Top 69 Quotes by Brene Brown

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

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.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.

When you stop caring what people think, you lose your capacity for connection. When you're defined by it, you lose our capacity for vulnerability.

I hesitate to use a pathologizing label, but underneath the so-called narcissistic personality is definitely shame and the paralyzing fear of being ordinary.

We judge people in areas where we're vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we're doing.

Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit 'how-to-parent' strategies both seductive and dangerous.

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.

The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.

The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.