Courage Quote by John Stuart Mill

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional…

— John Stuart Mill

Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius…

— Edith Sitwell

“Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the…

— Edith Sitwell

The surest way of being considered eccentric is just to be yourself. So few of us have the nerve.

— Marjorie Benton Cooke

I have always noticed that when people consider others eccentric, it is because they are reveling in some form of enjoyment that their critics…

— Mabel Osgood Wright

It's far too easy to qualify as an eccentric nowadays.

— Stephanie Mills

That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.

— John Stuart Mill

There's a fine line between eccentrics and geniuses. If you're a little ahead of your time, you're an eccentric, and if you're too late,…

— Thomas Watson, Jr

People need to learn how to work, learn how to support themselves. I think it's just fine to be eccentric.

— Temple Grandin

People are quite frequently eccentric.

— Jane Smiley

ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.

— Ambrose Bierce

In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the…

— John Stuart Mill