? And, indeed, that is precisely the question you are answering.

You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded

The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.

You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life.

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

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

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

I don't like people telling me what to do. I'm very independent.

I don't live on other people's terms.

The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity.

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 don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.