Brené Brown Quotes

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!

Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.

Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.

If you own this story you get to write the ending.

When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.

Cruelty is easy, cheap and rampant.

I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.

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.

Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language - it’s from the Latin word cor, meaning heart - and the original definition was to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.

Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose to our lives.

We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

Maybe stories are just data with a soul.

What we know matters but who we are matters more.

Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.

Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line. In today’s world, that’s pretty extraordinary.

Courage has a ripple effect. 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.

Heroics is often about putting our life on the line. Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line. In today's world, that's pretty extraordinary.

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. To set down those lists of *what we're supposed to be* is brave. To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.