Vulnerability Quotes

• Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.... Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.

  Brené Brown

  Feelings, Weakness, Connections

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• Love is a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them - we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.

  Brené Brown

  Love Is, Two, People

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.93, Penguin

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• Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.

  Brené Brown

  Courage, Motivation, Inspiration

  "Listening to shame". TED Talks, www.ted.com. March, 2012.

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• Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also being open to the bounty and beauty. Don't mask or deny your vulnerability: it is your greatest asset. Be vulnerable: quake and shake in your boots with it. The new goodness that is coming to you, in the form of people, situations, and things can only come to you when you are vulnerable, i.e. open.

  Stephen Russell

  Mean, People, Boots

  Stephen Russell (1998). “Barefoot Doctor's Handbook for the Urban Warrior: A Spiritual Survival Guide”, Piatkus Books

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• Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.

  Brené Brown

  Inspiring, Running, Stories

  Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• Most people believe vulnerability is weakness. But really vulnerability is Courage. We must ask ourselves...are we willing to show up and be seen.

  Brené Brown

  Believe, People, Weakness

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• People tend to consider beig vulnerable a bad thing. It's not. Vulnerability reminds us that we're human. It keeps us open to giving and receiving love. Without at least a little, we can become someone living n a prison of our own making, where the walls are so thick that no one can get in or out.

  Jodee Blanco

  Wall, Receiving Love, People

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• Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

  Joyce Brothers

  Love, Romantic, Women

  Joyce Brothers (1985). “How to get whatever you want out of life”

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• In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care.

  Victoria Pratt

  Strong, Thinking, Opposites

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• You can't get to courage without walking through vulnerability.

  Brené Brown

  Walking

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• Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

  Brené Brown

  Courage, Parenting, Empathy

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.39, Penguin

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• Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

  Brené Brown

  Motivation, Fear, Inspiration

  "Can We Gain Strength From Shame?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. March 11, 2013.

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• We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone-but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.

  Walter Inglis Anderson

  Trust, Love Life, Joy

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• Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.

  Brené Brown

  Motivation, Inspiration, Inspire

  "Listening to shame". TED Talks, www.ted.com. March 2012.

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• True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give.

  Sara Bareilles

  Giving, Bravery, Imperfection

  "Sara Bareilles Shares Her Dos and Don'ts of Being Fearless". www.glamour.com. July 16, 2013.

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• True power is given to the vulnerable.

  May Sarton

  True Power, Vulnerable, Given

  May Sarton (2014). “Recovering: A Journal”, p.129, Open Road Media

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• Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.

  Brené Brown

  Knowing, Understanding, Victory

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.11, Penguin

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• To grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Growing Up, Maturity, Alive

  Twitter post from Dec 03, 2010

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• It takes strength to show vulnerability.

  Miranda Lambert

  Shows

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• There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.

  M. Scott Peck

  Inspirational, Peace, Community

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• If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.

  Brené Brown

  Meaningful, Spiritual, Empathy

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.37, Penguin

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• What happens when people open their hearts?"... "They get better.

  Haruki Murakami

  Broken Heart, Healing, People

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  To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.

  C. S. Lewis

  Love, Inspirational, Broken Heart

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• Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

  Brené Brown

  Inspirational, Running, Courage

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• Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

  Brené Brown

  Motivation, Light, Brave

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.57, Penguin

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