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8/8/12

Brené Brown Quotes


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"All I know is that my life is better when I assume that people are doing their best. It keeps me out of judgment and lets me focus on what is, and not what should or could be." ~Brené Brown

"Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to be our true selves." ~Brené Brown

"Authenticity is not something we have or don't have. It's a practice -- a conscious choice of how we want to live. Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen." ~Brene Brown

"Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think  we're supposed to be and embracing who we are." ~Brené Brown

"Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance." -Brené Brown from I Am Complete Woman

"Being vulnerable feels dangerous, and I think it feels scary, and I think it is terrifying, but I don't think it's as dangerous, scary or terrifying as getting to the end of our lives and wondering, 'What if I would have shown up?'" ~Brené Brown

"Belonging starts with self-acceptance ... Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic." ~Brené Brown

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” ~Brené Brown

"Don't try to win over the haters, you are not a jackass whisperer." ~Brené Brown

“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.” ~Brené Brown

“If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.” ~Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

"Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience -- ensuring we'll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen." ~Brené Brown

"Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them." ~Brené Brown

“No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough.” It’s going to bed at night thinking, “Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging. ~ Brene Brown

"Nothing has transformed my life more than realising that it's a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands." ~Brene Brown

"One day you will tell your story of how you overcame  what you went through and it will be someone else's  survival guide." ~Brene Brown 

"Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light." ~Brené Brown

"...owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do." ~Brene Brown from Start from the Heart

“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” ~Brené Brown

“Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.” ~Brene Brown

“The root of the word courage is cor – the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage had a very different definition than it does today. Courage originally meant “To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.” ~Brené Brown

"The truth is rarely can a response make something better. What makes something better is connection." ~Brené Brown


"There is no greater threat to the critics and cynics than those of us who are willing to fall because we have learned how to rise." ~ Brene Brown

"Vulnerability is not about winning or losing.  It's having the courage to show up even when you can't control the outcome." ~Brené Brown

"We cultivate LOVE when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection. LOVE is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only LOVE others as much as we LOVE ourselves." ~Brené Brown

"What we know matters but who we are matters more." ~Brené Brown from Ups, Downs and Roundabouts

"You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging." ~Brené Brown

""You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both." ~Brene Brown

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