Being Different Quotations

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

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

All through my life, I didn't really consider my eyes at all, and then I became an actress. It's great, I guess. They're just in my face, and one is green and one is blue. It's different, and I'm definitely a proponent of being different in any way you can in life, so I guess if you're born a bit different that's a good thing.

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

I think every person has their own identity and beauty. Everyone being different is what is really beautiful. If we were all the same, it would be boring.

I'm not different for the sake of being different, only for the desperate sake of being myself. I can't join your gang: you'd think I was a phony and I'd know it.

I trained at The Groundlings and was surrounded by some very funny women and also some very unfunny men. I didn't feel a sense of things being different because I was a girl.

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.

People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.

The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself.

I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.

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.

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.'

So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others.

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.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

I'm tired of ignoring that I march to a different beat.

It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

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.

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.

I'm interested in people who are not exactly the middle way, or who are trying something else because they cannot prevent themselves from being different, or they wish to be different, or they are different because society pushed them away.

I always wanted to be famous because I thought that if I couldn't be good [at something], I'd be famous. I was never really good. I was just something different and I got to be famous for being different.

The Lounge Lizards were relating with a tradition and it was like I was playing within a musical context. The guitar playing stood out as being different in some way. That was a real education for me.

We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?

The relentless pursuit of being different is very French.

Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference.

It's important to me that people can associate being different with being beautiful.

All of us are different. That's what makes us interesting and special. I don't want to be anything like another person. I want to be totally myself and go against the grain, forge my own path. I've learned that being different is what makes you stand out. It makes everything so much more intriguing.

The photographs that excite me are photographs that say something in a new manner; not for the sake of being different but ones that are different because the individual is different and the individual expresses himself.

The point here is what makes human beings different from other creatures is our ability to use language. We can use words to express ourselves in very eloquent and complex ways. We grow up telling and listening to stories. That's what turns us into the people we are.

It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.

One of the most powerful aspects of service - being different. What is WOW? WOW! is great service! WOW! separates the EXTRAordinary from the ordinary. WOW! Separates the strong from the weak. WOW! separates the sincere from the insincere. WOW! separates the pro's from the con's. WOW! separates the yes's from the no's. WOW! is the full measure of your personal power, and the way you use it. WOW! is doing what others can't (or won't). WOW! is what you do for others in an exceptional way. WOW! is the ticket to success. Your ticket. Are you WOW?

I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different.

For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices.

Recognizing Quebec as being different, recognizing our history, recognizing our identity, has never meant a weakening of Quebec and has never been a threat to national unity.

I would prove to you that being different isn't a death sentence but a call to arms.

I never wore a stich of make-up until I got to America. I lived in a world of fantasy it was made up of imaginary friends and make believe lovers. I was also teased a lot for being different because I was shy, solitary, distant and melancholic.

I don't see anyone as being different than anyone else, whether you're gay or straight or whatever - everyone's the same. That's how I was raised.

It's always about being yourself and not being ashamed of being different or thinking different.

Diversity is a great force towards creativity.

Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.

Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It's not a matter of being better at what you do - it's a matter of being different at what you do.

I am showing solidarity while being different. Or if you prefer, I am being different while being in solidarity.

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

Growing up, I just wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't value or understand the beauty in being different at the time in my life.

It is hard to accept being different, hard to have people avoid looking at you, and still believe in yourself.

Originality is being different from oneself, not others.

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them

As soon as you can say what you think and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being a remarkable man.

What's the use in being different when it's being different that's the same.

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

Being different is a talent. You illuminate what makes you special in the sea of sameness around you.

The cool thing about doing films and being different characters is that it's new everyday and new every project. So, you're always learning something different and you get to do research.

People May Hate You For Being Different and Not Living By Society's Standards,but Deep Down,They Wish They Had The Courage To Do The Same.

When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.

Being different and thinking different makes a person unforgettable. History does not remember the forgettable. It honors the unique minority the majority cannot forget

Being different is good; embrace it.

Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.

Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you ever thought we might like you because you're different?

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

Being different is awesome! All of those who are different are more interesting than those who are clamoring for acceptance because they follow the path.

It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.

You can only make a difference by being different.

The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.

You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things.

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

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.

The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.

We must each learn to feel comfortable in our own uniqueness by rising above the fear of being wrong and the aversion to being different.

My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.

People like me are aware of their so-called genius at ten, eight, nine.

We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world.

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.