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Quotes About Self-expression

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-conciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.
~ Bruce Lee
Your uniqueness is your strength. Remember that. Don't mold yourself to others or to what others think. You're an individual. You're special.
~ Austin Carlile
...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.
~ Audre Lorde
An intimate relationship is one in which neither party silences, sacrifices, or betrays the self and each party expresses strength and vulnerability, weakness and competence in a balanced way.
~ Harriet Lerner
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
If you don't fit into a certain type, there's a lot of strength in just being who you are.
~ Kim Gordon
Always, my mother said, "Be yourself." That is sometimes the hardest thing to do. I try to always remember that and come back to that and have strength in who you are. There is only one you.
~ Felicity Jones
I might not be ready to pour out my feelings to the world, but I'd had enough of trying to ignore them.
~ R.J. Anderson, Ultraviolet
You've got to figure out what it is you love - who you really are - and have the courage to do that.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.
~ Mason Cooley
I don't want to disrespect hip-hop by being something I'm not. I'm Pooch Hall. My strength is in front the camera and holding dialogue.
~ Pooch Hall
One thing I've learned in life is that I can speak for myself, that I can fight my own battles. I don't like anyone telling me how I'm supposed to feel or think or what I'm supposed to say.
~ Hope Solo
Man is a real man, and can live and act manfully in this world, not in the strength of opinions, not according to what he thinks, but according to what he is .
~ James Anthony Froude
There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That's what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad.
~ Garson Kanin
I love a loose-fitting skirt with a cinched waist. A feminine silhouette is a no-stress zone - it's comfortable and I don't have to worry about wardrobe malfunctions!
~ Eva Mendes
I'd like to thank my parents for always stressing, be an individual.
~ Shelby Lynne
If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.
~ Maya Angelou
An important attribute of success is to be yourself. Never hide what makes you, you.
~ Indra Nooyi
The best thing you have to offer the world is yourself. You don't have to copy anyone else. If you do, you're second best. To achieve success is to be first, and that's being yourself.
~ John Denver
Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?
~ Edith Sitwell
Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.
~ Samuel Johnson
There is no recipe for success - it is as unique as you are
~ Natalie Massenet
Being a failure at living your own life as best as you can is better than being a success living the life somebody else says you should live.
~ Julius Lester
I want to be myself. That's when you feel the most comfortable, that's when you have the most success, and that's when you're the most happy.
~ Leighton Meester