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Brené Brown Quotes

Total quotes: 61
“We can’t selectively numb emotion. Numb the dark and you numb the light.”
— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Tagged: emotions, Control, Positivity, Acceptance
“I have started to believe that crying with strangers in person could save the world.”
— Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Tagged: Crying
“Practicing self-love means learning how to trust ourselves, to treat ourselves with respect, and to be kind and affectionate toward ourselves.”
— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Tagged: Self-Love, Self-Esteem
“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Tagged: Courage, vulnerability, Showing Up, Self-Love
“Perfectionism is very addictive because it is very seductive. It’s so great to think ‘There’s a way I can do things where I can never be held in judgment by other people, that I can totally escape criticism.’ But it doesn’t work.”
— Brené Brown, The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings on Authenticity, Connection and Courage
Tagged: Perfectionism, addictive, Perfect, Criticism
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Tagged: Authenticity, Clarity, Happiness, Belonging, Shame, Self-Worth, Vulnerbality
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Tagged: Love, vulnerability, Growth
“We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time.”
— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be
Tagged: Compassion, Pain, Self-Love, Self-Acceptance
“This is why true belonging is a function of courage and vulnerability. Being who we are is about making brave choices. All day long.”
— Brené Brown, via twitter.com
Tagged: Belonging, Belongingness, Courage, vulnerability, Decisions, Choices, Inspirational, Motivational, Live for yourself, Self & Identity
“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort. It's choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy. It's choosing to practice your values rather than simply professing them.”
— Brené Brown, via twitter.com
Tagged: Integrity, Values, taking a stand, Inspirational
“Connection is why we’re here. We are hardwired to connect with others, it’s what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly
Tagged: vulnerability, Connection, Relationships
“The fullest measure of respect that we can show our country is activism - our courage to take a stand or a knee to fight injustice.”
— Brené Brown, via twitter.com
Tagged: Activism, taking a stand, fighting for justice, fight for justice, fight injustice
“Failure can become our most powerful path to learning if we're willing to choose courage over comfort.”
— Brené Brown
Tagged: Failure, Life, life advice, Learning from mistakes, learning from experience, failures are experience, path in life
“We must never tolerate dehumanization -- the primary instrument of violence that has been used in every genocide recorded throughout history. ”
— Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Tagged: Violence, Politics, Redemption vs Revenge
“We love seeing raw truth and openness in other people, but we're afraid to let them see it in us.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Tagged: TEDTalk, vulnerability
“The time has come to explore the possibility that we are safer in a world where people aren't mired in shame.”
— Brené Brown, I Thought It Was Just Me(but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough"
Tagged: Shame, Shaming, Why people are such dicks
“Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth. Perfectionism is the belief that if we live perfect, look perfect, and act perfect, we can minimize or avoid the pain of blame, judgement, and shame. It's a shield.”
— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Tagged: Perfectionism, Goal setting, Career, Goals, vulnerability
“Even making a valid point doesn't warrant using shame or intentionally putting someone on the spot in front of other people.”
— Brené Brown, I Thought It Was Just Me(but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough"
Tagged: Shame, Shaming, Outrage Culture, Activism
“Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly
Tagged: vulnerability, Exposure
“We shouldn’t tolerate anyone being shamed, humiliated or dehumanized - even the people who bring out our rage.”
— Brené Brown, Brené Brown's Facebook post
Tagged: Shame, Dehumanizing language, Language, Hate, Hate Speech
“Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.”
— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Tagged: Perfectionism, Shame, Self-Love, Self-Acceptance
“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.”
— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Tagged: Love, Compassion, Giving, Receiving, Helping, Accepting Help
“We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.”
— Brené Brown, I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough"
Tagged: Shame, Change, Growth, Personal Growth
“Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.”
— Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution
Tagged: Love, strength, Self-Love, Shame
“Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Tagged: vulnerability, Love, Life, Courage
“It’s always helpful to remember that when perfectionism is driving, shame is riding shotgun.”
— Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution
Tagged: Shame, Perfectionism
“At the center of vulnerability, we find shame, fear, grief, anxiety, uncertainty, scarcity, but this also the birthplace of love belong and joy.”
— Herself, Brené Brown: The Call to Courage
Tagged: Shame, vulnerability, Grief, Anxiety, Love, Self-Love, Joy
“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Tagged: Perfection, Imperfection, Self-Love, Self-Acceptance
“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.”
— Brené Brown, I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough"
Tagged: Compassion, Love, Acceptance, Choices
“Courage is a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.”
— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Tagged: Courage, Virtues, vulnerability, Change, Personal Growth, Self-Help, Self-improvement
“Heartbreak knocks the wind out of you, and the feelings of loss and longing can make getting out of bed a monumental task. Learning to trust and lean in to love again can feel impossible.”
— Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution
Tagged: Heartbreak, Love, Relationships, Getting Back Up, Trust
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.”
— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Tagged: Honesty, Women, feminism, strength, Courage
“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Tagged: Vulnerable, Truth, Courage
“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Tagged: vulnerability, Love, self awareness, Acceptance, Tolerance, Empathy, Belonging
“Vulnerability is having the courage to show up when you can’t control the outcome.”
— Herself, Brené Brown: The Call to Courage
Tagged: Courage, vulnerability, Being Brave, Bravery
“Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.”
— Brené Brown, I Thought It Was Just Me(but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough"
Tagged: Shame, Love, Acceptance, Self-Acceptance, Self-Worth, Change, Having Faith In Yourself, empowerment
“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.”
— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Tagged: Shame, Self-Love, Imperfection, Perfection, Change
“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.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Tagged: actions, Parents, Worldview, Parenting
“We need to reality-check our expectations. Just because we don't sit down and channel the great American novel in one week doesn't mean we won't be good writers. And we need to remember that behind every 'naturally gifted' person is normally a huge amount of work, dedication and commitment.”
— Brené Brown, I Thought It Was Just Me(but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough"
Tagged: Writing, How to be a writer, Career, Artists
“Cruelty is cheap, easy, and rampant. It's also chicken-shit.”
— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Tagged: Cruelty, vulnerability
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