Courage Quotes by Brené Brown

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.

— Brené Brown

You can't get to courage without walking through vulnerability.

— Brené Brown

We can have courage or we can have comfort, but we cannot have both.

— Brené Brown

Courage - To tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.

— Brené Brown

Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart

— Brené Brown

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

— Brené Brown

Effort + the courage to show up = enough.

— Brené Brown

When we're defined by what people think we lose the courage to be vulnerable.

— Brené Brown

“To practice courage, compassion, and connection is to look at life and the people around us, and say, “I’m all in.”

— Brené Brown

“Being ourselves means sometimes having to find the courage to stand alone, totally alone.”

— Brené Brown

“You can't ever do anything brave if you're wearing the straitjacket of 'What will people think?!”

— Brené Brown

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

— Brené Brown

There is no intimacy without vulnerability. Yet another powerful example of vulnerability as courage.

— Brené Brown

To live with courage, purpose, and connection - to be the person whom we long to be - we must again be…

— Brené Brown

“The special courage it takes to experience true belonging is not just about braving the wilderness, it's about becoming the wilderness.”

— Brené Brown

“When shame becomes a management style, engagement dies. When failure is not an option we can forget about learning, creativity, and innovation .”

— Brené Brown

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

— Brené Brown

The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to…

— Brené Brown

Nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous and hurtful as believing that I'm standing on the outside of my life looking in and wondering…

— Brené Brown

The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance,…

— Brene Brown

Courage is a value. My faith is the organizing principle in my life and what underpins my faith is courage and love,…

— Brené Brown

Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel…

— Brené Brown

Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity.…

— Brené Brown

Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need.…

— Brené Brown

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is…

— Brené Brown

“Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are. Choosing…

— Brené Brown

“Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what…

— Brené Brown

“As I look back on what I’ve learned about shame, gender, and worthiness, the greatest lesson is this: If we’re going to…

— Brené Brown

“The Wholehearted journey is not the path of least resistance. It’s a path of consciousness and choice. And, to be honest, it’s…

— Brené Brown

Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor - the Latin word for heart. In one of…

— Brené Brown

“Courage originally meant “To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.” Over time, this definition has changed, and, today, courage is…

— Brené Brown

Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is…

— Brené Brown

“One of the tragic ironies of modern life is that so many people feel isolated from each other by the very feelings…

— Brené Brown

“I also see courage in myself when I'm willing to risk being vulnerable and disappointed. For many years, if I really wanted…

— Brené Brown

You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you can't have both.

— Brené Brown

Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.

— Brené Brown

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

— Brené Brown

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.

— Brené Brown

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.

— Brené Brown

“Courage is contagious. My friend Katherine Center says, "You have to be brave with your life so that others can be brave…

— Brené Brown