Quotes about Individuality

I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.

God has shaped and crafted us internally—with a unique personality, thoughts, dreams, temperament, feelings, talents, gifts, and desires. He has planted "true seeds of self" inside of us. They make up the authentic "us." We are also deeply loved. We are a treasure.

a person who thinks should not try to persuade others to his belief; that is what puts him on the road to a system; on the lamentable road of the man of conviction; politicians like to call themselves that; but what is a conviction? It is a thought that has come to a stop, that has congealed, and the man of conviction is a man restricted.

Am I cured?" "No. You're someone who is different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that, in my view, is a serious illness.

You can't let other people determine how far you are willing to go to reach Destiny because it's simply not their call. They don't get it, so don't worry about them!

The vast majority of us go to our graves without knowing who we are. We unconsciously live someone else's life, or at least someone else's expectations for us. This does violence to ourselves, our relationship with God, and ultimately to others.

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

I believe our differences are the little pinches of salt that can make the marriage seem more flavorful.

You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?

You don't bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you. Anytime you reject any part of yourself, you are rejecting God's wisdom and sovereignty in creating you.

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat surface.

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to my conscience, above all liberties.