Quotes About Self-expression

Define yourself; you have the monopoly on your life's dictionary.

Your original self is worth more than your imitation of someone else.

Stepping into speakership means bringing the very best of you, the real you, to your messages.

The paradox of public speaking is: you can't just be yourself; you need to amplify yourself.

It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.

I used to worry about fitting in until I realized the reason I didn't fit in was because I didn't want to.

You get up. You put on your clothes. And then you put on your personality. Choose wisely.

I couldn't believe it. I had broken the law simply by not wearing clothes.

If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise. Keep your head down. Keep your stamina. Keep swimming...

Don't do the work people expect you to do. Do the work you want to do. You only get one life. It's always best to live it as yourself.

Better to be disliked for being you, than being liked for being someone else.

We are infinitely better than the most perfect-looking bionic sex robots. We are humans. Let's not be ashamed to look like them.

Montaigne said that the point of life is to give yourself to yourself. I am trying.

An online profile of your best friend is not your best friend. A status update about a day in the park is not a day in the park. And the desire to tell the world about how happy you are is not how happy you are.

I'm French. I mean, that's my subject. Was also my nationality, too, though who lets nationality define them? Apart from idiots.

Don't do the work people expect you to do. Do the work you want to do. You only get one life. It's always best to live it as yourself.

If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it.

You will regret the fear. In The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, Bronnie Ware—a nurse who worked in palliative care—shared her experience of talking to those near the end of their lives. Far and away the biggest regret they had was fear. Many of Bronnie's patients were in deep anguish that they had spent their whole lives worrying. Lives consumed by fear. Worrying what other people thought of them. A worry that had stopped them being true to themselves.

Better to be disliked for being you, than being liked for being someone else. Life isn't a play. Don't rehearse yourself. Be yourself.

Their conversation topics are very rarely the things they want to be talking about, and I could write ninety-seven books on body shame and clothing etiquette before you would get even close to understanding them.

anything that lessens that extreme sense of self, that makes me feel me but at a lower volume, is very welcome.

do like you,' said Miika, in his quiet mouse language, 'even though you are not a dairy product.

If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you.

If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you.