Brené Brown Quotes - Page 2

Effort + the courage to show up = enough.

I believe in the healing power of laughter. I believe laughter forces us to breathe.

At the end of my life I want to be able to say I contributed more than I criticized.

You can't get to courage without walking through vulnerability.

We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.

Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.

If we own the story then we can write the ending.

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?"

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.

Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world could stand to be a little kinder and braver.

People may call what happens at midlife 'a crisis,' but it's not. It's an unraveling - a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you're 'supposed' to live. The unraveling is a time when you are challenged by the universe to let go of who you think you are supposed to be and to embrace who you are.

The most powerful teaching moments are the ones where you screw up.

Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them- we can only love others as much as we love ourselves. Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed, and rare.

Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.

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 what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect. When we don't have that, we shape-shift and turn into chameleons; we hustle for the worthiness we already possess.

Dare to be the adults we want our children to be.

If we can’t stand up to the never good enough and who do you think you are? we can’t move forward.

The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.

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.

Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites.

Every single person has a story that will break your heart. And if you're paying attention, many people... have a story that will bring you to your knees. Nobody rides for free.