Janet Mock Quotes

I want it to have a message. I want it to empower people to say what they think.

Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.

There is a great power in speaking your truth and standing for something important.

I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I'm not going to shut up.

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

I'm blessed to have a voice, and I'm going to use it.

It's okay to say what you want to do.

When I was on 'The View,' I went backstage to Whoopi Goldberg's dressing room, and she told me, 'People are going to love what you do, and people are going to hate what you do, but you have to keep doing it. You have to stand up and do what you know is true, despite what people are going to say.' And I'm taking that into every aspect of my life.

I hope being honest about my experiences and contextualizing them empowers young women to step into their truths, tell their own stories, and live visibly.

I want people to hear me and feel like they can be bold as well.

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

Give voice to what you know to be true, and do not be afraid of being disliked or exiled. I think that's the hard work of standing up for what you see.

Leave safety behind. Put your body on the line. Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes. When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say. Well-aimed slingshots can topple giants.

I think there are a lot of people who are afraid to be who they are, and if I have to sacrifice a little bit of fame and a little bit of success because I'm being 100 percent truthful with who I am, hopefully that will create a paved way for someone else.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

For myself, for a long time... maybe I felt inauthentic or something, I felt like my voice wasn't worth hearing, and I think everyone's voice is worth hearing. So if you've got something to say, say it from the rooftops.

In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked.

I had something I was trying to say and sometimes the message is an easy transmission and sometimes it's a difficult one but I love the power of saying it so I'm gonna do it whether it's hard or easy.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

I love to watch someone who just goes for it and isn't worried about whether it's silly or awkward or unflattering.

I am trying to be a girl who is real and has an opinion. Might say stupid things but not scared of men, and for me that's important.

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

I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them.

When who you are naturally is not only considered a sin, but you're reviled for being that human being and you don't have any control over it, there are lots of issues that come into play. And it takes a lot of presence, determination, courage and space to figure out how to land in that truth regardless of what anyone around you thinks about it.

My biggest strength is I'm courageous, or if I am afraid of something, I do it anyway. I do what I feel. It's nothing personal against anyone, so that courageousness has been very good to me.