Self Expression Quotes - Page 9

• A virtue of the free enterprise system is that it offers every individual the greatest opportunity for self expression.

  Lawrence Fertig

  Opportunity, Self, Expression

  Lawrence Fertig (1961). “Prosperity through freedom”

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• Withhold no good impulse. You may fear that you will run to excess and squander too much, but those feelings are born of fear. In God's reality, the more you give of yourself-in feeling, generosity, self-expression, goodness, creativity, and love-the more you will be given.

  Deepak Chopra

  Love, Positive, God

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• But so many Christians are like deaf people at a concert. They study the programme carefully, believe every statement make in it, speak respectfully of the quality of the music, but only really hear a phrase now and again. So they have no notion at all of the mighty symphony which fills the universe, to which our lives are destined to make their tiny contribution, and which is the self-expression of the Eternal God.

  Evelyn Underhill

  Christian, Believe, Symphony

  Evelyn Underhill, Christopher L. Webber (2006). “Advent with Evelyn Underhill”, p.17, Church Publishing, Inc.

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• Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association of music and math has, in fact, long been noted. Creating and performing music promotes self-expression and provides self-gratification while giving pleasure to others. In medicine, increasing published reports demonstrate that music has a healing effect on patients. For all these reasons, it deserves strong support in our educational system, along with the other arts, the sciences, and athletics.

  Michael E. DeBakey

  Art, Strong, Educational

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• A labor of love is exalted because it provides joy and self-expression to those who perform it.

  Dennis Kimbro

  Love Is, Self, Expression

  Dennis Kimbro (2011). “What Makes the Great Great: Strategies for Extraordinary Achievement”, p.181, Main Street Books

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• Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Spiritual, Mean, Men

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• I hold a beast, an angel and a madman within me.

  Dylan Thomas

  Angel, Enquiry, Upheaval

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• To me, clothing is a form of self-expression - there are hints about who you are in what you wear.

  Marc Jacobs

  Fashion, Self, Expression

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• I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Freedom

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