Opinion quotes
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
What other people think and say about you is none of your business. The most destructive thing you would ever do is to believe someone else's opinion of you. You have to stop letting other people's opinions control you.
My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too.
Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry
Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.
If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.
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I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.
Don't be intimidated by other people's opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.
People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.
At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you.
There are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.
Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.
I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently, I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum
All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.
Just keep moving forward and don't give a shit about what anybody thinks. Do what you have to do, for you.
You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.
It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.
Don't waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you're the boss. Or they won't. Who cares? Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.
Every man has a right to his own opinion. Every race has a right to its own action; therefore let no man persuade you against your will, let no other race influence you against your own.
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?
Nothing is more deceitful... than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
Never form an opinion on anyone. How they are in this moment is all that matters. How they are tomorrow, let us see. Tomorrow must be created, not concretized right now
Your opinions are a wall, not only for others but also for yourself. A closed mind means closed possibilities
A thought cannot know life. An emotion cannot know life. An ego cannot know life. Only life can know life. If you stop being a bundle of thoughts, opinions and emotions, and just exist here as life - just throbbing pulsating life - knowing life is just natural.
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others.
Every life is a possibility. If you want to keep that possibility open, never ever form an opinion of any sort on anyone
Within myself, I have never formed a single opinion about anyone. I always look at them like I am seeing them for the first time
If your opinions line up neatly with those of your friends and colleagues, they're not your opinions.
Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.