Quotes About Self-expression

You are strong enough to sing as you wish, not as your pain has forced to. You aren't your hurt. You're other than that. You are not the broken things you've been.

You are strong enough to sing as you wish, not as your pain has forced you to. You aren't your hurt. You're other than that. You are not the broken things you've been.

You are strong enough to sing as you wish, not as your pain has forced you to. You aren't your hurt. You're other than that. You are not the broken things you've been. Look at yourself. You're living, not a singer in the midst of her deathsong.

The fundamental principle of scientific pedagogy must be, indeed, the liberty of the pupil;–such liberty as shall permit a development of individual, spontanous manifestations of the child's nature. If

We habitually serve children; and this is not only an act of servility toward them, but it is dangerous, since it tends to suffocate their useful, spontaneous activity. We

En realidad le importaba poco integrarse: el concepto de grupo le parecía más bien de "rebaño". Miraba a sus compañeros de facultad o de residencia y sentía que eran todos iguales. Bueno, quizá por grupos, pero iguales. De un solo vistazo podías saber si leían o no y qué, qué música escuchaban y hasta el tipo de chico o chica con que les gustaría salir. A Laura aquello le parecía aburrido. ¿Qué interés podría tener la gente en parecerse?

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.'

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

I virkeligheden maskerede hvert eneste ord, jeg ikke kunne udtale, et område, som jeg nægtede at trænge ind på. Og hvert eneste ord, jeg glædede mig ved at udtale, angav et område, der passede mig godt.

Altering your behavior or being someone different from who you are is a recipe for disaster. He is attracted to you—the real you—just the way you are, not to some woman who has no life except for him.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

I remember growing up, saying you're an artist it sounds pretentious but now it's one of the only dignified things that you can call yourself.

Normal people are just freaks who are afraid to be themselves in public.

Conformity begins the moment you ignore how you feel for acceptance.

I never stop myself from doing something because I'm afraid of what people might think.

The greatest artists express their inner self

A woman without paint is like food without salt.

If by that you mean that I dislike celebrity magazines, prefer food to anorexia, refuse to watch TV shows about models, and hate the color pink, then yes. I am proud to be not really a girl.

Predigested food' should be inscribed over every hall of learning as a warning to all who do not wish to lose their own personalities and their original sense of judgment.

Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't bother me. It's other people doing the calling that bothers me.