However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit. Alexis de Tocqueville
A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred - the human law in himself, his own individual will. Bruce Lee
Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today. Maxwell Maltz
A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind. Daisaku Ikeda
But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place. Vernon Jordan
And we did so based on the belief that while these transitions will be hard and take time, societies based upon democracy and openness and the dignity of the individual will ultimately be more stable, more prosperous, and more peaceful. Barack Obama