Quotes about Individuality

You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!”

We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;

One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

Lonely, ain't it? Yes, but my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else's. Made by somebody else and handed to you. Ain't that something? A secondhand lonely.

So tell me more about Miss Hannah. Is she your gal?" Tyler asked. "Hardly. She's no one's gal that I can see. She's her own woman through and through." Tyler laughed. "I haven't seen anyone so pretty since leavin' to join up.

You are someone who is different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that in my view is a serious illness. God chose you to be different. Why are you disappointing God with this kind of attitude?

When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.