I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.

Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.

When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.

The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that.

The youth may build or plant or sail, only let him not be hindered from doing that which he tells me he would like to do. It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or the fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course.

I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.