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Quotes About Nonconformity

I don't mind not being cool; I wear a cardigan.
~ Marcus Brigstocke
Conforming is not cool. Embracing who you are and what makes you different is actually what's really cool.
~ Adam Lambert
We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.
~ Christopher McCandless
My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances
~ Alice Hoffman
My darling girl, when are you going to understand that "normal" isn't a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage.
~ Stockard Channing
If you do not speak up when it matters, when would it matter that you speak? The opposite of courage is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
~ Rickson Gracie
The world has improved mostly because unorthodox people did unorthodox things. Not surprisingly, they had the courage and daring to think they could make a difference.
~ Ruby Dee
Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say "No," though all the world say "Yes.
~ Orison Swett Marden
There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence.
~ Stan Getz
Everyone pretends to be 'free thinkers', but few individuals pass the line into expressive territories that may be detrimental to their own social well-being.
~ Criss Jami, Killosophy
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.
~ Robert Anthony
Have the courage to be selfless in a world were such qualities are not admired. Dare to be differnt. Be crazy!
~ Frederick Lenz
You're unusual. That's better than popular if you have some courage.
~ Debra Dean
You can't make a difference until you dare to be different.
~ Orrin Woodward
She tried to live like an ordinary woman, but some women cannot live an ordinary life. She tried to walk in the common ways, but some women cannot put their feet to that path. This is a man's world, Jacquetta, and some women cannot march to the beat of a man's drum. Do
~ Philippa Gregory
This is a woman who has not been tamed to be as others want; she has not been cut down to fit her circumstances.
~ Philippa Gregory
I'm Lush Rimbaud, and I refuse to shut up or die.
~ Poppy Z. Brite
Me and normal have never really been on speaking terms.
~ Rachel Caine
I'm a science nerd! Not a cheerleader. - Claire Danvers
~ Rachel Caine
I don't have any idea how to be a rogue." "First rule: more belts. Second rule: no more rules.
~ Rachel Caine
I'm not that girl who randomly meets a guy one night and has her life change. I wear cords and flannel shirts. I don't have the killer body like Tris or Caroline. Sometimes I don't wash my hair for three days and sometimes I don't floss.
~ Rachel Cohn
I was ever ill-suited for this world and could not bend my nature to it.
~ Rachel Kadish
The world too much hates a freed thought or heart.
~ Rachel Kadish
Basically, the idea is that with everyone striving to be revolutionary, you will be the most revolutionary if you try to be ordinary.
~ Unknown