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“Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surrender to uncertainty. It wasn’t always a choice; we were born curious. But over time, we learn that curiosity, like vulnerability, can lead to hurt. As a result, we turn to self-protecting—choosing certainty over curiosity, armor over vulnerability, and knowing over learning.” (Rising Strong Quotes)
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“Compassionate people ask for what they need. They say no when they need to, and when they say yes, they mean it. They’re compassionate because their boundaries keep them out of resentment.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“Grace will take you places hustling can’t.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“How can we expect people to put value on our work when we don’t value ourselves enough to set and hold uncomfortable boundaries?”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time. Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“It’s always helpful to remember that when perfectionism is driving, shame is riding shotgun.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“Of all the things trauma takes away from us, the worst is our willingness, or even our ability, to be vulnerable. There’s a reclaiming that has to happen.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“One of the greatest challenges of becoming myself has been acknowledging that I’m not who I thought I was supposed to be or who I always pictured myself being.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“People who wade into discomfort and vulnerability and tell the truth about their stories are the real badasses.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“Shame is much more likely to be the cause of destructive behavior than the cure. Guilt and empathy are the emotions that lead us to question how our actions affect other people, and both of these are severely diminished by the presence of shame.” (Rising Strong Quotes)
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“The most dangerous stories we make up are the narratives that diminish our inherent worthiness.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“There are too many people today who instead of feeling hurt are acting out their hurt; instead of acknowledging pain, they’re inflicting pain on others. Rather than risking feeling disappointed, they’re choosing to live disappointed. Emotional stoicism is not badassery. Blustery posturing is not badassery. Swagger is not badassery. Perfection is about the furthest thing in the world from badassery.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“We run from grief because loss scares us, yet our hearts reach toward grief because the broken parts want to mend. C. S. Lewis wrote, “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” We can’t rise strong when we’re on the run.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“When we own our stories, we avoid being trapped as characters in stories someone else is telling.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“When we stop caring what people think, we lose our capacity for connection. But when we are defined by what people think, we lose the courage to be vulnerable.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
“When you judge yourself for needing help, you judge those you are helping. When you attach value to giving help, you attach value to needing help.”
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
