Quotes About Self-expression

The natural elements of sunlight, water and air were not permitted to touch a woman's bare skin. At the seaside, women made their laborious way through the water in heavy bathing costumes, covered from neck to ankles. Young girls in boarding schools and convents even had to take baths in long white garments, forgetting that they had bodies at all.

He was always willing to be the text of his own oratory.

The world always said to just be yourself, but it turned out when Evelyn was herself, no guys were at all interested, so she was left with games of make-believe, expressing enthusiasm for whatever the men wanted to do, be it rock climbing or going to a cheese-beer pairing or a Knicks game.

I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am.

You don't knit because you are patient. You are patient because you knit.

In Witchcraft, each of us must reveal our own truth.

The truth is, no matter what your lifestyle or occupation, nothing can really stop you when you're allowing yourself to be exactly who you want to be.

I knew that was really the only purpose of life: to be our self, live our truth, and be the love that we are.

Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.

I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am.

How happy is he born and taught; that serves not another's will, whose armor is his honest thought and truth, his utmost skill.

Nothing beats being really honest about who you are and what you need. All the rest just works itself out.

It wasn't until I was 37 that I grasped the great truth that you've got to write your own books and nobody else's, and then everything followed from there.

The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.

For me as an actor, daring is to tell the truth - to be yourself, no matter how the world interacts with that.

Lift your head up high, and scream to the world. I know I am someone, and let the truth unfurl.

Truth is, I cut my hair for freedom, not for beauty.

Whatever truth we feel compelled to withhold, no matter how unthinkable it is to imagine ourselves telling it, not to is a way of spiritually holding our breath. You can only do it for so long.

My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out.

There is great truth in Alphonse Karr's remark that modern men are ugly because they do not wear their beards.

Nothing feels sexier than wearing the beautiful truth.

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.

Whatever your secret, live your own truth; life is too short.

If I could act like This was my real life, And not some cage where I've been placed, Well then, I could tell you The truth like I used to And not be afraid of sounding fake.