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Quotes About Individuality

To be ones self and unafraid whether right or wrong is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
~ Irving Wallace
The goal is to become the unique, awesome, never to be repeated human being that we were called to be.
~ Patricia Deegan
Anyone who writes is too precious to lose.
~ Carlos J. Cortes
I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction - I've worked hard for them!
~ Maggie Kuhn
Always be a first-rate version of yourself.
~ Audrey Hepburn
To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest. Always do what you are afraid to do.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
~ Edward de Bono
Don't compare yourself to others you have no idea what their journey is all about.
~ Dawn Abraham
A penguin cannot become a giraffe, so just be the best penguin you can be.
~ Gary Vaynerchuk
If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.
~ Joseph Campbell
Remake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
~ Rick Riordan
Trying to please everybody is impossible - if you did that, you'd end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You've just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it.
~ John Lennon
Cinderella never asked for a prince. She asked for a night off and a dress.
~ Kiera Cass
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
~ Colin Powell
You're not really free until you're free from trying to please everybody.
~ Joel Osteen
Accept your genius and say what you think.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Have you ever noticed how people who wear camouflage gear really stand out in a crowd?
~ Peter Thomas
Are you on our side...and want to be different, or are you on that side and want to throw a football at my head!?
~ Gerard Way
Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.
~ Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
I am somebody. I am me. And I don't need anybody to make me somebody.
~ Louis L'Amour
Every great man is unique.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad taste-it's hearty, it's healthy, it's physical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I'm against.
~ Diana Vreeland
If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price.
~ John Updike, Rabbit, Run
Never follow the crowd.
~ Bernard M. Baruch