Orison Swett Marden Quotes

Personality for me is the strongest statement.

It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name.

I mean, I would hope that I have a style or personality that is evident wherever I go.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.

The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

I'm not a brand name, I'm a person.

I think every person is so unique. I think every woman is so unique, every man is so unique, every artist is so unique.

I think that you can't help but bring pieces of who you are. No matter what you do, it comes through you as a vessel.

I'm still the same cat I always was.

I just feel like people are who they are.

Too many girls try to imitate others and don't think about what makes them unique. The best part of a girl is what makes her who she is as an individual.

We must never lose our individuality.

Your individuality is the most valuable thing you have.

Damita Jo. Jo. That's my middle name. It's let in about the different characters that live within me. They say we have 200 characters that we portray with different people.

Never forget who you are, little star.

And then certainly, whatsoever you do - your character, your behaviour - is yours, authentically yours. It has your signature on it. Then you are not a carbon copy, you are original. The Zen people call it finding the original face.

(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.

I find myself both as man and as myself something more determined and distinctive, at pitch, more distinctive and higher pitched than anything else I see.

Just be yourself man, be proud of who you are.

Understand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in history. There are ideas unique to you, a specific rhythm and perspective that are your strengths, not your weaknesses. You must not be afraid of your uniqueness and you must care less and less what people think of you.

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do

I don't think I'm very much like anyone else, really. I'm sure there are aspects of other actors that I share, but I don't see anybody else and go, "Damn, they stole my thing." I'm me, and I like that there are people who have an appreciation for that.

And the bottom line is we are who we are-we look a certain way, we talk a certain way, we walk a certain way. I strut because I’m a supermodel, and sometimes I gallop for fun. When we learn to accept that, other people learn to accept us. So be who you really are. Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are. Unless you’re a serial killer.