Brene Brown Quotes

American - Author Born: November 18, 1965

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period. - Brene Brown

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period. Brene Brown

Innovation, Period, Failure

I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude. Brene Brown

Practicing, Right, Chase

I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few. Brene Brown

Bad, Love, Trust

A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don't function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick. Brene Brown

Love, Wired, Deep

The truth is: 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. Brene Brown

Fact, Level, Your

Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive. Brene Brown

Worthiness, Feel

In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer's dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us. Brene Brown

Feels, Like, Year

Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky. Brene Brown

Lucky, Given, Social

I'm not a parenting expert. In fact, I'm not sure that I even believe in the idea of 'parenting experts.' I'm an engaged, imperfect parent and a passionate researcher. I'm an experienced mapmaker and a stumbling traveler. Like many of you, parenting is by far my boldest and most daring adventure. Brene Brown

Engaged, Parent, Expert

You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging. Brene Brown

Love, Wired, Belonging

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. Brene Brown

Shame, Most, Not Good Enough

Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can't ensure, who may stay in our lives or may leave without a moment's notice, who may be loyal to the day they die or betray us tomorrow - that's vulnerability. Brene Brown

Love, Die, Every Day

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. Brene Brown

Think, Terrified, Might

Maybe stories are just data with a soul. Brene Brown

Stories, Data, Maybe

If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything. Brene Brown

Scores, Line, Mistaken

Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure. Brene Brown

Exposure, Emotional, Risk

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield. Brene Brown

Same Thing, Shield, Striving

When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible. Brene Brown

Love, Understand, Worthiness

What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am? Brene Brown

Think, Go, Feel

The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and usually a little judgment. Brene Brown

Trust, Intimacy, Distrust

I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of me matter. To be on that list, you have to love me for my strengths and struggles. Brene Brown

Small, Love, Wallet

I think our capacity for wholeheartedness can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted. It means engaging with the world from a place of vulnerability and worthiness. Brene Brown

Think, Means, I Think

I can encourage my daughter to love her body, but what really matters are the observations she makes about my relationship with my own body. Brene Brown

Love, My Own, Own

'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. Brene Brown

Numbing, Great Way, Our

It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance. Brene Brown

Practice, Authenticity, Own

Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.' Brene Brown

Extremism, Minus, Answers

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