J. D. Salinger Quotes

If you have something that you know is important to you and vital to you... then this will perhaps help people understand the importance of confronting it and being brave about it.

I've given up trying to understand what people think about me.

I am not a saint or a cripple, I am not a wound; now I will see whether I am a coward.

It takes strength to show vulnerability.

The test of one's decency is how much of a fight one can put up after one has stopped caring, and after one has found out that one can never please the people they wanted to please.

It takes great personal courage to let yourself appear weak.

I regret that I do not have the dignity of Ricardo Montalban, the class of Dean Martin, or the humor of Bill Cosby. I do have the heart of a lion.

You cannot be brave if you do not have a coward inside you.

For me, when I go to bed at night, I am happy that I haven't hurt someone. And if I think I have, I will rectify it. I now refuse to give someone permission to make me feel bad about myself. They can't make me feel bad about myself if I don't allow it.

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.

It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

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

You have to be willing to accept the idea that people may think you're stupid.

I want you to like me, but I don't care if you don't.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

I'm not frightened of appearing vulnerable.

If a person doesn't like me or doesn't like my game, OK, that's how they feel. Can't be upset with it.

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

Being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength.

I didn't think too much about people who didn't believe in me. It hasn't really affected me.

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.

Do I feel underrated? Yes. Does that bother me? No, not really.

There is so much power in vulnerability, and I am proud to be that typecast.

My mom's one of the toughest ladies I know. I've seen her lose both her brothers, both her parents. She's been through a lot, and to see her get up every day and put a smile on her face, that shows nothing but strength.

I think being vulnerable to other humans is a form of strength.