607 Quotes by Brené Brown

I've learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it.

When you ask people about love, they tell you about heartbreak.

Vulnerability is not about winning, and it's not about losing. It's about having the courage to show up and be seen.

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.

Share with people who have earned the right to hear your story.

Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now, not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is.

Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.

Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot tolerate having words wrapped around it. What it craves is secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you stay quiet, you stay in a lot of self-judgment.

Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.