Quotes About Self-expression

I think [ fashion philosophy] it's about your smile and your smell.

A gentleman will walk but never run.. it takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.. be yourself no matter what they say.

You wish to be liked. I wish simply to be. One day you will know what that means, perhaps. And you will smile. Not against me. But with me.

If there is anything you can do, it may just be to smile for them. Because when you smile, the world seems just a little kinder. For you to just be yourself is a very important thing, I think.

If I put faith in medication, if I can smile a crooked smile, if I can talk on television, if I can walk an empty mile.

Smile. Nod. Say something witty before he finds out what an incredible geek you are.

Don't be afraid to be who you are, we were created to perfect in our own imperfect way.

It is always in the creating your path, not in the fitting in the society.

Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be, that's stupid. So be yourself.

No matter what society is trying to drill in your head about how you should look, how you should act, and what you need to say, I think it's all crap. All of it. Be yourself and do you.

I felt free, once I realized i was never going to fit the narrow mold that society wanted me to fit in.

We indeed did and do own our own minds and bodies, and anything from church or state that limits that is inappropriate and inconsistent with the ... society that America is supposed to be.

Every one of us is a perfect human being, deformed by the family, the society and the culture.

A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.

Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be.

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.

We should wear whatever we think looks nice and wear it with confidence. That will put you in a good mood and I think it will lead to an abundant society

Don't look for society to give you permission to be yourself.

Los símbolos de decisiones identitarias grabados en el propio cuerpo sugieren, por el contrario, que la identidad que estos implican es, para el sujeto portador, un compromiso más serio y duradero, y no solo un capricho momentáneo. El tatuaje, milagro entre milagros, señala al mismo tiempo la estabilidad (tal vez incluso la irreversibilidad) intencional del compromiso y la libertad de elección que caracteriza la idea de derecho a la autodefinición y a su ejercicio.

That's right: No one cares! People have troubles of their own! It's okay. That doesn't mean you shouldn't do it; it means you should do it, somehow, for its own sake, without illusions. Just write, just live, and don't care too much yourself. No one cares. It's just banter.

I'm half white, I said, folding my arms. Hrrm. Which half? I blinked. Uh...dunno. Let's just say it's from the waist down. Chief Shouting Bear nodded. Deal. I only hate your legs.

If the yellow patent leather flats fit...

I will never be able to do or be everything you want, nor vice versa, but I'd like to think we can be the sort of people who will dare to tell each other who we really are. The alternative is silence and lies, which are the real enemies of love.

Just be yourself' is about the worst advice you can give some people.