41 Quotes About Opening Up

Having the courage to open up and share something of trauma with others about yourself can open you up to vulnerabilities. These quotes about opening up will capture the strength and desire you need to have to prevail.

“A key that opens many locks is worth buying. A lock that can be opened with many keys isn’t.”

“A key to dramatic growth is to recognize an amazing paradox: By accepting and actually embracing our limitations, we allow ourselves to open up to the knowledge, experience, and insights of others.”

“A particularly good book has a way of opening new spaces in one’s mind. It even invited you to come back later and rummage through what you’d learn.”

“A smile will open more doors than what a frown will.”

“As a photographer you have a deep love for light, life and yourself. You know that the eyes of love aren’t blind, they are wide open.”

“As we become more open and accepting of others and appreciative of what they have to offer, they open up more to us in return.”

“Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.”

“Dawn and dusk are mutual friends of the sun; one opens the door for him to a brand new day and the other one has to shut it to embrace the darkness of night.”

“Fascination is much more enjoyable than frustration, and it’s far more productive. By attempting to sincerely understand something, we become open and curious, which is a great starting point for learning and growth.”

“Finding love on your doorstep will make you open up your heart to the world.”

“God will open His truths and His secret to us so that we can have success”

“I am always in quest of being open to what the universe will bring me.”

“I know you exist not just because your eyes fly and give light to things like an open window.”

“If you feel you have to open a particular door, open it, otherwise all your life that door will haunt your mind!”

“I’m not saying that people can’t be happy or fulfilled on their own; of course they can. But being open to the possibility of love doesn’t make you weak; it actually makes you strong.”

“I’m open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.”

“It’s a fact—everyone is ignorant in some way or another. Ignorance is our deepest secret. And it is one of the scariest things out there, because those of us who are most ignorant are also the ones who often don’t know it or don’t want to admit it.”

“It’s not the substance of what you make known to me that’s beautiful; it’s the opening of your heart. It is the ‘yes’ in your heart to be mine. The fact that you are revealing the secrets and letting me peer into your heart–that is in itself the beautiful part.”

“Key the mind, and set the soul free.”

“Let your love open the door to other people’s hearts.”

“Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.”

“Look with open eyes and you will see the beauty of the waterfall.”

“Most people would not open a door unless they knew what lay beyond, and even if they opened the door by mistake, they would find an uninteresting room beyond.”

“My eyes were closed, they’re open now”

“Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others.”

“Open all closed minds with the key to understanding.”

“The bird dares to break the shell, then the shell breaks open and the bird can fly openly. This is the simplest principle of success. You dream, you dare and and you fly.”

“The church’s task is to open people’s eyes so that they can see that there is nothing higher than God”

“The world is always open, waiting to be discovered.”

“To open door to hatred is to open one’s spirit to misery”

“Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait ’til the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a full and clear light.”

“We must keep our heart open in the very moment our instinct tells us to shut it down. When we transcend this critical point, we are finally and truly able to deepen our love and strengthen our bond.”

“What is the one message that only you can give? It’s your story.”

“When the door of opportunity of your storehouse opens for you, let faith and hope enter first. When your faith leads the way, you will locate the source of your hidden treasures.”

“When we are born our eyes open onto the world. When we learn the truth about the world we choose to close our eyes to the world around us.”

“When within yourself you find the road, the right road will open.”

“When you build a wall of hate, love will always be there to open a door for you.”

“When you close your eyes and you feel the color, that is when you know that love has entered your heart.”

“Women are like locked diaries that men expect to read like open books.”

“You hear with your ears, but you listen with an open mind.”

“Your future is only as bright as your mind is open.”

Opening up to others can end up being more empowering than you may have originally expected.