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Quotes About Self-expression

If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run.
~ Viggo Mortensen
Whatever you wear, you have to own it. Make it yours.
~ Paul Feig
I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life.
~ David Johansen
As a self-published author, you have the choice. Embrace the power to create a book that is truly yours. Don't be a whiner or a copycat.
~ M. J. Rose
I know you think we are close because you follow me on Instagram and are privy to some of my life experiences. I may even have liked a picture or two of yours. Does that mean I want to be added to your group chat and get updates of you on holiday in Bora Bora in the middle of my night? No!
~ Shweta Bachchan Nanda
Just enjoy every moment - don't stress. Just be yourself.
~ Mabel
In life, it is important to not be afraid to put yourself out there, win or lose. It is all about the spirit of challenging yourself to be open to realizing your highest potential.
~ Cynthia Bailey
Being confident is the key to life. Don't be afraid to be you! I'm super different from a lot of kids my age with style and personality, and I'm OK with it. And if you are OK with it, everyone else will be, too. Just be yourself.
~ Leo Howard
Be yourself. Unapologetically.
~ Kesha
Always be your true self, and surround yourself with positive and supportive people.
~ Amanda Lepore
Don't let others define you. You define yourself.
~ Ginni Rometty
Don't try to impress people. Always be yourself!
~ Bella Thorne
Don't worry what people say or what people think. Be yourself.
~ Brett Hull
Being yourself is very sexy, you know?
~ Erin Heatherton
To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.
~ Agnes de Mille
Make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You push for colour-blind casting; you draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are, not what colour your parents happen to be.
~ Meghan Markle
You can't please everyone. There's always going to be someone disappointed, so you might as well make yourself happy and Be You.
~ Lzzy Hale
The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.
~ Peter Jackson
Everybody always going to sound like somebody. You got to separate yourself.
~ Lil Durk
One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening.
~ Franklin P. Jones
Don't be afraid to express yourself through fashion!
~ Chanel Iman
Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself.
~ David Alan Grier
Believe in yourself, and find ways to express yourself, and find the discipline to keep growing.
~ Michael Feinstein
Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
~ Adam Grant