Conformity

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better
to displease the people by doing what you know is right,
than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
- William J. H. Boetcker

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.
- Rita Mae Brown

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy

The opposite of courage in our society
is not cowardice, it is conformity.
- Rollo May

If you stand up and be counted,
from time to time you may get yourself knocked down.
But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again.
A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.
- Thomas J. Watson

Today's affirmation:
I have no need to conform to the stereotypes
others have defined for me.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: A Foolish Consistency

My Own Person

How to Deal with Rejection

The Choice to be Free

Be Yourself

Values

Responsibility