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Daring Greatly Quotes

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Brené Brown
Winning, Trying, Daring Greatly
"Rise to Your Own Occasion: 7 Essential Practices of Brilliant Women" by Jami Young, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 4, 2014.

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.

Brené Brown
Shame, Gremlins, Daring Greatly
Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.62, Penguin

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

Brené Brown
Littles, Daring Greatly, Shows
Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.43, Penguin

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

Brené Brown
Showing Up, Overcoming Fear, Daring Greatly
Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.34, Penguin

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.

Brené Brown
Sound, Daring Greatly, Feels
Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.246, Penguin

It's not the critic who counts.

Theodore Roosevelt
Daring Greatly, Critics
Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

There is no effort without error or shortcoming.

Theodore Roosevelt
Errors, Effort, Daring Greatly

Perfect and bulletproof are seductive, but they don’t exist in the human experience.

Brené Brown
Perfect, Seductive, Daring Greatly
Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.11, Penguin

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