Brene Brown Quotes

We can only belong when we offer our most authentic selves and when we're embraced for who we are.

Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

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.

Our pain is a part of who we authentically are.

What's natural is beautiful, and when you're not you anymore, you become a caricature.

I want to tell everyone that no matter what's keeping them from being their authentic self to hold on to the hope that there will be an end to that road. There will be a life where they can live their true self.

I can't tone it down. I'm being me, and I'm being myself, and I'd be doing myself an injustice, and I'd be doing an injustice to those kids who don't feel like they're comfortable to be themselves.

Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.

Everybody is original, if he tells the truth, if he speaks from himself. But it must be from his *true* self and not from the self he thinks he *should* be.

The real question is, can you love the real me? Not the perfect person you want me to be, not that image you had of me, but who I really am.

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. When we don't have that, we shape-shift and turn into chameleons; we hustle for the worthiness we already possess.

Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self acceptance.

I think that the major message in 'Shrek: The Musical' is be who you want to be. I think that it is about being your true self in this world.

If I can't be me and be accepted and loved for that, then what's the point?

I don't want to be somebody else.

I've always tried to stay true to my authentic self.

There's something to be said for embracing who you are.

I was always a class clown, so I never had trouble fitting in; I just had trouble finding out where I really wanted to be.

I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

It is good to connect to someone who reminds you that you have some real authenticity.

Fashion and beauty is a reflection of what's on the inside. And if you're genuine, they match up. The core of who you are will be the same.

You're always just going to be who you are.

I don't try to be someone I'm not.

In the end, everyone just deserves the right to be their authentic selves, just be who they are.