I'm never more courageous than when I'm embracing imperfection, embracing vulnerabilities, and setting boundaries with the people in my life. — Brené Brown Boundaries Copy Share Image
But I don't think it's as dangerous, scary, or terrifying as getting to the end of our lives and wondering, what if… — Brené Brown Dangerous Copy Share Image
We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude. — Brené Brown Gratitude Copy Share Image
Perfection is crucial in building an aircraft, a bridge, or a high-speed train. The code and mathematics residing just below the surface… — Brené Brown Below the surface Copy Share Image
“It’s not an accidental entanglement; it’s an intentional knot. Love belongs with belonging.” — Brené Brown Love Copy Share Image
Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all… — Brené Brown Cameras Copy Share Image
Connection, the ability to feel connected, is neurobiologically wired, that’s why we’re here! — Brené Brown Ability Copy Share Image
“Cruelty is cheap, easy, and rampant. It’s also chicken-shit. Especially when you attack and criticize anonymously—like technology allows so many people to… — Brené Brown Technology Copy Share Image
“If we can find someone who has earned the right to hear our story, we need to tell it. Shame loses power… — Brené Brown Shame Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism is not the same thing has striving to be your best. Perfectionism is the belief that if we live perfect, look… — Brené Brown Excellence Copy Share Image
“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 Fear Copy Share Image
Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic. — Brené Brown Authenticity Copy Share Image
Perfect and bulletproof are seductive, but they don’t exist in the human experience. — Brené Brown Bulletproof Copy Share Image
I think our capacity for wholeheartedness can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted. It means engaging with the world… — Brene Brown Capacity Copy Share Image
If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look… — Brené Brown Belief Copy Share Image
“The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.” He explains, “Respecting our biologically programmed need for play can… — Brené Brown Creative process Copy Share Image
“Everyone wants to know why customer service has gone to hell in a handbasket. I want to know why customer behavior has… — Brené Brown Behavior Copy Share Image
I can't be paralyzed anymore by the critics. My new mantra is, if you're not in the arena getting your ass kicked… — Brené Brown Appearance Copy Share Image
“True belonging is not something that you negotiate externally, it's what you carry in your heart.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that… — Brené Brown Acceptance Copy Share Image
“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 Bottom line Copy Share Image
Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language - it's from the Latin word cor, meaning… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“One of the tragic ironies of modern life is that so many people feel isolated from each other by the very feelings… — Brené Brown Book Copy Share Image
“It's only in the last few years that I've learned that playing down the exciting stuff doesn't' take the pain away when… — Brené Brown Authenticity Copy Share Image