Quotes About Uniqueness

DIFFERENT NOT LESS

So many men, so many opinions; every one his own way.

This weary ol' workhorse is a unicorn, my friend.

When you dance to your own rhythm, Life taps its toes to your beat.

Don't be afraid to be weird, don't be afraid to be different, don't worry too much about what other people think. Whatever it is that's original in you and your work might sometimes make you feel uncomfortable. That probably means you're on the right track, so just keep going. Dare to be foolish.

Who would you be but who you are?

Why pretend to be something you're not? If you have to be someone, be someone no one else is.

Genuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyone's different needs.

I am who I am; no more, no less.

We all can be only who we are, no more, no less.

invisible weaknesses and shortcomings. I do this because these are the characteristics that define us no less than our strengths. What we feel sets us apart from other people is often the thing that shapes us as individuals.

I saw that every flower He has created has a beauty of its own, that the splendor of the rose and the lily's whiteness do not deprive the violet of its scent nor make less ravishing the daisy's charm. I saw that if every little flower wished to be a rose, Nature would lose her spring adornments, and the fields would be no longer enameled with their varied flowers.

A genius is the one most like himself.

Be sure that whatever you are is you.

Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare.

STOP COMPARING YOURSELF WITH OTHERS

The quickest way to improve your self-esteem is to be yourself.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike.

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Again and again Someone in the crowd wakes up. He has no ground in the crowd And he emerges according to much broader laws. He carries strange customs with him and demands room for bold gestures. The future speaks ruthlessly through him. —Rainer Maria Rilke (Über Kunst, 1899)

For our senior picture, they said, 'Black or navy blazer.' And I thought, Why do I want to look like everybody else?

My definition of cool is finding your own definition of cool and not necessarily taking your lead from what other people tell you or from what you might read from magazines or see on TV.

There are definitely elements of experience and stuff that someone who's my age wouldn't have. But there are also things that I can do that other people wouldn't necessarily be able to.

Remember, things extremely hard to come by are not necessarily good.