On Individuality and Being Your Own Person

Just as the snowflakes we’ve been talking about are all unique and beautiful, here’s a classic song that celebrates being your own person, along with a few great quotes…

John Barrowman sings I Am What I Am from the musical, La Cage Aux Folles.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter,

and those who matter don’t mind.

Dr. Seuss

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I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Do not go where the path may lead,

go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious.

If a human disagrees with you, let him live.

In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.

Carl Sagan

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About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you.

Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.

Rita Mae Brown

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Why are trying so hard to fit in, when you’re born to stand out?

Oliver James

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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else

is the greatest accomplishment.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Mark Twain

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In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

Coco Chanel

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions,

perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

Henry David Thoreau

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