Vulnerability Quotes · Page 19

“To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.'

— Brene Brown

Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.

— Brené Brown

I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic.

— Dick Cavett

I had discovered a terrible vulnerability I myself which I think of not as cowardliness but as an ability to imagine too…

— William Kittredge

“We couldn’t change anything, and in times of war, people become helpless and vulnerable.”

— Shannon A. Thompson

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

— Victoria Pratt

Love includes vulnerability, surrender, self-valuing, steadiness, and a willingness to face - rather than run from - the worst of ourselves.

— Geneen Roth

“Vulnerability is strength. When you build walls within you believing it will keep you safe, that becomes your greatest weakness for it…

— Chidi Ejeagba

If we are going to find our way out of shame and back to each other, vulnerability is the path and courage…

— Brené Brown

Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This…

— Ashton Kutcher

Being onstage is a way of harnessing your vulnerability and using the adrenaline to be creative. It's a very vulnerable place to…

— Gary Kemp

“In the building of walls to protect ourselves— we have managed to keep ourselves from the best in this life. And so…

— C. JoyBell C

Children, who have so much to learn in so short a time, had involved the tendency to trust adults to instruct them…

— Rebecca Goldstein

“Once people see you cry, it's like they own part of you. It's like you ripped a hole in yourself, and they…

— Stefan Bachmann

“It’s only through the degradation of the soul that you can know who you really are; when all else is stripped away,…

— Dianna Hardy

“These times are hard, but I won't walk away jaded, darker, different. I feel. I cry to heal. If you saw me…

— Vironika Tugaleva

Here's a history lesson: when men took power of their lands, all of a sudden, women became a prize. In order for…

— Kate Hudson

“His passion she had expected, even his expertise, for a man of his years would not have been without women. She had…

— Ruth Wind

The fact is that comedy is actually too serious to be taken seriously. It may be that comedy touches such deep emotions…

— Abe Burrows

'They fell in love.' Such a rare and special event cannot be done justice by one statement; it involves so much more…

— Anonymous

Toughness found fertile soil in the hearts of Palestinians, and the grains of resistance embedded themselves in their skin. Endurance evolved as…

— Susan Abulhawa

Because I'm playing Dirk Gently [ in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency], I'm so fond of Dirk. I really see Dirk's vulnerability,…

— Samuel Barnett

Why do leaders fail? Isolation and inability to learn. They are afraid to express doubt, admit vulnerability or seek advice from subordinates.…

— Robert S. Kaplan

“They think that by not caring, they are protecting themselves from pain. And maybe they are. But they are also protecting themselves…

— Lokesh Tuli

I've learned to use things like softness and vulnerability as weapons against the things you feel ashamed of in yourself.

— Arca

The only answer to the question of the meaning of life has to begin from the fact of our human finitude, of…

— Simon Critchley

Along with the joy of parenthood, with every child comes a piercing vulnerability. It is at once sublime and terrifying

— David Sheff

Let a woman have her place, because as you provide foundation for her, she provides a foundation for you. And through that…

— Shemar Moore

Yes, I certainly look for strong characters - whether that means they're strong in their vulnerability or strong in the way they…

— Vicky McClure

In all of its vulnerability, profound sincerity does, in its relationship to knowledge, find its way.

— John de Ruiter

The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability. And that has a lot to do with trust.

— Howard Schultz

Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.

— Sharon Salzberg

“You thought I was answering "As you wish" but that's only because you were hearing wrong. "I love you" was what it…

— William Goldman

One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any love - reveals us in our nakedness,…

— Cesare Pavese

If you're going to play strength, you've got to marry that with a vulnerability and give your character some relatable qualities.

— Katee Sackhoff

I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and…

— Sonia Sotomayor

In order to stretch ourselves we do need to experience the vulnerability of not knowing the outcome.

— Philippa Perry

Music, unleashed, can uplift and create and destroy, stripping away pretenses and leaving raw, exposed vulnerability behind.

— Anonymous

“Create boundaries. Honor your limits. Say no. Take a break. Let go. Stay grounded. Nurture your body. Love your vulnerability. And if…

— Aletheia Luna