Brené Brown
American research professor and author on courage and vulnerability, born 1965
27 quotes.
Quotes by Brené Brown
- Any belonging that asks us to betray ourselves is not true belonging.
- 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 to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.
- Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.
- Belonging is not fitting in.
- Belonging starts with self-acceptance.
- Choose courage over comfort.
- Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.
- ‘Crazy-busy’ is a great armor, it’s a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that we stay so busy, and so out in front of our life, that the truth of how we’re feeling and what we really need can’t catch up with us.
- I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.
- If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.
- If you own this story you get to write the ending.
- Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.
- Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are.
- Shame hates to have words wrapped around it. If we talk about it, it loses its grip on us.
- Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up.
- Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.
- The willingness to show up changes us. It makes us a little braver each time.
- Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.
- Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.
- Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.
- We have to belong to ourselves as much as we need to belong to others.
- We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.
- What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.
- What we know matters but who we are matters more.
- Worthiness doesn’t have prerequisites.
- You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.
- You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both.