Quotes About Uniqueness

A girl, like you—' 'Like me? There are no girls like me.' I

If I seemed strange, and conscious of myself, what was that to her? We were all strange, there.

It can be a good thing, too, to learn to sit in your own weirdness.

I have called each of My children to a different path, distinctly designed for that one. Do not let anyone convince you that his path is the only right way. And be careful not to extol your path as superior to another's way. What I require of you is to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Me—wherever I lead.

STOP JUDGING AND EVALUATING YOURSELF, for this is not your role. Above all, stop comparing yourself with other people. This produces feelings of pride or inferiority, sometimes a mixture of both. I lead each of My children along a path that is uniquely tailor-made for him or her. Comparing is not only wrong; it is also meaningless. Don't look for affirmation in the wrong places: your own evaluations or those of other people. The only source of real affirmation is My unconditional Love.

Dorkdom isn't something you can choose. It's something you are. But instead of dividing the world up into dorkside and darkside, I've realised that we all have a little bit of dork inside us.

When will being independent and strong and not following the pack and daring to be different and being brave in my opinions, my fashion choices and my hair colour be enough?

Never shield your oddness, but wear your oddness as a shield.

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.

Ain't no man can avoid being average, but there ain't no man got to be common.

she kissed as if she, alone, could forge the signature of the sun

If it is art, it is not for all. If it is for all, it is not art.

Everybody is somebody's else's weirdo

I deem him one of the greatest beings alive in our time. I do not see his like elsewhere. I fear whatever our need we shall never see his like again.

Don' t focus on NEW - focus on authent ic. Being or iginal isn' t being new - i t 's being you.

we don't all have to be the same in every dimension in order to appreciate and respect each other.

The first—imitation—merely does enough to keep your competitors in check. It does not create space in the marketplace; all it does is temporarily ensure that the pack of nondifferentiated competitors keeping their doors open will include you.

I look at each shadow, no two are the same. On each happy face there's no trace of shame. Each different and special and fully unique, no color's stronger, and no color's weaker.

And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time.... "Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special.

The essence of a degree of freedom is that it doesn't depend on anything else.

If I was on the air and was just kind of a plain-vanilla personality that took the safe road and the safe way trying to please all of the people all of the time, I'd been gone in two weeks.

One of the most courageous things we do is change. If everyone says you're wonderful every time you wear a red dress, and you change to yellow, that takes courage.

Every time, I try to make something different.

I mean, I'm 6-foot-11, I've got red hair, freckles, I'm a goofy, nerdy-looking guy, I've got a speech impediment-I stutter and stammer all the time-and I'm a Deadhead.