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title: "19 Think Independently Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Think Independently quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Think Independently sayings and thoughts."
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> [Think independently and put the country first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-cornett/think-independently-and-put-the-country-first/)

[Mick Cornett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-cornett/)

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> [“You need to be able to think Independently.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sikhosana/you-need-to-be-able-to-think-independently/)

[David Sikhosana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sikhosana/)

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> [My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-garrett-lisi/my-father-raised-me-to-think-independently-and-follow-my-own-path-in/)

[Antony Garrett Lisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-garrett-lisi/)

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> [To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/to-make-money-in-the-markets-you-have-to-think-independently-and-be/)

[Ray Dalio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-dalio/)

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> [I am someone who takes everything very literally. I simply do not understand irony, a defect I have had ever since I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-am-someone-who-takes-everything-very-literally-i-simply-do-not/)

[Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/)

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> [I also believe that everyone needs to think independently and make their own decisions on what makes the most sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/i-also-believe-that-everyone-needs-to-think-independently-and-make/)

[Ray Dalio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-dalio/)

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> [“People tend to say "I like independent thinkers but they must think what i want them to think independently”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rassool-jibraeel-snyman/people-tend-to-say-i-like-independent-thinkers-but-they-must-think/)

[rassool jibraeel snyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rassool-jibraeel-snyman/)

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> [“Only by being alone – by resisting the blandishments to become part of the crowd – can the young thinker develop to think independently.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-billig/only-by-being-alone-by-resisting-the-blandishments-to-become-part-of/)

[Michael Billig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-billig/)

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> [Do not crave to know the views of others, nor base your intent thereon. To think independently for yourself is a sign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/do-not-crave-to-know-the-views-of-others-nor-base-your-intent-thereon/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/to-be-successful-we-need-everyone-to-think-independently-and-work/)

[Ray Dalio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-dalio/)

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> [I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-byatt-2/i-don-t-like-gurus-i-don-t-like-people-who-ask-you-to-follow-or/)

[A. S. Byatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-byatt-2/)

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> [Most men use their knowledge only under guidance from others because they lack the courage to think independently using their own reasoning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/most-men-use-their-knowledge-only-under-guidance-from-others-because/)

[Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/)

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> [Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he has personally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mstislav-rostropovich/every-man-must-have-the-right-fearlessly-to-think-independently-and/)

[Mstislav Rostropovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mstislav-rostropovich/)

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> [We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-steele-commager/we-cannot-have-a-society-half-slave-and-half-free-nor-can-we-have/)

[Henry Steele Commager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-steele-commager/)

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> [Our students believe, rightfully so, that when they embark on their own journey to higher education, they too will have the freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-williamson/our-students-believe-rightfully-so-that-when-they-embark-on-their-own/)

[Gavin Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-williamson/)

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> [“If you’re creative, if you can think independently, if you can articulate passion, if you can override the fear of being wrong,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-macleod/if-you-re-creative-if-you-can-think-independently-if-you-can/)

[Hugh MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-macleod/)

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> [For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/for-the-mind-does-not-require-filling-like-a-bottle-but-rather-like/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

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> [“The fact is that people who work the hardest do not wind up rich. If you want to be rich, you need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-fact-is-that-people-who-work-the-hardest-do-not-wind-up-rich-if/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Most people don’t really want to think independently or make decisions; they’re herd animals with herd instincts to keep to the middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-barton/most-people-don-t-really-want-to-think-independently-or-make/)

[Blanche Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-barton/)

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