Edward de Bono Quotes

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

I thought of myself as an individual ever since I was little.

You need to be your own individual.

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

Our aim is to help the clients help themselves, not to tell them what to think.

When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense of self-reliance, their ability to assess and mitigate risk, and their sense of accomplishment.

I am definitely an individual.

You can work for other people and still be a #GIRLBOSS; it's more about a state of mind and knowing yourself well enough to know when you're making decisions for yourself or because the world expects them of you. And guess what? It's okay to do that sometimes, too.

In a personal context, I'm not in the ground, and I'm not in an institution. So I guess I'm doing pretty good.

I think for a couple of years I was believing that I was doing it all on my own and I wasn't.

A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.

As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

I am my own person with my own experiences, personality, and definition of success.

You have to empower yourself.

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've had to wean myself away to make sure that any choices I make are grounded in myself rather than the seeking of approval.

When you can analyze situations and figure out what's best for you, based on you and not some preconceived notion of what society expects, then nothing is a threat.

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.

Alone I'm nothing.

I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

I'd like to thank my parents for always stressing, be an individual.

I hope that the message I conveyed in 'Julie of the Wolves' is to tell young people to think things out. Think independently.

I don't believe I am influencing anybody but myself.