Quotes About Individuality

Civilization is the encouragement of differences.

They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? How could we ever get up off our knees? How could we ever recover from the wonder of it?

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.

Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.

Hooray for differences! Without them, there would be no harmony. In principles, great clarity. In practices, great charity.

When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only person in the world.

Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.

I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.

The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that...women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves.

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

Never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own. Above all be pure

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

People are always telling me that i'm not like other girls...that i dont dress like other girls...that i dont act like other girls. But i'm my OWN person...i go to the beat of my own drum.

We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.

We are what we are, neither a good or as bad as others paint us. And what we are doesn't change how truly we feel, only how free we are to follow those feelings.

No matter what you look like or think you look like, you're special and loved and perfect just the way you are.

I think any time people behave in a way that's truly them, then they'll never fail. You get in trouble when you try to copy others.

We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.

To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me--the sole ground on which I accept your judgment.

I've flown out of character so many times. In that sense I've been lucky, because I've been given the liberty to do just about anything I've wanted to do in my lifetime.