Charles William Eliot Quotes

There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told, and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.

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

No, I think it taught me to be independent and never expect a handout and never wait for anybody to hand you anything in any aspect of my life.

Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower.

I came out of UCB and, before that, punk rock, and the whole deal was you do it yourself. Get up and rent the space, get up and press your own records, get up and silkscreen your own tees, get it done yourself. That sort of self-reliance will only serve me. Any time I lose sight of that, my career suffers.

Nobody is following us around and primping us or telling you what questions to ask. You have to keep your eyes open.

I don't give advice, because I always made my own mistakes and would only be adding further chaos to the situation.

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

A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.

When you are alone, you need to take many decisions, and you can make mistakes.

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

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'm the type of person that doesn't like to wait for people to do things for me, and I never want to feel stuck. Why sit around and be like, 'I wish my label would book me some studio time,' if I can just buy my own studio equipment and figure out how to run Pro Tools and record it myself?

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

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

All of the things that have happened in my life have been self-propelled. I can't blame anybody else or point a finger at anybody.

Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

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

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

Get advice, then make your own decision.

[He is] too used to borrowing brains instead of using his own.

People like to blame others. I think a person should just look at their own situation, look around them, find out what they wish to do, and seek and go and do that. And that's it.

I always say to the players, 'You can either create or wait.' If you're waiting, you're relying on someone else, as simple as that. But if you create it, you've got to do it.