Brene Brown Quotes

A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we aren't one story. We can change our stories. We can write our own.

I always introduce myself as an encyclopedia of defects which I do not deny. Why should I? It took me a whole life to build myself as I am.

Even for a girl like me, then, there comes a day when she can stop surviving and start living. To survive, you have to look good or talk good. But to end your story well-- here is the truth-- you have to talk yourself out of it.

Don't let your wounds make you become someone you're not.

The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.

I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else.

I do wish I could have given myself permission to really name and own the me of me earlier in life.

As a gymnast, I've always compartmentalized my life, which is a blessing and a curse. But over time, I've learned that my sport doesn't fully define me, and I think that's where a lot of the joy in my routines comes from now: I'm not compartmentalizing as much, and I know who I am beyond my sport.

Once you really know yourself, can't nobody tell you nothing about you.

I used to tell myself that I will always be myself.

I know who I am. And after all these years, there's a victory in that.

I've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?

Only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life.

Find out who you are & embrace it. It's so much easier to face criticism when you are comfortable in your own skin.

I wouldn't want to forget anything, even the weird stuff and the bad stuff. It makes you who you are.

I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating, wonderful thing in the world, when you openly admit you're an ass. It's wonderful. When people tell me, You're wrong I say, What can you expect of an ass?

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. I am who I am, doing what I came to do, acting upon you like a drug or a chisel to remind you of your me-ness, as I discover you in myself.

Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves, particularly if we accept them?

I had to face within myself all the things I didn't do and wasn't while I was wearing my own crown.

Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.

I know who I am. I'm proud of my journey.

I want people to see just who I am.

I'm trying to know who I am and be honest about it.

I'm just trying to be the best Doug Baldwin I can be.

The more I talk, the more I come out and people get to know who I am and what I'm about, it's only gonna help. And if you don't like me, hey, cool. Everything in life is 50/50. I accept the good and the bad and just move on.