Quotes About Self-expression

You have to be careful what you imagine, because the act of imagining is the act of encouraging yourself to be a certain kind of person.

It takes a great deal of courage and independence to decide to design your own image instead of the one that society rewards, but it gets easier as you go along.

Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way.

Follow your own weird.

The genius must have his freedom and his independence.

What have I to do with plows? I cut another furrow than you see.

At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as fast as they were applied.

I had no place in any coterie, or in any reciprocal self-advertising. I stood alone. I stood outside. I wanted only to learn. I wanted only to write better.

Courage lies in being oneself, in showing complete independence, in loving what one loves, in discovering the deep roots of one's feelings.

Disrobe both conformity and rebellion to find true independence.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be.

Never dull your shine for somebody else.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way.

People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to Wal-Mart, so be it.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

You change the world by being yourself.

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

Be Young, Be Dope, Be Proud.

The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.

If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.

The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.

To anyone out there especially young people feeling like they don't fit in and will never be accepted, please know this, great things can happen when you have the courage to be yourself.