Being Different Quotes - Page 2

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.

I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.

Immorality does not consist in being different. It consists in not allowing others to be so.

It is said that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people. According to psychiatrists, the fear of public speaking is caused by the fear of ostracism, the fear of standing out, the fear of criticism, the fear of ridicule, the fear of being an outcast. THE FEAR OF BEING DIFFERENT PREVENTS MOST PEOPLE FROM SEEKING NEW WAYS TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.

My experience is that inventors come in all sizes, all nationalities, all ages. The only thing I'm sure of is that inventors are always stubborn.

We boil at different degrees.

People would rather be wrong than be different.

So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.

All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the very ones that others desire. People always covet what they don't have. That's why we should look at ourselves every now and then and say, 'I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.'

When we prohibit others from being different, we end up forfeiting our own right to Liberty.

I was different, I was always different. Why didn't anybody notice me?

For being different, it’s easy. But to be unique, it’s a complicated thing.

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different, I'd rather be completely #$%^&^& mental.

You’re hated by some, loved by others, but that’s what’s great about being different. If everybody loved you, that means you’re not doing the right thing most of the time.

Diversity is a great force towards creativity.

If you don't make yourself irreplaceable, somebody will replace you. Being different is being remembered. Being the same is being forgotten.

We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.

I want to be important. By being different. And these girls are all the same.

A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.

Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule.

Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, or a string of mold candles. Why should we all dress after the same fashion? The frost never paints my windows twice alike.

It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.

The relentless pursuit of being different is very French.

What if we could stop being different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love?