Quotes about Distinctiveness

Uniqueness isn't a virtue. It's a responsibility.

We miss the full force of the imago Dei concept if we simply identify it with various ways humans are distinct from animals (e.g., reason, morality, love). The biblical concept instructs us as to how we are like God, not just how we are different from animals. To discover the meaning of the imago Dei, we must pay close attention to the way Scripture speaks about it.

Each of us is an original.

We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all.

Leadership is the readiness to stand out in a crowd.

God is busy making you someone no one else has ever been.

All men are different. And should do everything possible to continue to be so.

You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.

You have to be yourself. Everyone else is taken.

We are all special cases.

When I was a crusade director in British Columbia, all of our meetings were at 9:03. Somebody said 'That's ridiculous. Why did you do that?' It's because you remember it. You've never been to another 9:03 meeting.