Diane Lane Quotes

I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.

In the past, I have assumed the word 'vulnerability' equates with the word 'weakness' and 'This Is Us' shows us that it is in fact the opposite.

I think you become more relatable when you're vulnerable.

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

I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.

I think our capacity for wholeheartedness can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted. It means engaging with the world from a place of vulnerability and worthiness.

The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.

The people who are inspiring and strong for me are the ones who acknowledge vulnerabilities.

I'm not trying to act like I'm Superman or better than anybody else in the game. I'm just telling my story, showing my strengths and weaknesses - as a human, as a person, as a man.

Being vulnerable is not a weakness.

My father had a way of exposing himself, of showing weakness and still retaining his dignity.

It takes strength to show vulnerability.

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

If you see a person who's insecure and covers it up, it can be quite a problem. But the person who is insecure and shows you is quite appealing. They give you just the courage to drop your defenses.

I'm a human. Every human is flawed. I might be flawed in different ways than some people, or worse ways than some people, or better ways than some people.

Sometimes I feel like I used to be a person that liked to express himself a lot and put my feelings out there.

It's that beautiful thing to love your weaknesses, your insecurities, and then put them all on blast. That's why I started writing, and that's why it was so hard to do it in public.

Vulnerability is huge. I love to see that in characters. It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always done.

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

I want people to learn from me, see I'm human, and understand that I make mistakes just like they do, but it doesn't have to consume you. You've got to walk through the raindrops, and that's totally what I am trying to do.

I don't have to research humanity, I just have to be courageous enough to share that part of myself with everybody.

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.

We all can relate to people's weaknesses. We might put up a facade that everything is perfect but none of us are. When we see that weakness in somebody else, we understand or give ourselves a little bit of leeway.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.