25 Quotes for Perspective
- “She was one of the rare ones, so effortlessly herself, and the world loved her for it.” ~ Atticus
- “Be daring. Be different. Be impractical. Be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers. The creatures of the commonplace. The slaves of the ordinary.” ~ Cecil Beaton
- “Just keep moving forward, and don’t give a shit what anybody thinks.” ~ Johnny Depp
- “She accepts your compliments on her face, her hair, and her body graciously and she is, indeed, beautiful. But she is only moved when you notice the beauty of her spirit.” ~ Allaisia Hanan
- “There is no beauty without some strangeness.” ~ Edgar Allen Poe
- “It is ever so beautiful to be strange. To do things differently than others. To see things in a rare light. To me, that is such a gold to carry.” ~ Christopher Poindexter
- “What makes you weird or different, that’s your strength.” ~ Meryl Streep
- “She dances to the songs in her head, speaks with the rhythm of her heart, and loves from the depths of her soul.” ~ Dean Jackson
- “No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.” ~ Aristotle
- “But darling, we weren’t given this wild soul just to merely exist. Our mission is to shake up this world, turn it upside down, and show our fellow humans the difference between breathing and being fully alive.” ~ Unknown
- “Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.” ~ Morticia Addams
- “It seems that if you’re passionate about something, it freaks people out. You’re considered bizarre or eccentric. To me, it just means you know who you are.” ~ Tim Burton
- “If you don’t fit in, then you’re probably doing the right thing.” ~ Unknown
- “Stop trying to explain yourself. People only understand things from their level of perception within the parameters of their agreement with reality.” ~ Steve Maraboli
- “I hope to arrive to my death late, in love, and a little drunk.” ~ Atticus
- “There are parts of me that will always remain untameable, messy, and reckless; but I refuse to apologize for it anymore.” ~ Kaitlin Fester
- “Be brave. Be wild. And stay forever hungry for art, love, knowledge, and adventure.” ~ Erin Van Vuren
- “I’m with the dirty mouth girls. The ones with bare feet, brilliant minds, messy hair, wild hearts, and feisty spirits. The ones who aren’t afraid to speak up and who live for doing what they’ve been told is impossible.” ~ Brooke Hampton
- “Be weird. Be random. Be who you are. Because you never know who could love the person you hide.” ~ C.S. Lewis
- “You’ll turn out ordinary if you’re not careful.” ~ Ann Brashares
- “If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.” ~ Frank Zappa
- “To be successful, your focus has to be so intense that others think you’re crazy.” ~ Kim Orlesky
- “I will not be another flower, picked for my beauty and left to die. I will be wild, difficult to find, and impossible to forget.” ~ Erin Van Vuren
- “Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow.” ~ Vincent van Gogh
- “Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the romance of the unusual.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
It’s all about perspective. Your greatest gift is your uniqueness.
Be Mindful… Pause… Connect! – Yours in Awareness Always! – John