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Quotes about Individuality

What each man is in Your eyes, thus he is, and no more.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Don't hide your scars. They make you who you are
— Frank Sinatra
For what is a man, what has he got. If not himself, then he has naught.
— Frank Sinatra
Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
— Frederick Douglass
All that we have and are is one of the unique and never-to-be-repeated ways God has chosen to express himself in space and time.
— Brennan Manning
Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
— Brennan Manning
Our lives are unique stones in the mosaic of human existence -- priceless and irreplaceable.
— Henri Nouwen
The mystery of one man is too immense and too profound to be explained by another man.
— Henri Nouwen
Birthdays need to be celebrated. i think it is more important to celebrate a birthday than a successful exam or promotion or a victory. because to celebrate a birthday means to say to someone thank you for being you.
— Henri Nouwen
Drinking the cup of life is fully appropriating and internalizing our own unique existence, with all its sorrows and joys. It is not easy to do this. For a long time we might not feel capable of accepting our own life; we might keep fighting for a better or at least a different life.
— Henri Nouwen
Spiritual greatness has nothing to do with being greater than others. It has everything to do with being as great as each of us can be. True sanctity is precisely drinking our own cup and trusting that by thus fully claiming our own, irreplaceable journey, we can become a source of hope for many.
— Henri Nouwen