Quotes about Individuality

There may be community of material possessions, but there can never be community of love or esteem.

I guess what I want to say to us artists and entrepreneurs is that conventional yardsticks of success don't apply to all enterprises. Labors of love count.

Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of.

No matter what you do, 10% of the population will not like you.

You're three or four different men but each of them out in the open. Like all Americans.

Don't compare your story to a movie or a book because it is written by a script writer and yours by God

The world is full of people who all want the same thing, and you have to do a little something extra to make them remember you.

So much of being a woman is telling lies, isn't it?" Victory asked. "It's telling yourself that you want the things that society tells you you should want. Women think that survival depends on conformity. But for some women, conformity is death. It's a death to the soul. The soul," she said, "is a precious thing. When you live a lie, you damage the soul.

The one thing you have to remember about labels is that they only matter if you let them stick.

To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to be yourself.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.