--- title: "15 Dangerous Quotes By Brené Brown" description: "15 Dangerous quotes by Brené Brown. Plus more from Brené Brown and more Dangerous sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/bren-brown-280_dangerous_vulnerability-is-not-weakness-and-that-m_2480114.jpg" --- > [Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/vulnerability-is-not-weakness-and-that-myth-is-profoundly-dangerous-2/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/bren-brown-280_dangerous_vulnerability-is-not-weakness-and-that-m_2480114.jpg) > [Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/embracing-our-vulnerabilities-is-risky-but-not-nearly-as-dangerous-as/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/bren-brown-280_belonging_embracing-our-vulnerabilities-is-risky-b_1250725.jpg) > [Feeling vulnerable, imperfect, and afraid is human. It's when we lose our capacity to hold space for these struggles that we become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/feeling-vulnerable-imperfect-and-afraid-is-human-it-s-when-we-lose/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/bren-brown-280_capacity_feeling-vulnerable-imperfect-and-afraid_1281908.jpg) > [We live in a world where most people still subscribe to the belief that shame is a good tool for keeping people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/we-live-in-a-world-where-most-people-still-subscribe-to-the-belief/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/bren-brown-280_addiction_we-live-in-a-world-where-most-people-sti_2738130.jpg) > [Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit 'how-to-parent' strategies both seductive and dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/our-need-for-certainty-in-an-endeavor-as-uncertain-as-raising/) [Brene Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/bren-brown-280_both_our-need-for-certainty-in-an-endeavor-as_1300302.jpg) > [If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/if-we-share-our-shame-story-with-the-wrong-person-they-can-easily/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e96/bren-brown-280_dangerous_if-we-share-our-shame-story-with-the-wro_2197757.jpg) > [Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous… Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/vulnerability-is-not-weakness-and-that-myth-is-profoundly-dangerous/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/bren-brown-280_birthplace_vulnerability-is-not-weakness-and-that-m_1060414.jpg) > [Nostalgia is also a dangerous form of comparison. Think about how often we compare our lives to a memory that nostalgia has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/nostalgia-is-also-a-dangerous-form-of-comparison-think-about-how/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/bren-brown-280_compare_nostalgia-is-also-a-dangerous-form-of-co_613081.jpg) > [It's in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes. This makes living in a carefully edited, overproduced and photoshopped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/it-s-in-our-biology-to-trust-what-we-see-with-our-eyes-this-makes-2/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/bren-brown-280_biology_it-s-in-our-biology-to-trust-what-we-see_1041102.jpg) > [Nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous and hurtful as believing that I'm standing on the outside of my life looking in and wondering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/nothing-is-as-uncomfortable-dangerous-and-hurtful-as-believing-that-i/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/bren-brown-280_believe_nothing-is-as-uncomfortable-dangerous-an_1083927.jpg) > [We have become this very fear-based culture, especially post-9/11. Fear is the opposite of love, in my opinion. I think there would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/we-have-become-this-very-fear-based-culture-especially-post-9-11-fear/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/bren-brown-280_acceptance_we-have-become-this-very-fear-based-cult_77367.jpg) > [Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/owning-our-story-can-be-hard-but-not-nearly-as-difficult-as-spending-2/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/bren-brown-280_belonging_owning-our-story-can-be-hard-but-not-nea_2066724.jpg) > [We would solve a lot of huge problems that are causing massive suffering. Poverty, violence, homophobia, heterosexism, racism, the environment - all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/we-would-solve-a-lot-of-huge-problems-that-are-causing-massive/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/bren-brown-280_bigs_we-would-solve-a-lot-of-huge-problems-th_531050.jpg) > [But I don't think it's as dangerous, scary, or terrifying as getting to the end of our lives and wondering, what if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/but-i-don-t-think-it-s-as-dangerous-scary-or-terrifying-as-getting-to/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/bren-brown-280_dangerous_but-i-don-t-think-it-s-as-dangerous-scar_1455506.jpg) > [Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous... I define vulnerability as emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty. It fuels our daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/vulnerability-is-not-weakness-and-that-myth-is-profoundly-dangerous-i/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/bren-brown-280_daily-life_vulnerability-is-not-weakness-and-that-m_1238221.jpg) ## Other authors on Dangerous ## More by Brené Brown > [We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/we-re-raising-children-who-have-little-tolerance-for-disappointment/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [“always put off writing by reorganizing my entire house and spending way too much time and money buying office supplies and organizing systems. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/always-put-off-writing-by-reorganizing-my-entire-house-and-spending/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [When you ask people about love, they tell you about heartbreak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/when-you-ask-people-about-love-they-tell-you-about-heartbreak/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [“I can recognize shame when it’s happening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/i-can-recognize-shame-when-it-s-happening/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of me matter.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/i-carry-a-small-sheet-of-paper-in-my-wallet-that-has-written-on-it/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/courage-starts-with-showing-up-and-letting-ourselves-be-seen/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can't ensure, who may stay in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/waking-up-every-day-and-loving-someone-who-may-or-may-not-love-us/) [Brene Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [“No matter how separated we are by what we think and believe, we are part of the same spiritual story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/no-matter-how-separated-we-are-by-what-we-think-and-believe-we-are/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there is no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. Additionally, perfectionism is more about perception -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/perfectionism-is-self-destructive-simply-because-there-is-no-such/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/shame-corrodes-the-very-part-of-us-that-believes-we-are-capable-of/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [If you're also in the arena and you're putting your ideas out and you're owning them and you're saying "I disagree with you about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/if-you-re-also-in-the-arena-and-you-re-putting-your-ideas-out-and-you/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [“I found that men and women with high levels of shame resilience share these four elements: They understand shame and recognize what messages and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/i-found-that-men-and-women-with-high-levels-of-shame-resilience-share/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/connection-gives-purpose-and-meaning-to-our-lives/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [“But here’s the tricky part about compassion and connecting: We can’t call just anyone. It’s not that simple. I have a lot of good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/but-here-s-the-tricky-part-about-compassion-and-connecting-we-can-t/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) > [“It turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it's the bravest and most sacred place you'll stand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/it-turns-out-to-be-the-place-of-true-belonging-and-it-s-the-bravest/) [Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dangerous/bren-brown/#itemlist", "name": "15 Dangerous Quotes By Brené Brown", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Vulnerability is not weakness. 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