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Embracing Vulnerability

The bravest thing you can do is let yourself be seen — fully, imperfectly, as you are.

34 quotes found

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Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up when you can't control the outcome.

—Brené BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage.

—Brené BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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I want to be able to talk about my struggles, my vulnerabilities. It helps.

—StormzyArtist

Digital Age ERA • Western Europe

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It's not about being fearless, but doing it scared anyway.

—Bozoma Saint JohnAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

—Brené BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do.

—Isabel AllendeNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Tears are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of a strong heart.

—Ba JinNovelist & Thinker

Early Modern ERA • East Asia

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She was becoming herself, casting aside that fictitious self we assume to appear before the world.

—Kate ChopinAuthor

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

—Anne FrankScholar & Thinker

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

—Bruce LeeMartial Artist & Philosopher

Post-War ERA • East Asia

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To live is like loving: surrender body and soul, without fear.

—Lya LuftNovelist & Poet

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Writing is to dare to tell what others prefer not to hear.

—Assia DjebarNovelist & Historian

Late Modern ERA • North Africa

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A woman who keeps silent in pain is already dead.

—Doreen BainganaWriter

Contemporary ERA • East Africa

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I'm ready to suffer, I'm ready to hope.

—Sade AduScholar & Thinker

Late Modern ERA • West Africa

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I write as if to save somebody's life. Probably my own.

—Clarice LispectorNovelist & Writer

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything.

—John LennonMusician & Activist

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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Amar es abrir una puerta por donde puede entrar el miedo, pero también el sol.

—Cristina Peri RossiPoet & Novelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?

—Charlotte BrontëNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

—Cicely TysonAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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My only interest in life is to do what I feel is right.

—Sade AduScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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