Looking for the best and inspirational Brené Brown quotes?
Brene Brown is an American author and researcher who has developed a new way of thinking about vulnerability, shame, empathy, and worthiness.
Brene Brown’s work on shame, vulnerability, empathy, and worthiness has helped people better understand what it means to be human. She has also created the idea of “vulnerability courage,” which refers to the ability to embrace our imperfections without feeling ashamed or embarrassed. Her work has been applied in many areas, including social psychology, management consulting, education, and various religious communities.
She is the author of several books that have been translated into over 45 languages, including Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead; The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are; Rising Strong: Brave Work from Difficult Times, etc.
Today Brene Brown has a huge following online and in-person, with her talks being translated into almost 28 languages. Her work is used in schools worldwide, with students using her research in their personal lives and their day-to-day struggles.
Here are some of my most uplifting quotes about courage, vulnerability, and shame that will positively impact your life.
Top 63 Brené Brown Quotes On Courage, Vulnerability, Shame
“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day.”
“We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.”
“Talk about your failures without apologizing.“
“The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It’s our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.“
“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.“
“Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.”
“If you can’t ask for help without self-judgment, you cannot offer help without judging others.”
“Boundaries are hard when you want to be liked and when you are a pleaser hellbent on being easy, fun, and flexible.”
“You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”
“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”
“You’re going to know failure if you’re brave with your life”
“Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.“
“We’re all grateful for people who write and speak in ways that help us remember that we’re not alone.”
“Don’t try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.”
“When we lose our capacity for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding.”
“Even to me the issue of ‘stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest’ sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.“
“If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.”
“When I let go of trying to be everything to everyone, I had much more time, attention, love, and connection for the important people in my life.”
“Courage is like—it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.“
“We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.”
“Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others.“
“Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.”
“What we know matters but who we are matters more.”
“Don’t try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.“
“We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.”
“What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.“
“Vulnerability is not about winning or losing. It’s having the courage to show up even when you can’t control the outcome.“
“If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.”
“To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes.”
“You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.“
“Connection is why we’re here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.”
“Brave leaders are never silent around hard things.”
“Our job is not to deny the story, but to defy the ending—to rise strong, recognize our story, and rumble with the truth until we get to a place where we think, Yes. This is what happened. And I will choose how the story ends.”
“The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.“
“There is no courage of all human emotions.”
“Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surrender to uncertainty.”
“Just choose joy sometimes. Just choose a thing that seems frivolous and fun and has no ROI or upside. Just do the joyful thing.”
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.”
“Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.“
“Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.”
“Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”
“Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.“
“Joy comes to us in ordinary moments. We risk missing out when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.”
“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.”
“Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others.”
“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.”
“It’s not about ‘what can I accomplish?’ but ‘what do I want to accomplish?’ Paradigm shift.”
“To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.“
“You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.“
“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!”
“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.“
“Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.“
“Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.”
“Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.”
“I thought faith would say, ‘I’ll take away the pain and discomfort,’ but what it ended up saying was, ‘I’ll sit with you in it.’”
“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.“
“We run from grief because loss scares us, yet our hearts reach toward grief because the broken parts want to mend.”
“If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.“
“DIG deep–get deliberate, inspired, and going.”
“Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.“
“Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.“
“Talk about your failures without apologizing.”
