Vulnerability Quotes

356 quotes by 277 authors

Emotional dependence is the opposite of emotional strength. It means needing to have others to survive, wanting others to "do it for us," and depending… — Sue Thoele
Our present stress on growth and productivity is, I believe, intimately related to the decline in rootedness. Faced with loneliness and vulnerability that come with… — Paul L Wachtel
In an ecological perspective, in other words, there are few accidents or anomalies, only outcomes based on system structure and dynamics. Climate change and glittering… — David W. Orr
With each passage of human growth we must shed a protective structure . We are left exposed and vulnerable - but also yeasty and embryonic… — Gail Sheehy
All my life I have been haunted by the obsession that to desire a thing or to love a thing intensely is to place yourself… — Tennessee Williams
You don't know how to take off your suit of armor. You have no idea how to conduct yourself without the reference point of your… — Chogyam Trungpa
A compassionate willingess is required - as is the courage to live before the fact, before the understanding, before any rational support or certainty, to… — Clark Moustakas
I had always functioned with dignity, wanting to appear intelligent, macho, never vulnerable or insecure. But now I realize that... a part of these comic… — Leslie Nielsen
Terrorists can utilize any vulnerability in the system and that would include outbound shipments. — Asa Hutchinson
Well, what is a relationship? It's about two people having tremendous weaknesses and vulnerabilities, like we all do, and one person being able to strengthen… — Jane Fonda
I think the time is coming for struggle and uncertainty. It comes into every serious and beautiful life. I knew all along that it had… — Paula Modersohn-Becker
An artistic endeavour comes into the world naked, unnamed, and vulnerable. Every creative effort requires the artist to wrest something from nothingness, a purposive cosmos… — Peter London
Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life, with another, with a community, a work, a future. To be courageous, is not necessarily… — David Whyte
There is no intimacy without vulnerability. Yet another powerful example of vulnerability as courage. — BrenÃ© Brown
I believe it is crucial to consider the degree to which one woman's possession of reproductive choice may actually depend on or deepen another woman's… — Rickie Solinger
Life is precious. Not because it is unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is vulnerable, like a little bird. To love life means to… — Henri Nouwen
The more I try to impress people, the more I separate myself from them. Vulnerability attracts love. — Donald Miller
Americans are cool; if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid,… — Bear Grylls
There are more than 300,000 families in the Gulf region that lost their homes and are waiting for peace of mind. The hurricane exposed the… — Harry Connick, Jr.
All creative people have to have vulnerability because those nuances are what move people. So I'm deeply insecure - but I'm good at hiding it. — Paloma Faith

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