We can have courage or we can have comfort, but we cannot have both. — Brené Brown Comfort Copy Share Image
You can't get to courage without walking through vulnerability. — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
It’s no longer a question of can I do it. It’s a question of: Do I want to do it? — Brené Brown Funny Copy Share Image
“If we want to reignite innovation and passion, we have to rehumanize work.” — Brené Brown Innovation Copy Share Image
Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be. — Brené Brown Inspirational Copy Share Image
When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding. — Brené Brown Foreboding Copy Share Image
Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection. — Brené Brown Connection Copy Share Image
“Connection to a larger humanity gives people more freedom to express their individuality without fear of jeopardizing belonging.” — Brené Brown Fear Copy Share Image
Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we… — Brené Brown Character Copy Share Image
If we can’t stand up to the never good enough and who do you think you are? we can’t move forward. — Brené Brown Enough Copy Share Image
Cool is the emotional straightjacket. It makes us less available for connection which makes us less equipped for leadership roles. — Brené Brown Available Copy Share Image
“When shame becomes a management style, engagement dies. When failure is not an option we can forget about learning, creativity, and innovation .” — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience - ensuring we'll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen. — Brené Brown Emotional Copy Share Image
“Art has the power to render sorrow beautiful, make loneliness a shared experience, and transform despair into hope.” — Brené Brown Art Copy Share Image
“The special courage it takes to experience true belonging is not just about braving the wilderness, it's about becoming the wilderness.” — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“And if our faith asks us to find the face of God in everyone we meet, that should include the politicians, media,… — Brené Brown Faith Copy Share Image
“In our technology-crazed world, we’ve confused being communicative with feeling connected. Just because we’re plugged in, doesn’t mean we feel seen and… — Brené Brown Communication Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism is a shield that we carry with a thought process that says this, 'If I look perfect, live perfect, work perfect,… — Brené Brown Excellence Copy Share Image
I’m not very creative” doesn’t work. There’s no such thing as creative people and non-creative people. There are only people who use… — Brené Brown Creative Copy Share Image
Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot tolerate having words wrapped around it. What it craves is secrecy, silence, and judgment. If… — Brené Brown Crave Copy Share Image
“True belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in and belonging to yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic… — Brené Brown Authentic self Copy Share Image
Until we can receive with an open heart, we're never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving… — Brené Brown Giving Copy Share Image
“Joseph Campbell wrote, “If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not… — Brené Brown Every step Copy Share Image
“Joy and gratitude can be very vulnerable and intense experiences. We are an anxious people and many of us have very little… — Brené Brown Anxiety and fear Copy Share Image
“Love: We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we… — Brené Brown Desire Copy Share Image
“A trai din plin inseamna sa te implici in viata ta, fiind constient de propria valoarre. Inseamna sa cultivi curajul, compasiunea si… — Brené Brown Amor Copy Share Image
“Without exception, spirituality—the belief in connection, a power greater than self, and interconnections grounded in love and compassion—emerged as a component of… — Brené Brown Faith Copy Share Image
“Funerals, in fact, are one of the most powerful examples of collective pain. They feature in a surprising finding from my research… — Brené Brown Death Copy Share Image
“We don't compare our houses to the mansions across town; we compare our yard to the yards on our block. When we… — Brené Brown Compare Copy Share Image
“Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind, she defines each of these elements: Self-kindness: Being warm and understanding toward ourselves… — Brené Brown Common humanity Copy Share Image
“The Wholehearted journey is not the path of least resistance. It’s a path of consciousness and choice. And, to be honest, it’s… — Brené Brown Compassion Copy Share Image
Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage. — Brené Brown Accepting Copy Share Image
When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness. — Brené Brown Feelings Copy Share Image
“We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.” — Brené Brown Joy Copy Share Image