Quotes by Brene Brown

Brene Brown

American professor, lecturer, author

Lived from: 1965 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary)

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  • The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we'll fail, and sometimes we'll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you'll find support.
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  • The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.
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  • The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and usually a little judgment.
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  • The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.
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  • The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.
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  • Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.
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  • To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.
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  • To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That's why I don't listen to anything that's anonymous. But it's hard; when there's something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.
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  • What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?
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  • When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.
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  • When we're looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggles.
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  • When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.
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  • When you stop caring what people think, you lose your capacity for connection. When you're defined by it, you lose our capacity for vulnerability.
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  • You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.
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  • You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.
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