Dia Mirza Quotes

I'm sensitive. I'm proud of being sensitive. I'm proud of being empathetic.

I cry a lot when I feel empathy. I can feel heartbroken by life, and I cry quite easily, sometimes for no reason. It's healthy, I think.

I talk a lot about strength, faith and love, but I don't ever talk about the fact that I am one of the most sensitive people in my family. That might be the most shocking, because you always see me fighting the good fight, with the strong face on, but I am the most emotional.

I'm an emotional person; I do occasionally shed a tear.

I'm an emotional guy.

I think women are amazing for being able to show what they feel. I admire women who do. I think it's a mistake when women cover their emotions to look tough. I say let's own who we are and use it as a strength.

My strength is that I'm an empath.

I have confidence in my manhood to be able to cry at a movie or at a wedding, too.

I realized that a great deal of life is exactly and precisely about being able to feel pain: my own and other people's.

Showing your emotions is not a weakness.

If we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of kindness, our protective shells will melt, and we'll find that more areas of our lives are workable. AS we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others-what and whom we can work with, and how-becomes wider.

Why is it that people who cannot show feeling presume that that is a strength and not a weakness?

Some of us are only going to show our emotions while we're actually vulnerable. But that's what makes us human.

I was raised that emotion was a good thing.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

For modelling, you have to be such a strong person in a way - or seen to be a strong person, do you know what I mean? But in acting you have to get in touch with all the vulnerability that you carry.

I'm an emotional person, a very emotional person.

Neapolitans are extremely empathetic, whereas the typical northern attitude is more about not showing or sharing your feelings.

I love support groups, people talking about their feelings.

I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.

I'm a giant softy, for sure, but I honestly think these days it's probably considered more masculine to be emotionally connected.

I live my life pretty emotionally, for better and for worse. I'm pretty thin-skinned and transparent. I lead with my heart, and I wanted to make a movie that did the same.

I play damaged people a lot. I'm a Cancer. And I say that tongue and cheek, but I wear my heart on my sleeve. I'm a very emotional woman.

When a man is able to connect with his feelings, he is able to care more.

There are always reasons for people's behaviour, and it's easy just to dismiss them and assume that we already know their story, especially if they're no good at showing their emotions. Life gives you all these knocks, it's so easy to form a shell to protect yourself. I've done it myself.