Vulnerability Quotes

356 quotes by 277 authors

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. — BrenÃ© Brown
The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in,… — Tara Brach
Toughness found fertile soil in the hearts of Palestinians, and the grains of resistance embedded themselves in their skin. Endurance evolved as a hallmark of… — Susan Abulhawa
Everyone had a weakness. It was the law of nature that for each being there was a predator, or a disease, or a vulnerability built… — Ilona Andrews
The first thing to say about Eve is that she was a big improvement on the Adam design, or that Adam was an extremely misguided… — Glen Duncan
Wholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks, and knowing that… — BrenÃ© Brown
To love someone fiercely, to believe in something with your whole heart, to celebrate a fleeting moment in time, to fully engage in a life… — BrenÃ© Brown
Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want… — BrenÃ© Brown
Spirituality emerged as a fundamental guidepost in Wholeheartedness. Not religiosity but the deeply held belief that we are inextricably connected to one another by a… — BrenÃ© Brown
If we are going to find our way out of shame and back to each other, vulnerability is the path and courage is the light.… — BrenÃ© Brown
We think of it as a sort of traffic accident of the heart. It is an emotion that scares us more than cruelty, more than… — Diane Ackerman
Our stories are not meant for everyone. Hearing them is a privilege, and we should always ask ourselves this before we share: "Who has earned… — BrenÃ© Brown
Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of… — BrenÃ© Brown
Perhaps a hero is someone who doesnâ€™t register his own vulnerability. Is it courage, then, if youâ€™re too daft to know youâ€™re mortal? — David Benioff
Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, itâ€™s understanding the necessity of both; itâ€™s engaging. Itâ€™s being all in. — BrenÃ© Brown
I define vulnerability as uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure. With that definition in mind, letâ€™s think about love. Waking up every day and loving someone… — BrenÃ© Brown
Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting intensely); a vivid imagination as well as a… — Uta Hagen
Friendship and love are impossible without a mutual vulnerability. — Henri Nouwen
The anorexic is out to prove how little she needs, how little she can survive on; she is out, in a sense, to discredit her… — Rachel Cusk
Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure. — Brene Brown

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277 authors contributed a total of 356 Vulnerability Quotes, led by these top contributors: