Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Individualism Quotes
AutonomyCritical ThinkingIndividualismReason The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
CreativityGenerational ChangeIndividualismInnovationLiterature I think I belong to America's last generation of novelists. Novelists will come one by one from now on, not in seeming families, and will perhaps write only one or two novels, and let it go at that.
AgreementCompatibilityIndividualismSelf-CenterednessSocial Interaction My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
IndividualismOutcastsRebellionSociety And HumanityVagabond Lifestyle Some of us are born rebellious. Like Jean Genet or Arthur Rimbaud, I roam these mean streets like a villain, a vagabond, an outcast, scavenging for the scraps that may perchance plummet off humanity's dirty plates, though often sometimes taking a cab to a restaurant is more convenient.
CompetitionHumorIndividualismSelf-PromotionSocial Dynamics I doubt anyone has ever accused comedians of solidarity before. It's hard to think of a less collegiate world than that of unabashed professional narcissists competing for attention; even when we reluctantly band together on panel shows, we're only trying to sell solo tours.
AuthenticityIndividualismIntegritySelf-Expression I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record.
IndividualismInnovationResilienceScienceSystem Critique People who are scientists today are scientists in spite of the system, typically, not because of it.
IndividualismPersonal SalvationRejectionSelfishnessUniversal Concern The idea of personal salvation is intensely repugnant to me when it is not absurd. Imagine Roosevelt, the big brute, preserving his personality in a future state and swaggering about as a celestial Rough Rider!
CollectivismEgoIndividualism In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.'
AutonomyHappinessIndividualismSelf-FulfillmentSelf Reliance To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.
ControlCultural DisconnectEmpathyIndividualismPower This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.
