Quotes About Self-expression

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others.

I chose to be a writer no more than I chose to be female.

I am free to write: therefore, I am free to be.

We start each day with a blank sheet of paper in front of us, and what we write on it is up to us.

Just take this as a warning. Know that there's always a price for not being yourself.

Be your own self. Love what YOU love.

I have learned that if you have something to say, say it regardless, no matter what the outcome is, it will serve you, eventually.

Don't try to be different, that's not you, but just try to be yourself & that will make all the difference.

be who you set out to be...

Stop changing yourself for the sake of other people. You shouldn't care what strangers think and true friends won't ask you to change.

Don't stress over being yourself. The act of being yourself is simply to be. Be without changing yourself for others. Simply be.

Be yourself there is no one better

You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you round out your edges, you'll lose your edge.

Be true to your real self you are all you've got

Be yourself, it doesn't matter who is looking, Fall in love like you've never been hurt, Sing like you are alone even when you are not, And be free like it's paradise on earth.

I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That's their mistake, not my failing.

When you begin to do what matters most to you, you let go of preconceived notions of who you are which have been fostered by others and start creating the person you most want to be.

I can do anything. I can be anything. No one ever told me I couldn't. No one ever expressed this idea that I was limited to any one thing, and so I think in terms of what's possible, not impossible.

Never be ashamed of your creativity. It simply shows everyone of how you can express your emotions through art

It is vital to avoid mediocrity - living a life of deadness in someone else's threadbare world.

I didn't want to be different, even among the different.

I don't fit into any stereotypes. And I like myself that way.

Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring what others think.

To live in a world that requires you to become someone else, being yourself is your best choice and most valuable accomplishment."-Steven Cuoco