Brene Brown Quotes

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.

Wear your heart on your skin in this life.

It was a slow process of getting closer and closer to my actual personality on stage. And now there's very little separation. I definitely find the more open and vulnerable I am, the more people enjoy it.

If you're really gonna live, you have to be vulnerable.

I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.

If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with the world from a place of worthiness, we have to talk about the things that get in the way- especially shame, fear and vulnerability

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

Take off your armor; dare to be vulnerable, dare to unwrap yourself, and dare yourself to be yourself.

The hardest thing to remember is that what we each really want is the truth of our lives, good or bad. Not rocking the boat is an illusion that can only be maintained by the unspoken agreement not to feel and in the long run it never really works. Let go of saving the boat and save the passengers instead.

Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of engagement. Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose; the level to which we protect ourselves from being vulnerable is a measure of our fear and disconnection.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

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

I've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness.

You must take the risk to disclose yourself in order to become more real, more human. And even if the price is high.

I think that people are looking beyond the wig. I think they are saying, This isn't just a costume; there's a person behind this. If this costume, this character, this person has this kind courage? Why don't we share that?

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

I looked at myself and realized I had a lot of boundaries up about what I would talk about, what was private for me and what wasn't. I decided to just get rid of them. It was quite liberating.

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

Just sharing who you are - there's so much value in that.

Vulnerability is the cornerstone of confidence.

For a long time, I thought you could remain isolated and survive, and I didn't want to change that. But over the last three or four books, I've become more comfortable with the idea that I'm not really throwing anything away by being a bit more open about my books and life.

When we close ourselves off, we're not just closing ourselves off to other people, we're closing ourselves off from ourselves and impeding ourselves. When you open up, you allow yourself to be who you are.

...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.

I am finding that vulnerability gives me great strength, because you're not hiding anymore. It's really about being a pioneer for myself, going into the places where I am not being taught. I have to teach myself.

It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live authentically--is an act of high courage. That is why so many people spend the better part of their lives in hiding--from others and also from themselves.