Marie Osmond Quotes

I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.

I'm so sick of people shaming women for being sensitive or vulnerable. It's so bizarre to me... I do have those qualities, and I just don't think there's anything wrong with them.

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.

I am always amazed that so many people are concerned with wanting to be what they are not;What is the point of making yourself look ridiculous? You don't always have to pretend to be strong,there is no need to prove all the time that everything is going well,you shouldn't be concerned about what other people are thinking. Cry if you need to,it's good to cry out all your tears,because only then you will be able to smile again.

I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it's not good for me.

Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.

I think it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine.

When you bring the darkness to the table, it doesn't rule you or hurt other people, but when we keep it secret, it's dangerous.

What's interesting is that both men and women are struggling with this issue in remarkably similar percentages, but the big difference is that women tend to talk about this when men keep it silent.

To say you want to be a director is to risk sounding obnoxious, pretentious, arrogant, and I think women are more fearful of sounding that way than men are.

Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest.

I cry a lot, and I have no problem with that at all. Listening to your emotions is part of being alive.

We are as sick as our secrets, so I tell everything.

I want people to know that it's OK to have feelings; it's OK to be vulnerable. That no matter where they live around the world, teenagers all go through the same things.

Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot tolerate having words wrapped around it. What it craves is secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you stay quiet, you stay in a lot of self-judgment.

I almost never cry, and it's something I don't like about myself. I sometimes try and make myself cry. Sometimes, when I'm in pain, I say if I could just cry it would make it so much easier.

I've always had a problem saying what I feel for fear of having someone dislike me.

I think there's so much feeling among young girls where they feel like they have to be this perfect thing - and they don't. Perfect people don't exist. Sometimes people need to be told it.

I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry.

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

Women love an honest man. An honest man that isn't afraid to say, 'Men get hurt too.' And a lot of men don't admit that.

In this society, if a man is called a woman, that's the biggest insult he could get. Is that because women are considered something less?

Women are more emotional, and it's natural to talk about it.

When you feel good is when you're not afraid to feel the worst.

Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.