If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop? Mary Wollstonecraft
The first step to be taken by everyone who wishes to act morally is to decide not to act according to the general customs and doings of his fellow-men. Jacques Maritain
To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason. Marcus Aurelius
I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my grandfather Muhammad. I intend to enjoin good and forbid evil, to act according to the traditions of my grandfather, and my father ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib. Husayn ibn Ali
There is only one good. And that is to act according to the dictates of one's conscience. Simone de Beauvoir
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. Francis Bacon