Quotes about Individuality

Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being. In fact take my body who will, take it I say, it is not me.

It was so in the Pequod with the little negro Pippin by nick-name, Pip by abbreviation.

It's only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.

Wherefore, for all these things, we account the whale immortal in his species, however perishable in his individuality

Queequeg no care what god made him shark,' said the savage, agonizingly lifting his hand up and down; wedder Fejee god or Nantucket god; but de god wat made shark must be one dam Ingin.

When I was younger, I went through a phase when I didn't like my hair. Because the school I went to was primarily Caucasian, there wasn't anyone who had my hair texture. I remember one day I straightened my hair, and that was the first day that people gave me compliments on it.

Follow your own star!

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

It's very hard to find your own words - and you don't actually exist until you have your own words.

If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what's important to them.

Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else's ideas of who you can or can't become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a 'Keep Out' sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.