Favorite Quotations ~ Individuality

Individuality is not performance, it is truth lived from within. ✨ It is the quiet courage to stand as yourself in a world that leans toward sameness. As Christiaan Barnard reminds us, “The Individual is the brain, not the heart.”

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The applause of a single human being is of great consequences. ~ Samuel Johnson

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And that which I can do, by the grace of God, I will do.” ~ Dwight L. Moody

Individualization does not shut one out from the world, but gathers the world to oneself. ~ Carl Jung, Collected Works of Jung

Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization. ~ Frederick E. Crane, 10 Minute Truths

An individual should hold an awareness of God and His love all the time. ~ Nahmanides

Art is I, science is we. ~ Claude Bernard

“Had I to carve an inscription on my tombstone I would ask for none other than The Individual.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard

“I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality.” ~ Georgia O’Keeffe

It is an absolute perfection to get the very most out of one’s individuality. ~ Michel de Montaigne

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home. ~ Alice Walker

Since everybody is an individual, nobody can be you. You are unique. Your life is your own. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

You may consider yourself an individual, but you are in truth a cooperative community of approximately 50 trillion single-celled citizens. ~ Bruce Lipton

A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of society. ~ Daisaku Ikeda

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere. ~ Christopher Reeve

A successful individual sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. ~ Kurt Lewin

For me, every man distinguishes himself by his essence, his personal movement. ~ Robert Delaunay, Theories of Modern Art

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