It is better to fail in originality than to succeed at imitation.

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""I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.""

- Herman Melville

Courage

"I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts."

- Herman Melville

Adversity

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"With a frigate’s anchors for my bridle-bitts and fasces of harpoons for spurs, would I could mount that whale and leap the topmost skies, to see whether the fabled heavens with all their countless tents really lie encamped beyond my mortal sight!"

- Herman Melville

Aspirations

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"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."

- Coco Chanel

Originality

"In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different."

- Coco Chanel

Originality

"Whatever you do, be different – that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out."

- Anita Roddick

Originality

"If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness."

- Therese of Lisieux

Originality

"There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original."

- Franz Joseph Haydn

Originality