Expressing Yourself Quotes

“When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval. Putting a voice to your soul helps you to let go of the negative energy of fear and regret.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“What is the good of being an island, if you are not a volcanic island?”
― Wyndham Lewis, Letters

“Just because you can’t express your feelings it doesn’t mean they’re not deep.”
― John Fowles, The Collector

“Stop wearing that mask that is trying to be a match for everybody, and realise that you have to have more of a 1s and 10s model. A 1s and 10s model means that if you want to be a 10 for somebody you have to risk being a 1 for somebody else. [...] You wanna express who you really are.”
― Steve Pavlina

“Unapologetically expressing your creativity is the best aphrodisiac.”
― Euphoria Godsent

“The real you is still a little child who never grew up. Sometimes that little child comes out when you are having fun or playing, when you feel happy, when you are painting, or writing poetry, or playing the piano, or expressing yourself in some way. These are the happiest moments of your life – when the real you comes out, when you don’t care about the past and you don’t worry about the future. You are childlike. But there is something that changes all that: We call them responsibilities.”
― Don Miguel Ruiz, Οι Τέσσερις Συμφωνίες

“Language is the gateway of the mind and a bridge that connects us to other human beings. Language enables a person to share their clandestine inner world with other human beings and to learn about other people’s mysterious world of logical thoughts and poetic sentiments.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Boys are always inarticulate where their deepest feelings are concerned; however much they may desire it they cannot express kind and sympathetic feelings.”
― William Henry Hudson, Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life

“Everyone is entitled to an opinion… but you may only express it openly once you’ve earned the right to open your mouth in the company of others.”
― A.J. Vosse

“It is almost impossible to express myself, but everything seems to make more sense, satisfaction speaks louder than words.”
― Alain Bremond-Torrent, "Darling, it's not only about sex"

“If you never bother to say the words, why should anyone believe you ever felt them?”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

“Friends afford us a change to express our deepest selves, and that the conversations we have with them are a privileged forum in which to say what we really think and, by extension and with no mystical allusion, be who we really are.”
― Alain de Botton, How Proust Can Change Your Life

“While one lives in a foreign country, language's main function is as a means of self-protection and a weapon in one's fight with the world. You can't fight without a weapon. But perhaps its human instinct that makes it even more imperative to somehow express oneself, convey meaning, connect with others.”
― Iwaki Kei, Farewell, My Orange

“There are still no curtains in the rooms, still no sign of eccentricity.”
― Alain Bremond-Torrent, running is flying intermittently

“I'm still learning how to express myself on the platform but the digital distance and the human values that i learned in my pre-smartphone education don't seem to match together very well sometimes.”
― Alain Bremond-Torrent, "Darling, it's not only about sex"

“Use your voice only when it clearly serves mutual growth and development and supports the greater good of the whole. Express yourself only for service - only when it leads to constructive ends.”
― Shai Tubali - "The Seven Wisdoms of Life – a Journey Into The Chakras"

“If you look and express yourself like everybody else, then you will be treated and taken like everybody else; but If you distinguish yourself and act differently then you will be treat and taken differently—Boomerang Effect!”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Forget the labels. Expressing your needs and desires is a sign of strength, not strife. Setting boundaries isn't selfishness; it's self-respect. And those who can't embrace your authentic voice simply aren't meant to be heard.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“I am not always capable of expressing myself to you, but I can always feel your deep desires.”
― Debasish Mridha

“After all, work is the primary vehicle for most people to express themselves in the world.”
― Sudhakar Ram, Connected Age: Being the Best You Can in the New World

“A blank canvas provides the artist in you with the perfect opportunity to express yourself!
There is absolutely no limit to what you can create. To execute an artful tableau all you need is a willingness to experiment with paper flower crafts.”
― Chantal Larocque, Bold & Beautiful Paper Flowers: More Than 50 Easy Paper Blooms and Gorgeous Arrangements You Can Make at Home

“Our time is limited, but can manifest itself with what we can do.”
― Surajit Roy

“If you remind yourself how good it feels to be liked, perhaps it will be easier to let someone know you like them. There’s a kindness —a generosity of sorts—in letting someone know you think they are pretty amazing. Drop the story that liking someone puts you in the weaker position.”
― Alexandra H. Solomon

“Music is an important factor in mature life, and looking back across the years I realize that some wise, kind "Invisible Helper," urged me on always in every attempt I made to express myself in music, so that, in my later years, I might have this consolation and means of mental and spiritual development.”
― Ella Wheeler Wilcox, The Worlds And I

“It is easy to speak, but not very easy when you can't speak easily.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Stamerenophobia

“When the night comes, darkness fulfills everything you see.”
― Dark Night Beacon

“Because in the great majority of cases, the reason the other person is not listening to you is not because they are stubborn, but because they don’t feel heard. In other words, they aren’t listening to you for the same reason you aren’t listening to them: they think you are slow or stubborn. So they repeat themselves, find new ways to say things, talk more loudly, and so forth.”
― Douglas Stone, Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

“Saying “I’d like you to pay more attention to me” is more likely to produce a conversation (and a satisfying outcome) than “Is it impossible for you to focus on me just once?” Because instead of hearing the underlying feeling or request, the other person focuses on the sarcasm and the attack. Instead of hearing that you feel lonely, they hear that you think they are thoughtless. The real message doesn’t get through, because they are distracted by the need to defend themselves.”
― Douglas Stone, Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

“I was going to die, if not sooner then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me.”
― Douglas Stone, Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most