#individuality

We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#individuality #inspirational #inspirational

I just never let anything bother me, man. I know myself really well. Nobody's opinion of me can shake my opinion of myself. ↗

— Ruben Studdard

#inspirational #inspirational

I won't tell you that the world matters nothing, or the world's voice, or the voice of society. They matter a good deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely—or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. You have that moment now. Choose! ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#crowd #individuality #life #life

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#self-expression #uniqueness #life

I want a simple, ordinary life . . . like humans enjoy. ↗

— Deborah Harkness

#individuality #life #simplicity #life

I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#individuality #self-love #self-respect #love

This is a perfectly good picture. And if I didn't know you, I would be impressed and charmed. But I do know you." He thought some more, wondering whether he dared say precisely what he felt, for he knew he could never explain exactly why the idea came to him. "It's the painting of a dutiful daughter," he said eventually, looking at her cautiously to see her reaction. "You want to please. You are always aware of what the person looking at this picture will think of it. Because of that you've missed something important. Does that make sense?" She thought, then nodded. "All right," she said grudgingly and with just a touch of despair in her voice. "You win." Julien grunted. "Have another go, then. I shall come back and come back until you figure it out." "And you'll know?" "You'll know. I will merely get the benefit of it. ↗

— Iain Pears

#creativity #daughters #duty #expectation #fulfillment

Let each man hear his own music and live by it. The drums roll one way for one man, and another way for another. You have to listen for your own. ↗

— Audie Murphy

#music

I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#defiance #empowerment #independence #individuality #self-assurance

I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#individuality #peer-pressure #wisdom #wisdom