Top 69 Quotes by Brene Brown

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

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.

We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.

What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?

Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids, don't say it.

When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.

I think our capacity for wholeheartedness can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted. It means engaging with the world from a place of vulnerability and worthiness.

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

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.