Becoming the best version of yourself can be challenging. Revealing your authentic self to the world can often be met with criticism, bullying, and general unacceptance from society. If you are one of those individuals who want to have the courage to reveal your true unique self to the world but have fears, we got your back! In this article, you will find all the motivation and inspiration you need! We have collected the best 77 quotes on being unique to inspire you to be yourself and reveal to the world your authentic self! Be creative, be brave, be different, be unique, be yourself!
Here they are 77 inspirational quotes on being unique!
77 Quotes On Being Unique
#1
“The person who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before.” – Albert Einstein
#2
“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” – Coco Chanel
#3
“Whatever you do, be different – that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out.” – Anita Roddick
#4
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost
#5
“I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.” – Oprah Winfrey
#6
“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” – Maya Angelou
#7
“You can make life very simple or very complicated. Some people try to be what others want them to be. Others try to be different just to stand out. In both cases, they are changing themselves to impress others. Neither of these paths has a heart. Just be true to yourself. It’s that simple.” – Mike Stutman
#8
“Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself.” – Luna Lovegood
#9
“So you’re a little weird? Work it! A little different? OWN it! Better to be a nerd than one of the herd!” – Mandy Hale
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#10
“By being yourself you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.” – Edwin Elliott
#11
“Stop apologizing! It’s ok if your ideas are different, your goals are big – don’t be afraid of what others would say. You are skilled, capable, talented – you deserve to be a leader, and you are enough. Leaning in can be uncomfortable, so don’t be afraid to own your seat, lean back, and kick your feet up.” – Joy Fitzgerald
#12
“Don’t doubt your value. Don’t run from who you are.” – Aslan
#13
“Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.” – Jodie Foster
#14
“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.” – Shania Twain
#15
“No matter what your differences are, you have to embrace them and be proud of the way you are.” – Jazz Jennings
#16
“When you embrace your difference, your DNA, your look or heritage or religion or your unusual name, that’s when you start to shine.” – Bethenny Frankel
#17
“What sets you apart can sometimes feel like a burden and it’s not. And a lot of the time, it’s what makes you great.” — Emma Stone
#18
“You have two choices in life: You can dissolve into the mainstream or you can be distinct. To be distinct you must be different. To be different you must strive to be what no one else but you can be.” – Alan Ashley Pitt
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#19
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
#20
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel
#21
“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can’t be any large-scale revolution until there’s a personal revolution, on an individual level. It’s got to happen inside first.” ― Jim Morrison
#22
“Only recently have I realized that being different is not something you want to hide or squelch or suppress.” – Amy Gerstler
#23
“You are unrepeatable. There is a magic about you that is all your own.” — D.M. Dellinger
#24
“Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.” – Tallulah Bankhead
#25
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” — Dr. Seuss
#26
“I often warn people, somewhere along the way, someone is going to tell you, ‘There is no ‘i’ in team.’ What you should tell them is, ‘Maybe not—but there is an ‘i’ in independence, individuality, and integrity.’” ― George Carlin
#27
“Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.” — James Broughton
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#28
“Being the best is great, you’re number one. Being unique is greater, you’re the only one.”
#29
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” – Judy Garland
#30
“Your unique way of doing things is what makes you so special so don’t always feel the need to do things the way others want you to do them.” – Mufti Ismail Menk
#31
“I believe that every person has uniqueness—something that nobody else has.” — Michael Schenker
#32
“You are obligated to understand that you are unique in the world. There has never been anyone like you because, of there were, there would be no need for you to exist. You are an utterly new thing in creation. Your life goal is to realize this uniqueness.” – Aaron Perlow
#33
“The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.” — Walt Disney
#34
“Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.” – Benjamin E. Mays
#35
“Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life and here to make a contribution.” – Deepak Chopra
#36
“The most incredible beauty and the most satisfying way of life come from affirming your own uniqueness.” – Jane Fonda
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#37
”We have all been placed on this earth to discover our own path, and we will never be happy if we live someone else’s idea of life.” – James Van Praagh
#38
“At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
#39
“As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others.” — Robert H. Schuller
#40
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
#41
“You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.” – Martha Graham
#42
“A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable.” — Eileen Caddy
#43
“Dare to be remarkable.” — Jane Gentry
#44
“Accept that you are unique. Stop comparing yourself to others as this can be damaging to your happiness and self-esteem.” – Nikhil Saluja
#45
“Who wants to be normal when you can be unique?” – Helena Bonham Carter
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#46
”You have worth and unique value. You are more than enough. The world may seem to discredit you, or even oppose you, for one reason or another. Yet you have value that goes far beyond the superficial considerations of the world.” – Ralph Marston
#47
“You are you. You are unique individual. You have unique purpose. You have unique fulfillment. You have unique mission in life.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
#48
“I personally like being unique. I like being my own person with my own style and my own opinions and my own toothbrush.” – Ellen DeGeneres
#49
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” – Margaret Mead
#50
“Don’t let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.” – Melissa Etheridge
#51
“Being unique is a lifelong process. It’s difficult to be fresh and new all the time but it’s the only way to be.” – Edwin Mamerto
#52
“The goal is to become the unique, awesome, never to be repeated human being that we were called to be.” – Patricia E. Deegan
#53
“Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice.” – Henry Rollins
#54
“Insist on yourself; never imitate… Every great man is unique.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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#55
”Greatness starts from bearing the willingness to embrace your uniqueness at all times.” – Edmond Mbiaka
#56
“Every snowflake is unique, yet they are each perfect.” – Donald L. Hicks
#57
“I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.” ― Ayn Rand
#58
“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.” ― Ray Bradbury
#59
“You were born to be an original. Don’t die a copy.” — John Mason
#60
“What each must seek in his life was never on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potentiality for experience. Something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else.” – Joseph Campbell
#61
“We’re all unique, just never in the ways we imagine.” – Kate Morton
#62
“Everyone is different. When you don’t mind your difference, it stops being a problem and becomes your distinction.” – Joan Alden
#63
“Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.” – Karen Kain
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#64
“Fitting in allows you to blend in with everyone else, but being different allows you to be yourself, to be unique, and to be more creative.” – Sonya Parker
#65
“Everyone is unique. Compare not yourself with anyone else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.” – Baal Shem Tov
#66
“In becoming fully human, we are called to be individuals. We are called to be unique and different. We are called to power.” – M. Scott Peck
#67
“Uniqueness is what makes you the most beautiful.” – Lea Michele
#68
“No matter what your differences are, you have to embrace them and be proud of the way you are.” – Jazz Jennings
#69
“Each of us is unique and special. No two sets of fingerprints are the same. although twins appear alike, they too, are different. Out of all the billions of people since the beginning of time, there will never be another you. so enjoy and appreciate your uniqueness.” – Famous Amos
#70
“I suspect the secret of personal attraction is locked up in our unique imperfections, flaws and frailties.” – Hugh Mackay
#71
“Every human being has his/her unique potential that is irreplaceable.” – Aniekee Tochukwu
#72
“Being unique is better than being perfect.”
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#73
“From the very beginning, you are being told to compare yourself with others. This is the greatest disease; it is like cancer that goes on destroying your very soul because each individual is unique, and comparison is not possible.” – Osho
#75
“The way you would draw a tree is different from the way anyone else would draw a tree – and that’s the way it’s supposed to be.” – Fred Rogers
#76
“I am a unique expression of the universal fabric of creation.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
#77
“If you celebrate your differentness, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it—through the words you use to describe yourself, the actions you take to care for yourself, and the choices you make to express yourself. Tell the world you are one-of-a-kind creation who came here to experience wonder and spread joy. Expect to be accommodated.” ― Victoria Moran
We hope you are inspired by these quotes on being unique as much as we are!