Vulnerability Quotes · Page 14

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

— William Kittredge

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

— Geneen Roth

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

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

— Shannon A. Thompson

What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.

— Meghan O'Rourke

When you're playing the good guy, you want to find the dirty parts - and when you're playing the bad guy, you…

— Patrick Wilson

When women can cherish the vulnerability of men as much as men can exult in the strength of women, a new breed…

— Marya Mannes

“We are all vulnerable but do not fear this, just revel in the chance to experience that & know & grow beyond.”

— Jay Woodman

“Why is it that with women, some kink, some vulnerability of the sex, is always presumed to lie at the heart of…

— Anna Funder

There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just…

— Simon Sinek

Technology represents intelligence systematically applied to the problem of the body. It functions to amplify and surpass the organic limits of the…

— Shoshana Zuboff

And that's where I think vulnerability comes in - the fact that we're figuring out that there is strength in actually being…

— Rege-Jean Page

Using another as a means of satisfaction and security is not love. Love is never security; love is a state in which…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

If I can forgive the attachment in myself and open to the vulnerability that's underneath it, then rather than fixating on another…

— Tara Brach

But trust can take you a long way. And my faith takes me a long way. And I think that our pains,…

— Mariska Hargitay

When two people respect each other, the ability to be vulnerable and to reveal hurt feelings can create a powerful emotional connection…

— David D. Burns

Exporters monitor economic and political policies to the developing world, but the consequences of that have been to make developing countries far…

— Raj Patel

“Every time you say 'yes' when you mean 'no,' you put a bullet in the head of the real you. You’re stacking…

— Lokesh Tuli

Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it…

— Tara Brach

It seems to me, then, that vulnerability and and self-disclosure are at the heart of what we understand about the nature of…

— Gene Robinson

“I wish I hadn't met you in the rain: it comes every winter. I wish you hadn't told me your favorite wine:…

— Karl Kristian Flores

“Do you already know that your existence--who and how you are--is in and of itself a contribution to the people and place…

— Adrienne Maree Brown

I think that it’s premature to call Libya a democracy because political order is still so fragile there and the command by…

— Larry Diamond

I define vulnerability as uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure. With that definition in mind, let’s think about love. Waking up every day…

— Brené Brown

“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

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

“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

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

— Sharon Salzberg

“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

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

— Shemar Moore

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

— David Sheff

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

— Vicky McClure

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

— Anonymous

I just love dressing up in everything a man is supposed not to be, in all that vulnerability, sweetness, preciousness and impracticality.

— Grayson Perry

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

— Aletheia Luna