Quotes about Individuality

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do.

The only gift is a portion of thyself.... the poet brings his poem... the farmer, corn... the painter, his picture; the girl, a handkerchief of her own sewing. This is right and pleasing, for it restores society in so far to its primary basis, when a man's biography is conveyed in his gift... But it is a cold, lifeless business, when you go to the shops to buy me something which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's.

Every person is different. Yet often, those differences are not understood or valued by others.

The mysterious character of providence, which does not stop at simply steering things "in general", but precisely pursues the individual, that which is distinguished from everything else, and dwells in the whole confusing particularity of the world.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

In the end you have only you.

The hardest battle you're ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.

To love oneself is to struggle to rediscover and maintain your uniqueness

Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life.

Do I tell you how to braid your hair? Don't tell me how to plow a field.

That all men are equal is a proposition to which at ordinary times no sane individual has ever given his assent.

Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives.