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It
is an absolute perfection. . .
to get
the very most
out of one's individuality.
Michel
de Montaigne
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I know now that most people are so closely
concerned
with themselves
that they are not aware of their own
individuality; I can see myself, and
it has helped me
to say
what I want to say. . . in paint.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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The individual has always had to struggle to keep
from
being overwhelmed by
the tribe. If you try it, you
will
be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But
no
price
is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Individuality is freedom lived.
John Dos Passos
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I am shocked
to have discovered this morning that I am the only me there
is. I think this is the key to everything--compassion, kindness,
trust of life,
mystery. A genuine and not inflated sense of importance and
self-value.
I've spent most
of my life comparing myself to other men. Are they ahead
of me in Forbes? Do
they sit on more powerful boards? Are they smarter?
Sexier? Do they have
more hair? And all the time there is this other way
of
seeing things. I am not one
of the motors my company produces by the
hundreds of
thousands. I am
handmade. Less than perfect but more a work
of creation
than a product of
technology. And I am not alone in this.
Everyone is
the only "me" there is.
unattributed (an unknown cancer survivor)
related by Rachel Naomi Remen
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The diversity of the family should be a cause of
love
and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes
blend together in the making of a perfect chord.
from the Baha'i Scriptures
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Individuality is either the mark of genius or the
reverse.
Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.
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The more we let each
voice
sing out
with
its own
true tone,
the richer
will be
the diversity
of the chant in unison.
Angelus Silesius
Individuality is only
possible
if
it unfolds
from wholeness.
David Bohm
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Since everybody is an individual, nobody can be
you.
You are unique. No one can tell you how to use
your time.
It is yours. Your life is your own.
You mold it. You make it.
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Individuality is founded in
feeling; and the recesses
of feeling, the darker, blinder strata
of character,
are the only places in the world in which
we catch
real fact in the making.
William James |
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There comes a time when you
have to stand up and shout:
This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I
think,
feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole
complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk
away!
Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just
because I don't
fit your idea of who I should be and don't try
to change me
to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will
make that decision.
When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad--
you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.
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This I believe: That the free, exploring
mind of the
individual human
is the most valuable thing in the
world. And this I would fight for:
The freedom of
the mind
to take any direction it wishes, undirected.
And
this
I must fight against: Any idea, religion, or
government
which limits or destroys the individual.
John Steinbeck |
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Had I to carve an inscription on my tombstone
I
would ask for none other than "The Individual."
Søren Kierkegaard |
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Be yourself.
Above all, let who
you are, what you are,
what you believe, shine through every
sentence
you write, every piece you finish.
John Jakes
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I
think everyone is unique. We know that. The only way
you find out what you are
is by trying everything, and then at some point you take what
you are, which
is unique. Don't ever try to mimic anybody, because you
will only be second best.
You can never outshine the thing you are trying to mimic, so
don't ever do that.
Don't idol worship. Finally, be yourself. Then you
are going to be really unique and
exciting. People are going to beat a path to your door if
you polish your inner self.
Robert
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Maybe someone in your life has
said hurtful things about your personality,
your
appearance, or your abilities and you've altered
yourself for their
approval. Understand,
just because somebody says something about you,
doesn't make it true. Just as I told my
friend, I'm telling you today: You are
created in the image of Almighty God and He gave
you the gifts and
personality you have for a
purpose. You may not be like everyone
else, but
that's okay. Be who God made you
to be and do not be defined
by the opinions of
other people.
Victoria Osteen |
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Since
the beginning of time, never has there been another with my
mind,
my heart, my eyes, my ears, my hands, my hair, my mouth.
None that
came before, none that live today, and none that come tomorrow
can
walk and talk and move and think exactly like me. All
people are my
brothers and sisters yet I am different from each. I am a
unique creature.
Og Mandino
The World's Greatest Salesman |
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There is a vitality, a life force, an energy that is
translated
through you;
and because there is only
one of you in all of
time, this expression is unique.
Martha Graham |
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Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast
twice. We are
uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action.
Alice Childress |
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If you
violate the true nature of individuals, they will suffer and in
some ways die. Accept and nourish individuality in
yourself and
others, and you will harvest a rich gathering of talent and
stimulation.
Vivian Elisabeth Glyck
12 Lessons on Life I Learned from My Garden |
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