Quotes About Independence

To think is to differ.

The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.

(I was) my own teacher and pupil, and thanks to the efforts of both, they were not discontented with each other.

Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.

The task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work.

One of the marks of a great teacher lies not only in an ability to impart knowledge but also in knowing when to encourage a student to go off on his own.

True teaching liberates the student from his teacher.

Excellent instruction is less about what a teacher does and more about what students can do and know as a result of the lesson.

I'm now as free as the breeze - with roughly the same income.

The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow everything your high-born teachers tell you without takinga long hard look at it yourselves.

No teacher, preacher, parent, friend, or wise man can decide what's right for you.

I was my own teacher and pupil, in a comradeship so firm and persevering that the most trying incidents of my life served only to strengthen the union.

You aren't accountable to anyone, teachers or family but to yourself. Make sure your surrounding s are clean in all aspects

My teachers helped guide and motivate me; but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst.

I was always my own teacher.

To me, a lot of what makes a good actor is not what a teacher tells you to do but how you respond when youre on your own.

Now if a teacher gives you a practice, he or she would perhaps point out when you don't need it anymore or you realize yourself when you don't need it anymore.

Learning to drive in Canberra is pretty easy and I had great teachers in my parents.

Why can't teachers end up owning schools, the way waiters can open their own restaurants?

Here's a bumper sticker I'd like to see... 'We are the Proud Parents of a Child who has resisted his teacher's attempts to bend him to the will of his corporate masters'.

We can't rely on others to be our teachers anymorethe future belongs to individuals who decide to become great bosses (and teachers).

The truly successful teacher is the one you will never need again.

Books and teachers are always "right", and we learn only from them, not from any other resource in the room, such as our friends.

A "self-leader" is the positively influence you have on yourself and on others without any influence with your titles and positions. You must be able to lead yourself before you can lead others.