Fear Quotes by Brené Brown

“We have to find our way back to one another or fear wins.”

— Brené Brown

Fear is the opposite of love, in my opinion.

— Brené Brown

Numb the dark and you numb the light.

— Brené Brown

“when we are in pain and fear, anger and hate are our go-to emotions.”

— Brené Brown

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

— Brené Brown

Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment; it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for.

— Brené Brown

Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of…

— Brené Brown

“Connection to a larger humanity gives people more freedom to express their individuality without fear of jeopardizing belonging.”

— Brené Brown

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.

— Brené Brown

Feeling vulnerable, imperfect, and afraid is human. It's when we lose our capacity to hold space for these struggles that we become…

— Brené Brown

The one thing that keeps us out of connection is our fear that we're not worthy of connection.

— Brené Brown

When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver!

— Brené Brown

“Courage is forged in pain, but not in all pain. Pain that is denied or ignored becomes fear or hate.”

— Brené Brown

When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of…

— Brené Brown

“Powerlessness is dangerous. For most of us, the inability to effect change is a desperate feeling. We need resilience and hope and…

— Brené Brown

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…

— Brené Brown

In a highly critical, scarcity-based world, everyone's afraid to fail. As long as we're afraid to fail, we'll never come up with…

— Brené Brown

“Here’s the bottom line: If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with…

— Brené Brown

Vulnerability is the core of shame and fear and our struggle for worthiness, but it appears that it's also the birthplace of…

— Brené Brown

I hesitate to use a pathologizing label, but underneath the so-called narcissistic personality is definitely shame and the paralyzing fear of being…

— Brene Brown

“To foreclose on our emotional life out of a fear that the costs will be too high is to walk away from…

— Brené Brown

“Get Deliberate: When I’m flooded with fear and scarcity, I try to call forward joy and sufficiency by acknowledging the fear, then…

— 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

“Joy and gratitude can be very vulnerable and intense experiences. We are an anxious people and many of us have very little…

— Brené Brown

“It is easy to see how quickly expectations become layered, competitive and conflicting. This is how the shame web works. We have…

— Brené Brown

I've come to this belief that, if you show me a woman who can sit with a man in real vulnerability, in…

— Brené Brown

Connection is why we're here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The power that connection holds in our…

— Brené Brown

After doing this work or the past twelve years and watching scarcity ride roughshod over our families, organizations, and communities, I'd say…

— Brené Brown

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…

— 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

“Life-paralysis refers to all of the opportunities we miss because we’re too afraid to put anything out in the world that could…

— Brené Brown

“Fear of the Dark I’ve always been prone to worry and anxiety, but after I became a mother, negotiating joy, gratitude, and…

— Brené Brown

“Dr. Lerner explains that we all have patterned ways of managing anxiety. Some of us respond to anxiety by overfunctioning and others…

— Brené Brown

“Here’s the painful pattern that emerged from my research with men: We ask them to be vulnerable, we beg them to let…

— Brené Brown

“we’re wired for story and in the absence of data we will rely on confabulations and conspiracies. When our children sense something…

— Brené Brown

The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the…

— Brené Brown

Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to…

— Brené Brown

“What’s the most significant barrier to creativity and innovation? Kevin thought about it for a minute and said, “I don’t know if…

— Brené Brown

“the culture of shame is driven by fear, blame and disconnection and it's often a powerful incubator for issues like perfectionism ,stereotyping,…

— Brené Brown

“Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose; the…

— Brené Brown