Deb Caletti Quotes

I've learned to recognize that I'm in certain rooms for a reason, and I've learned - if I have an opinion or something I want to say - to say those things and not feel afraid about it.

It's become easier to speak up for myself.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

I feel like you have to tell people who you are, but you don't have to be disrespectful about it. But you also don't have to be a shrinking violet.

Sometimes you have to say what's on your mind if it's something that's really important to you.

For me, speaking my mind is a big part of my life, and I encourage other people to do that as well.

Years and years of therapy taught me to speak up because speaking up is what gets things done and gets your story and your voice heard.

By the time I got to WWE, I had a lot more confidence and willingness to speak up.

I've learned from her [ Oprah Winfrey] really how to stand in one's truth, how if you just simply are who you are, you know, you're heavy, you're thin, you're happy, you're sad - if you just speak your truth as it comes into your mind, then that's what people relate to.

I've learned the importance of speaking up for myself and voicing my opinions and my ideas. I'm definitely a shy person.

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

The thing is, is to raise your hand. It's not to hide, and it's not to try and pretend or do anything like that. You raise your hand, that's the best thing about it.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

Never let anyone silence your voice.

I'm always for the person who speaks their mind.

If you are not happy with something, you should change it. So I went to a lot of therapy, and finally, I am able to speak up for myself: You are going to hear me roar!

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader.

I need to learn to be more assertive.

Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent.

As long as people are living their truth or their vision, whether they're activists or not, that's the important thing.

I want to encourage kids to speak up, to tell their stories. That is the only way people will know what we have to go through. Believe in yourself. Someone once told me being different isn't bad - different is just different!

I've learnt a lot over the years, but I'm still quite outspoken. And no matter how much media training you put me through, I don't think I could be anything but.

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

I am no longer afraid to say anything.