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50 Brené Brown Quotes on Vulnerability, Courage, and Motivation for 2022
Let these wise words from speaker and best-selling author Brené Brown guide you through life's toughest moments.
If you’ve never heard of Brené Brown, you’re missing out on some powerful motivation. She’s not only a five-time New York Times best-selling author, but she’s also an amazing public speaker whose TED Talk has garnered over 50 million views online. As if that isn’t impressive enough, she’s also a research professor who has spent the past few decades studying empathy, vulnerability, shame, and courage. During her career, she’s become known for her powerful and uplifting way with words, which is why we’ve rounded up 50 of our favorite Brené Brown quotes, which cover everything from leadership quotes and Monday motivation quotes to confidence quotes and quotes about change. No matter what sort of inspiration you need, these Brené Brown quotes are just the ticket.
The following quotes aren’t just good for self-motivation; they’re also great for sharing with others. And during such trying and unexpected times as these past few years, we could all benefit from some uplifting quotes and life-changing quotes. While sharing a quote may not seem like much, it might be just what the people in your life need to hear in order to start their day off on the right foot.
Ready to be inspired? Check out dozens of amazing Brené Brown quotes below.
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1. “We are born makers. We move what we’re learning from our heads to our hearts through our hands.”
2. “Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.”
3. “In a society that says, ‘Put yourself last,’ self-love and self-acceptance are revolutionary.”
4. “Dig deep—get deliberate, inspired, and going.”
5. “But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others.… It’s a personal commitment that we carry in our hearts.”
6. “To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes.
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7. “The opposite of belonging is fitting in.”
8. “When we are willing to risk venturing into the wilderness, and even becoming our own wilderness, we feel the deepest connection to our true self and to what matters the most.”
9. “True belonging never asks us to change who we are. True belonging requires us to be who we are.”
10. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
11. “What we know matters, but who we are matters more.”
12. “Worthiness doesn’t have prerequisites.”
13. “Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are.”
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14. “You may not have signed up for a hero’s journey, but the second you fell down, got your butt kicked, suffered a disappointment, screwed up, or felt your heart break, it started.
It doesn’t matter whether we are ready for an emotional adventure—hurt happens. And it happens to every single one of us. Without exception. The only decision we get to make is what role we’ll play in our own lives: Do we want to write the story, or do we want to hand that power over to someone else? Choosing to write our own story means getting uncomfortable; it’s choosing courage over comfort.”
15. “The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It’s our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.”
16. “I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness—it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.”
17. “If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. These are the physics of vulnerability.”
18. “A crisis highlights all of our fault lines. We can pretend that we have nothing to learn, or we can take this opportunity to own the truth and make a better future for ourselves and others.”
19. “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.
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20. “There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.”
21. “The middle is messy, but it is also where the magic happens.”
22. “Connecting the dots of our lives, especially the ones we would rather erase or skip over, requires equal parts self-love and curiosity.”
23. “Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame.”
24. “If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.”
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25. “Talk about your failures without apologizing.”
26. “The truth is that falling hurts. The dare is to keep being brave and feel your way back up.”
27. “There will be times when standing alone feels too hard, too scary, and we’ll doubt our ability to make our way through the uncertainty.
Someone, somewhere, will say, ‘Don’t do it. You don’t have what it takes to survive the wilderness.’ This is when you reach deep into your wild heart and remind yourself, ‘I am the wilderness.'”
28. “We can choose courage, or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.”
29. “I now see that owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”
30. “Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”
31. “When we combine the courage to make clear what works for us and what doesn’t with the compassion to assume people are doing their best, our lives change.”
32. “Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up.”
33. “You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.”
34. “Courage is contagious. A critical mass of brave leaders is the foundation of an intentionally courageous culture.
Every time we are brave with our lives, we make the people around us a little braver and our organizations bolder and stronger.”
35. “Brave leaders are never silent around hard things.”
36. “We desperately need more leaders who are committed to courageous, wholehearted leadership and who are self-aware enough to lead from their hearts, rather than unevolved leaders who lead from hurt and fear.”
37. “Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.”
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38. “Everyone has a story or a struggle that will break your heart. And if we’re really paying attention, most people have a story that will bring us to our knees.”
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“Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly, or unknowingly, attach judgment to giving help.”
40. “I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.”
41. “Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.”
42. “Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are.”
43. “Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.”
44. “Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.”
45. “Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.”
46. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity.
It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.”
47. “To see and to be seen. That is the truest nature of love.”
48. “Here’s what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: worthy now. Not if. Not when. We’re worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is.”
49. “True belonging is not passive.… It’s a practice that requires us to be vulnerable, get uncomfortable, and learn how to be present with people without sacrificing who we are.”
50. “You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”
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17 badass Brené Brown quotes that will inspire you to lead
We live in a world, now more than ever, where we’re expected to hold down a hugely rewarding and successful job, raise a well-adjusted family, have a full and fascinating social life, an investment portfolio, go on fabulous holidays, save the world, have the health of an elite athlete and be home in time to have a nutritious meal on the table without so much as a hair out of place.
We’re supposed to have it together all the time, but to be honest, we’re done with feeling like that.
We need to break free from this ‘cult of perfect’ we’ve somehow created and that’s where Dr Brené Brown comes in. Her 2010 TEDx talk called The Power of Vulnerability is one of the top 10 most viewed TED talks in the world with almost 30 million views. She’s appeared on Oprah, is a number one New York Times bestselling author and we were fortunate to have her grace the Business Chicks stage back in 2013. One of Brené’s key messages is to embrace the imperfect, and occasionally we forget to tap into that. Read on for 17 reminders to be your bold, authentic badass self. You’re welcome.
1. “You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.”
2. “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?”
3. “I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.
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4. “When I see people stand fully in their truth, or when I see someone fall down, get back up, and say,
‘Damn. That really hurt, but this is important to me and I’m going in again’—my gut reaction is, ‘What a badass.’”5. “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.”
6. “Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.”
7. “I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.”
8. “Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome.”
9. “There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.”
10. “A lot of cheap seats in the arena are filled with people who never venture onto the floor. They just hurl mean-spirited criticisms and put-downs from a safe distance.
The problem is, when we stop caring what people think and stop feeling hurt by cruelty, we lose our ability to connect. But when we’re defined by what people think, we lose the courage to be vulnerable. Therefore, we need to be selective about the feedback we let into our lives. For me, if you’re not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I’m not interested in your feedback.”
11. “Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.”
12. “Somehow we’ve come to equate success with not needing anyone. Many of us are willing to extend a helping hand, but we’re very reluctant to reach out for help when we need it ourselves. It’s as if we’ve divided the world into “those who offer help” and “those who need help.” The truth is that we are both.”
13. “Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are.”
14. “Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimise the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.
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15. “Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.”
16. “Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up.”
17. “We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.”
We absolutely weren’t meant to go it alone. When you’re part of the Business Chicks community, there’s not just one woman who has your back, there are thousands. If you’re not a Business Chicks member yet, head over to our memberships page for more info.
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Being natural is every day forgetting what others think and accepting ourselves the way we are.
August 6, 2017
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This is the essence of living in harmony with yourself - you are already worthy. No "if". No "when". You are worthy of love now. Right this minute. The way you are.
April 12, 2018
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Of course, knowing and understanding yourself is very important, but in order to live in harmony with yourself, it is even more important to love yourself.
February 15, 2019
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Living in harmony with yourself means living life with awareness of your own value.
It means cultivating courage and empathy and establishing trusting relationships with people. It means waking up in the morning thinking, “It doesn’t matter what I do or don’t do today. Whatever I do is enough,” and go to bed at night thinking, “Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable, sometimes I am scared, but this does not change the fact that I am brave and worthy of love.”
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I understand the energy that exists between people when they feel that they are seen, heard and appreciated; when they can give and receive without judging or being condemned; when they draw vitality from relationships.
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To be spiritual means to recognize that we are all inextricably linked by a power greater than humanity has, and that our closeness to each other and to that power is based on love and compassion. Developing spirituality in ourselves, we gain purpose, meaning and future.
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While we blame ourselves for needing help, we, without even realizing it, blame the people we help.
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Taking control of your life and loving yourself is the most courageous thing we can do.
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Naturalness is a set of decisions that we have to make every day. It's a decision to show the world who you really are. The decision to be honest. The decision to reveal your true face to others.
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Start thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling, and each time you use the word, you will automatically take on more responsibility.
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Guilt = I did something bad. Shame = I am bad.
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Self-respect inspires us to be vulnerable, open, and persevering. Shame makes us petty, touchy and cowardly. In shame-prone cultures, where parents, leaders, administrators consciously or unconsciously encourage people to tie their self-worth to what they do, we see disunity, guilt, gossip, stagnation, favoritism, and a general lack of creativity and innovation.
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If we delay "entering the arena" until we are perfect and unbreakable, we are sacrificing relationships and opportunities that may never come again; we waste our precious time and miss the opportunity to make a unique contribution to our own lives.
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Because you need to share your experiences in the right way: they can be opened to those people with whom we have strong relationships, and they are able to withstand the full weight of our history. Mutually respectful vulnerability results in stronger bonding, trust, and relationships.
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Don’t try to win over the haters: you are not a donkey whisperer.”
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As children, we thought that when we grew up we would no longer be vulnerable.
But growing up means accepting vulnerability. Only those who are vulnerable are truly alive.
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we can't give people what we don't have. Who we are is much more important than what we know or who we want to be.
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Defense: cynicism, criticism, coldness and cruelty whole attacks that can be directed specifically at the topics of sex and intimacy. And even more often, these gremlins bring chaos to completely different areas of relationships. Most often, the blow is delivered on such issues as figure, age, appearance, well-being, relationships with children, fatigue, resentment and fears. I asked men, women, and couples about how they achieved sincerity in these personal and very sensitive matters. And I got the same answer over and over again: honest and frank conversations that require vulnerability. We must be able to talk about our feelings, desires and aspirations, and also be able to listen with an open heart, soul and consciousness.
