Individual Quotes · Page 43

It is through chance that, from among the various individuals of which each of us is composed, one emerges rather than another.

— Henry de Montherlant

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is only when the individual is good that society will progress. When the society and the nation is based on the…

— Sathya Sai Baba

In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.

— David Mitchell

Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.

— Victoria Moran

When a system of oppression has become institutionaliz ed it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive

— Florynce Kennedy

Although individual temperaments vary, boys are designed to be more assertive, audacious, and excitable than girls are.

— James Dobson

The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains.

— Nikola Tesla

So I should say that civilizations begin with religion and stoicism: they end with scepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of…

— Will Durant

My dad has been a big influence on me, because he's always had his own business. He really taught me business sense…

— Wiz Khalifa

If we want to work out a policy for the present, we must examine the past and prepare for the future, discard…

— Lu Xun

Growth in any individual European country has to be the result of policies for growth pursued in that country consistent with budgetary…

— Mario Monti

Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of…

— Gustave Courbet

The sooner one develops compassion in this journey, the better. Compassion lets us appreciate that each individual is doing what he or…

— Ram Dass

Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with…

— Ramana Maharshi

People are less than whole unless they gather themselves voluntarily into groups of souls in harmony. Gathering themselves to pursue individual, family,…

— John Taylor Gatto

Everyone has failed, everyone has misspoken, everyone has meant well but done the wrong thing. Your favorite restaurants, cafes and books have…

— Seth Godin

A country is strong which consists of wealthy families, every member of whom is interested in defending a common treasure; it is…

— Honore de Balzac

Communist regimes were not some unfortunate aberration, some historical deviation from a socialist ideal. They were the ultimate expression, unconstrained by democratic…

— Margaret Thatcher

My family has always supported my activities, whether it was doing combat in Korea, flying progressively and challenging fighter-jet aircraft in Europe,…

— Buzz Aldrin

Let methods be changed, therefore, if necessary, that prayer may be given its true place. Let there be days set apart for…

— John Mott

Most important, [research on affirmative action] has completely failed to show that affirmative action ever closes the academic gap between minorities and…

— Shelby Steele

She wished some help would come from outside. But in the whole world there was no help. Society was terrible because it…

— D. H. Lawrence

It is doubtful whether our present system of popular education does not retard independent or self thinking as much as it promotes…

— Joseph Alexander Leighton

We don't need to be categorized - we are all individual and beautifully unique.

— Iskra Lawrence

[...] a number of flawed individuals can often add up to a brilliant social unit.

— Robert Musil

I believe in goals, but I believe that the individual should set his own. Goal setting should cause us to stretch as…

— Spencer W. Kimball

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that…

— Jill Scott

In a community all acts of individuals and of organizations are directly or indirectly interconnected and interdependent

— Chester Barnard

As we form our individual opinions of our fellow man, let us base them on our similarities and not our differences.

— Brendan Dooling

Retirement is the last opportunity for individuals to reinvent themselves, let go of the past, and find peace and happiness within.

— Ernie J Zelinski

When I started to write, I realised that you need a bit of both: the overall context as well as the individual's…

— Antony Beevor

We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching.

— Ralph Regula

Be assured that our individual actions, collectively, make a huge difference.

— Jane Goodall

Depending on what you believe as a person, there's always redeeming qualities to every character or individual, as spiteful as they might…

— David Boreanaz

The West has given us the liberal miracle of individual rights, individual responsibility, merit, and human satisfaction.

— Ibn Warraq

Society demands conformity at the expense of individual liberty. Let us be for once a non conformist to be fully alive.

— Anonymous

Free and just political institutions are absolutely essential to the progress and development both of the individual and of the race.

— Hugh Price Hughes

It's an individual sport so you get in the ring on your own and then when you retire you tend to spend…

— Ricky Hatton

An individual poor person is an isolated island by himself and herself. IT can end that isolation overnight.

— Muhammad Yunus