Brene Brown Quotes
Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen.
When we numb the pain, we numb the joy.
You can’t get to courage without walking through vulnerability.
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.
You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.
Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional.
Vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together.
Our job is not to deny the story, but to defy the ending.
We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.
Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.
The willingness to show up changes us, it makes us a little braver each time.
To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.
You can’t selectively numb emotions. When you numb the painful emotions, you also numb the positive emotions.
What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.
Our worthiness, that core belief that we are enough, comes only when we live inside our story.
If you own this story you get to write the ending.
Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are.
There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.
We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known.
Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It’s tough to do that when we’re terrified about what people might see or think.
Compassion is not a virtue; it is a commitment.
We don’t have to be perfect, just engaged and committed to aligning values with action.
Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance.
If you’re not in the arena, also getting your ass kicked, I’m not interested in your feedback.
To love ourselves, we must know ourselves.
Authenticity is the key to connection. If you can’t be real, you can’t build real relationships.
Our stories are not meant for everyone. Hearing them is a privilege and we should always ask ourselves this before we share: Who has earned the right to hear my story?
Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others.
In our culture, we associate vulnerability with emotions we want to avoid such as fear and shame. Yet, we too often lose sight of the fact that vulnerability is also the birthplace of joy, belonging, creativity, authenticity, and love.
Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, its understanding the necessity of both; its engaging. Its being all in.
There is nothing more vulnerable than creativity.
The most dangerous stories we make up are the narratives that diminish our inherent worthiness.
Often our first and greatest barrier to courageous conversations is our very natural instinct to self-protect.
If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.
Connection is why we’re here. It’s what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.
Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.
We’re all afraid. We just don’t need to act like it all the time.
I define vulnerability as uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure.
If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.
Vulnerability is the core of shame and fear and our struggle for worthiness, but it appears that it’s also the birthplace of joy, of creativity, of belonging, of love.
Courage is contagious.
Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.
Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life.
Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there is no such thing as perfect.
You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.
What’s worth doing even if I fail?
I’m just going to show up and let myself be seen, and let you be seen, and let us see each other through.
Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome.
What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.