"First and foremost, we need to be the……" — Brene Brown
"First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see."
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15 Quotes by Brene Brown
Brene Brown has 15 quotes on this site.
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Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.
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If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing…
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I hesitate to use a pathologizing label, but underneath the so-called narcissistic personality is definitely shame and the paralyzing fear…
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The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and…
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I think our capacity for wholeheartedness can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted. It means engaging with…
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I love to take, process and share photos - it fills me up.
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To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And…
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I can encourage my daughter to love her body, but what really matters are the observations she makes about my…
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When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.
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As unique as we all are, an awful lot of us want the same things. We want to shake up…
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The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.
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Ironically, parenting is a shame and judgment minefield precisely because most of us are wading through uncertainty and self-doubt when…
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More Adult Quotes
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
— Margaret Atwood
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
— Drew Barrymore
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
— Roseanne Barr
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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
— Drew Barrymore
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
— Mario Batali
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
— Jean Baudrillard
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
— Martha Beck
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
— Martha Beck
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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