--- title: "8 Live Openly Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Live Openly quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Live Openly sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/sarah-mcbride-8641_freedom_will-we-be-a-nation-where-there-s-only-o_45245.jpg" --- > [Will we be a nation where there's only one way to love, one way to look, one way to live? Or will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-mcbride/will-we-be-a-nation-where-there-s-only-one-way-to-love-one-way-to/) [Sarah McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-mcbride/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/sarah-mcbride-8641_freedom_will-we-be-a-nation-where-there-s-only-o_45245.jpg) > [It is easier to live openly when you're not married. Not to get too much into the whole "romantic love" thing, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chester-brown/it-is-easier-to-live-openly-when-you-re-not-married-not-to-get-too/) [Chester Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chester-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/chester-brown-11242_easier_it-is-easier-to-live-openly-when-you-re_127873.jpg) > [“The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren't small, but you're living them in a small way. I'm speaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/2-corinthians-6-13/the-smallness-you-feel-comes-from-within-you-your-lives-aren-t-small/) [2 Corinthians 6:13](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/2-corinthians-6-13/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/2-corinthians-6-13-215368_life_the-smallness-you-feel-comes-from-within_664054.jpg) > [Coming to the Gold Coast and being able to live as an openly gay man is really important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-daley/coming-to-the-gold-coast-and-being-able-to-live-as-an-openly-gay-man/) [Tom Daley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-daley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/tom-daley-16230_being_coming-to-the-gold-coast-and-being-able_877945.jpg) > [If people can live openly and be equal, then you have to have a pretty strong reason to say they can't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-verrilli-jr/if-people-can-live-openly-and-be-equal-then-you-have-to-have-a-pretty/) [Donald Verrilli Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-verrilli-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/donald-verrilli-jr-17929_equal_if-people-can-live-openly-and-be-equal-t_907520.jpg) > [“This in essence is my goal. To set an example by doing what is good. If I live openly and honestly, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riisa-renee/this-in-essence-is-my-goal-to-set-an-example-by-doing-what-is-good-if/) [Riisa Renee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riisa-renee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/riisa-renee-65300_faith_this-in-essence-is-my-goal-to-set-an-exa_1285579.jpg) > [“Remember what sin and idolatry are really about: attempts to play God, to make everything and everyone serve you and your desires.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-t-smith/remember-what-sin-and-idolatry-are-really-about-attempts-to-play-god/) [Winston T. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-t-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/winston-t-smith-31615_blink-of-an-eye_remember-what-sin-and-idolatry-are-reall_1526215.jpg) > [We have not always been forced to pass, to go underground, in order to work and live. We have a right to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-feinberg/we-have-not-always-been-forced-to-pass-to-go-underground-in-order-to/) [Leslie Feinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-feinberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/leslie-feinberg-23918_diversity_we-have-not-always-been-forced-to-pass-t_1840630.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/live-openly/#itemlist", "name": "Live Openly Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Will we be a nation where there's only one way to love, one way to look, one way to live? 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