Brené Brown citations

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“The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.”

“Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites.”

“We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude.”

“If you own this story you get to write the ending.”

“Until we can receive with an open heart, we're never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.”

“Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.”

“Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all we see is our flawed selves, alone and struggling.(page 68)”

“The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button.”

“Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.”

“Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.”

“I only share when I have no unmet needs that I'm trying to fill. I firmly believe that being vulnerable with a larger audience is only a good idea if the healing is tied to the sharing, not to the expectations I might have for the response I get.”

“Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now, not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is.”

“Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.”

“Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.”

“Compassionate people ask for what they need. They say no when they need to, and when they say yes, they mean it. They're compassionate because their boundaries keep them out of resentment.”

“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.”

“Maybe stories are just data with a soul.”

“You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.”

“It's in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes. This makes living in a carefully edited, overproduced and photoshopped world very dangerous.”

“Wholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks, and knowing that I am enough.”

“Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.”

“Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.”

“Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.”

“Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming together to heal (which requires vulnerability) we're angry and scared and at each other's throats.”

“Hope is a function of struggle.”

“Cruelty is easy, cheap and rampant.”

“Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.”

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

“Courage is like—it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.”