Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous… Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. With the primal urge to be alpha comes… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are - bundles of brittle… — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
Many people see vulnerability as weakness when it's the only way to truly grow and truly love. Love makes me feel vulnerable.… — Betsy Landin Copy Share Image
Marketers spend millions developing strategies to identify children's predilections and then capitalize on their vulnerabilities. Young people are fooled for a while,… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
“Don’t be afraid of sharing your vulnerabilities. Vulnerability doesn’t make you weak, it makes you accessible. Know that your vulnerability can be… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
The possession targets a vulnerability in each of its victims and amplifies it. Essentially, it removes the self-control and notions of good… — Brian Pinkerton Copy Share Image
I came to see that what constitutes strength is not just a muscle or will. It can also include the most desperate… — Brenda Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
The fourth doorway is the Doorway of Openness located in our heart center. It has to do with being open to both… — Marci Shimoff Copy Share Image
So much of what I love about poetry lies in the vast possibilities of voice, the spectacular range of idiosyncratic flavors that… — Tony Hoagland Copy Share Image
“Paul Farmer, the renowned physician who has spent his life trying to cure the world's sickest and poorest people, once quoted me… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
The Bible portrays God as entering into covenants with people which, when broken, causes him grief and sorrow. The biblical prophet Hosea… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
“If/Then: The Dagger Parable by Stewart Stafford I handed her the dagger solemnly, She took it with a wounded look, Behind my… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Toughness found fertile soil in the hearts of Palestinians, and the grains of resistance embedded themselves in their skin. Endurance evolved as… — Susan Abulhawa Copy Share Image
Fragile economies and weak infrastructures tend to worsen the results of climate disruptions, a problem exemplified by Bangladesh's vulnerability to monsoons, accelerating… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
“I know it's too early for the L-word, and yet it's there, bursting from the seams, begging to be spoken. And as… — Misty Wilson Copy Share Image
Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work, a future. To be courageous,… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
I felt the vulnerability, the fragility of the children of the world, and how it was, nonetheless, on their frail shoulders that… — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
As someone who is both an ethnic minority and openly gay, I often talk about how simply being who I am has… — Mark Takano Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons I've had success in hip-hop is that I can bring out vulnerability in people who are… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
It's fair to say that, by 'X-Men 3,' Wolverine had gone a little soft, and I agree with them there. What fans… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
What makes me vulnerable is any genuine expression of emotion in the presence of another person. It makes me vulnerable and my… — Moby Copy Share Image
I'm a very sensitive person at times. Not just to words that anybody says, but in relationships for example, the people that… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
“We were tiny creatures, really; tiny and afraid, trying to hold our place on the little platform that was our earth. So… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“You can’t know this right now, but… your ragged, rugged honesty… your crazy, passionate, naked vulnerability… your trusting plunge into the unknown… — Jacob Nordby Copy Share Image
“She looked not so much composed as drawn inward. She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
I have the most dreadfully appalling eyesight. I'm really shortsighted and have been since I was about five. I was the speccy… — Sarah Alexander Copy Share Image
Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I honestly do not know if love vanquishes death as our traditional faiths teach but I do know that our vulnerabilities trump… — Irwin Kula Copy Share Image
We call on the P.R.C. to remain focused on supporting international efforts to combat the global pandemic and to stop exploiting the… — Morgan Ortagus Copy Share Image
The writer is both a sadist and a masochist. We create people we love, and then we torture them. The more we… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting intensely); a vivid imagination as… — Uta Hagen Copy Share Image
Wholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks,… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
People are so fearful about opening themselves up. All you want to do is to be able to connect with other people.… — Toni Collette Copy Share Image
“Her business, more than any other, proved how much vulnerability could cost you. And she'd paid for every good thing she had,… — Alexi Lawless Copy Share Image
Really, for me, it's important to know who's pitching and who's catching - just what that scene is supposed to accomplish in… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
There have been many beautiful women since Marilyn Monroe. But who is there that has her total magic? Nobody has that vulnerability… — Bert Stern Copy Share Image
The vulnerability of precious things is beautiful because vulnerability is a mark of existence. The destruction of Troy. The fall of the… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image