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Self Quotes by Brené Brown
- Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is…
- Self-compassion is key because when we're able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we're more likely to reach out, connect, and…
- When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.
- We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection…
- Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self acceptance.
- How can we embrace rest and play if we've tied our self-worth to what we produce?
- We can only belong when we offer our most authentic selves and when we're embraced for who we are.
- If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the…
- Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance.
- Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there is no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. Additionally, perfectionism is more about perception - we…
- Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire…
- Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all we see is…
- Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice…
- Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve", Perfectionism is other-focused:"What will they think
- Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid…
- Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.
- Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our…
- To become fully human means learning to turn my gratitude for being alive into some concrete common good. It means growing gentler toward human weakness.…
More Self Quotes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor
- It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us… — David Attenborough
- Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. — Wystan Hugh Auden