Quotes about Individuality
Too many people lived their lives acting and pretending, wearing masks and losing themselves in the process.
The true hero doesn`t seek adulation, he fights for right and justice simply because it`s his nature.
Self-will is so ardent and active, that it will break a world to pieces, to make a stool to sit on.
Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.
Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.
I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.
Your time is limited, so don`t waste it living someone else`s life. [...] Don`t let the noise of others` opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
I don`t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Better to write for yourself and have no public than to write for the public and have no self.
Do I contradict myself?
Very well, then, I contradict myself,
(I am large - I contain multitudes.)
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person`s character lies in their own hands.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else`s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.