Visibility Quotes

“Peace is more of an internal settlement rather than what is visible on the external.”
― Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

“Black males who refuse categorization are rare, for the price of visibility in the contemporary world of white supremacy is that black identity be defined in relation to the stereotype whether by embodying it or seeking to be other than it…Negative stereotypes about the nature of black masculinity continue to overdetermine the identities black males are allowed to fashion for themselves.”
― bell hooks, We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity

“How the world sees us, how other people see us is meaningless. What’s important is how we see ourselves. We must be visible to ourselves.”
― Jane Tara, Tilda Is Visible

“It’s also joy. The joy to be here, to be free and finally able to walk around with pride and dignity as a lesbian woman in the midst of all these life-affirming rainbows, without worrying about who might see and possibly judge me.”
― Jutta Swietlinski, Returning Home to Her

“Is this okay?"
"Yes," I answered with a nod.
She slid her fingers down my pants and touched me.
"You're so wet," she said.

And I was. Turned on in a way that was new, I felt the sensation I had only managed to reach on my own until this point. My body quivered, I wish we'd been alone, but the presence of others snapped us out of it.

Being in proximity to Jessica changed me. Growing up with hardly any queers around, this person helped me discover myself, someone who had pushed through the fear and the shame to exist proudly. Running into her on the sidewalk, seeing her at a party, eating the wraps she made at the mall, I didn't have a crush, but I yearned to be near what was possible. Her visibility meant the world
to me.

I think about this as I walk through the world now.”
― Elliot Page, Pageboy

“I want young people to see themselves in books in a way that I never did, and, to know that somebody understands. It's important to me.”
― Patrice Lawrence

“You are not invisible. You just haven’t added enough value to attract attention.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Sips And Little Portions

“Blow your trumpet bigly aka talk the walk.”
― Binod Shankar, Let's Get Real: 42 Tips for the Stuck Manager

“In that moment, just before expertly wiping my browser history, I felt less alone.”
― Ella Braidwood

“Having visibility – and real-life role models – really matters.”
― Ella Braidwood

“the words are there for the people who want to have detailed discussions.”
― Julie Sondra Decker, The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality

“Branding lays the foundation for a school's reputation and credibility, while marketing drives visibility and engagement, propelling the school towards its enrolment and retention goals.”
― Asuni LadyZeal

“We all carry unseen stories under our skin. We hold identities around ethnicity, gender, ability, or religion that remain invisible and are discounted by the world around us. We wish for a sense of belonging without negotiation, explanation, or being required to somehow prove our validity. In a world of separation and division, we need to learn to be better at seeing (and believing) each other.”
― Jeanette LeBlanc

“It is incumbent upon us to list you your fears lest you forget them: that of being needy; of being clingy; of being odd; of being invisible; of being visible; of being shamed; of being shunned; of being deceived; of being bullied, of being abandoned; of being hit; of being talked about; of being pitied; of being mocked; of being thought both "child" and at the same time "old woman"; of anger; of others; of making mistakes; of knowing instinctively; of sadness; of loneliness; of failure; of loss; of love; of death. If not death, then of living - of the body, its needs, its bits, its daring bits, its unwanted bits. Then the shudders, the ripples, our legs turning to pulp because of those shudders and ripples. On a scale of one to ten, nine and nine-tenths of us believe in the loss of our power and in succumbing to weakness, also in the slyness of others. In instability too, we believe. Nine and nine-tenths of us think we are spied upon, that we replay old trauma, that we are tight and unhappy and numb in our facial expression. These are our fears, Dear Susannah Eleanor Lizabetta Effie. Note them please. Remember these points please. Susannah, oh our Susannah. We are afraid.”
― Anna Burns, Milkman

“No one has gone further than Proust in fixing the relations between the visible and the invisible, in describing an idea that is not the contrary of the sensible, that is its lining and its depth.”
― Maurice Merleau-Ponty, The Visible and the Invisible

“Be everywhere you are needed—not everywhere you can be.”
― Bernard Kelvin Clive

“Branding gives visibility and credibility to a business. It adds the glow and glory which unbranded businesses lack.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You

“Stay branded! Stay alive!! Stay visible!!!”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You

“You are not the villain for setting a boundary. You are the person who knows their limits.”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Please Don't Look at Me: A Gentle Self-Help Book About an Anxious Introvert Learning to Say No, Set Boundaries, and Exist Without Apologizing

“You don’t need eyes to see the danger. Danger isn’t always visible and survival doesn’t wait for sight.”
― William P. Wood, Caliban’s Flight

“This is a game of invisibility and visibility: one is both hyper-visible and entirely unseen at the same time.”
― Sov8840

“Before social media, writers were the original influencers. Now we depend on the influence of others just to be seen.”
― Lawrence Nault

“A writer finds peace in silence, speaking only to the page, yet the words survive only by stepping into the noise of the world to be seen, heard, and held by others.”
― Lawrence Nault

“Tom followed me back across Allston-Brighton and home. I had to ride slow because I was taking my guerrilla route, the one I follow when I assume that everyone in a car is out to get me. My nighttime attitude is, anyone can run you down and get away with it. Why give some drunk the chance to plaster me against a car? That's why I don't even own a bike light, or one of those godawful reflective suits. Because if you've put yourself in a position where someone has to see you in order for you to be safe - to see you, and to give a fuck - you've already blown it.”
― Neal Stephenson, Zodiac

“You’ll challenge the beliefs that shrink you. You’ll take back the power they kept from you. Not by shouting louder, but by showing up clearer. You were never meant to stay small. You’re here to become unforgettable. And you won’t get there by waiting for the algorithm. The job title or the mentor to choose you. You choose you. Starting now.”
― Kinga Bali, The Unforgettable You: 21 Lies To Unlearn: A Human-Centered Guide to Personal Branding, Reputation Management & Thought Leadership in the Age of AI

“You're not invisible. But some days you feel like a ghost. You've built, led, lived. But in a digital flood of noise and neon, your clarity blurs.

visibility, digital-overwhelm, self-expression, clarity, professional-identity”
― Kinga Bali, The Unforgettable You: 21 Lies To Unlearn: A Human-Centered Guide to Personal Branding, Reputation Management & Thought Leadership in the Age of AI

“This isn’t a fix-you formula, but a mirror to see what’s been there all along. You’ll challenge the beliefs that shrink you. You’ll take back the power they kept from you. Not by shouting louder, but by showing up clearer. You were never meant to stay small. You’re here to become unforgettable. And you won’t get there by waiting for the algorithm. The job title or the mentor to choose you. You choose you. Starting now.”
― Kinga Bali, The Unforgettable You: 21 Lies To Unlearn: A Human-Centered Guide to Personal Branding, Reputation Management & Thought Leadership in the Age of AI

“Everyone’s shouting. You’re just trying to breathe. You open LinkedIn, and everyone’s crushing it. Another launch. Another award. Another high-gloss rebrand dipped in fake humility. Perfect families on Facebook, always smiling, never stressed. Ageless friends on Instagram, sipping success in Santorini. TikTok? Just perfect moves. Perfect lighting. Perfect… lies. Meanwhile, you’re just trying to figure out how to show up without feeling like you’re throwing yourself to the wolves. You’re not invisible. But some days you feel like a ghost. You’ve built, led lived. But in a digital flood of noise and neon, your clarity blurs.”
― Kinga Bali, The Unforgettable You: 21 Lies To Unlearn: A Human-Centered Guide to Personal Branding, Reputation Management & Thought Leadership in the Age of AI

“You don't change by reading alone. You change by doing small, intentional acts, repeated until your brain recognizes a new default.”
― Kinga Bali, The Unforgettable You: 21 Lies To Unlearn: A Human-Centered Guide to Personal Branding, Reputation Management & Thought Leadership in the Age of AI

“Visibility is fleeting. Trust compounds. Be the pattern they trust, not the noise they forget.”
― Kinga Bali, The Unforgettable You: 21 Lies To Unlearn: A Human-Centered Guide to Personal Branding, Reputation Management & Thought Leadership in the Age of AI