Brene Brown

There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.

Brené Brown

Think about what’s pleasurable, not just what’s possible.

Brené Brown

This self-exposure instead feels one-directional, and for those who engage in it an audience appears to be more desirable than intimate connection.

Brené Brown

To believe vulnerability is weakness is to believe that feeling is weakness.

Brené Brown

To know shame is to be human. And to have the capacity for empathy is also to be human.

Brené Brown

To strip failure of its real emotional consequences is to scrub the concepts of grit and resilience of the very qualities that make them both so important-toughness, doggedness, and perseverance.

Brené Brown

Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.

Brené Brown

Until we can tolerate vulnerability and transform it into gratitude, intense feelings of love will often bring up the fear of loss.

Brené Brown

Vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them.

Brené Brown

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.

Brené Brown