Brene Brown Quotes with Touching Meanings

Filed in Quote by on April 14, 2022

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Brene Brown has inspired millions with her books and her insights into courage and self-love, through talks have played a great role more than ever during these challenging times. Here are some Inspiring Brene Brown quotes to help you succeed.

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Brene Brown Quotes 

This Brene Brown quotes will help you and inspire you, as she cuts across all sphere of life.

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

2. In a society that says, “Put yourself last”, self-love and self-acceptance are revolutionary.

3. You are imperfect, you are weird for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

4. Don’t try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

5. Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

6. You either walk inside your story and own it or stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.

7. Dig deep-get deliberate, inspired and going.

8. Being ourselves means sometimes having to find the courage to stand alone.

9. What we know matters but who we are matters more.

10. Grace means all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame.

11. If you aren’t in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I’m not interested in your feedback.

12. Worthiness doesn’t have prerequisites.

13. We are a culture of the people who’ve bought into the idea that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives won’t catch up with us.

14. Empathy has no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of ‘You’re not alone’.

15. If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.

16. Courage gives us a voice and compassion gives us an ear. Without both, there is no opportunity for empathy and connection.

17. We don’t have to do all of it alone; We were never meant to.

Empathy Quotes

18. Self-kindness is self-empathy.

19. Sometimes when we are beating ourselves up, we need to stop and say to that harassing voice inside, Man; I am doing the very best I can right now.

20. Just because someone is unwilling or able to love us doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.

21. We will struggle and fall. We will know what it means to be both brave and brokenhearted

22. The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.

23. Believing that you’re enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.

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24. You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.

25. Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.

26. What we know matters but who we are matters more.

27. Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

28. Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are.

29. There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

30. Until we can receive with an open heart, we’re never really giving with an open heart.  When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.

31. Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.

32. Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.

33. If you can’t ask for help without self-judgment, you cannot offer help without judging others.

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 Bravery Quotes

34. Don’t win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

35. Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.

36. You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

36. Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.

37. Don’t try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisper.

38. Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.

39. Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.

40. Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.

41. Our culture teaches us about shame—it dictates what is acceptable and what is not. We weren’t born craving perfect bodies. We weren’t born afraid to tell our stories.

42. We weren’t born with a fear of getting too old to feel valuable. We weren’t born with a Pottery Barn catalog in one hand and heartbreaking debt in the other.

43. Shame comes from outside of us—from the messages and expectations of our culture.  What comes from the inside of us is a very human need to belong, to relate.

Brene Brown Vulnerability Quotes

44. You’re imperfect and you’re wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

45. I now see that owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.

46. Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.

47. The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It’s our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.

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. One of the greatest barriers to connection is the cultural importance we place on going it alone. Somehow, we’ve come to equate success with not needing anyone.

50. 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.

51. 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.

52. We can choose courage, or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.

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Trust Quotes

53. Trust is earned in the smallest of moments. It is earned not through heroic deeds, or even highly visible actions, but through paying attention, listening, and gestures of genuine care and connection.

54. We need to trust to be vulnerable, and we need to be vulnerable in order to build trust.

55. Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement. Trust isn’t a grand gesture—it’s a growing marble collection.

56. Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.

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

58. Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it’s about earning approval and acceptance.

59. Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough

60. We hold the key to lasting happiness in our own hands.

61. 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.

62. Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.

63. Shame and self-esteem are very different issues. We feel shame. We think self-esteem.

Quotes about Integrity

64. That impostor or phony feeling at work or school rarely has anything to do with our abilities but has more to do with that fearful voice inside of us that scolds and asks, Who do you think you are?

65. Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.  ”

66. If you’re not willing to fail, you can’t innovate.

67. You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

68. When we work from a place, I believe, that says ‘I’m enough,’ then we stop screaming and start listening, we’re kinder and gentler to the people around us, and we’re kinder and gentler to ourselves.

69. A brave leader is someone who says I see you. I hear you. I don’t have all the answers, but I’m going to keep listening and asking questions.

70. Stop walking through the world looking for confirmation that you don’t belong. You will always find it because you’ve made that your mission. Stop scouring people’s faces for evidence that you’re not enough.

71. You will always find it because you’ve made that your goal. True belonging and self-worth are not goods; we don’t negotiate their value with the world.

72. The truth about who we are lives in our hearts. Our call to courage is to protect our wild heart against constant evaluation, especially your own. No one belongs here more than you.

73. If you’re not willing to build a vulnerable culture, you can’t create.

Compassion Quotes

74. To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.

75. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

76. True belonging doesn’t require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are.

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77. To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes.

78. If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.

79. Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.

80. Feeding people half-truths or bullshit to make them feel better (which is almost always about making ourselves feel more comfortable) is unkind.

81. 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.

82. You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.

83. Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.

84.  You must either invest a reasonable amount of time attending to fears and feelings or squander an unreasonable amount of time trying to manage ineffective and unproductive behaviour.

Show Up Brene Brown Quotes

85. Nothing silences us more effectively than shame.

86. If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.

87. Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there’s no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.

88. Talk about your failures without apologizing.

89. The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you’re enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.

100. Daring leaders work to make sure people can be themselves and feel a sense of belonging.

101. 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.

102. Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.

103. Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it’s about earning approval and acceptance.

Brene Brown Quotes about Life

104. Healthy striving is self-focused: ‘How can I improve?’ Perfectionism is other-focused: ‘What will they think?’

105. Brave leaders are never silent around hard things.

106. 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.

107. When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.

108. Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they’re afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak.

109. Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it’s often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.

110. Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are.

111. Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are.

112. The opposite of belonging is fitting in.

113. We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can’t use shame to change ourselves or others.

114. There is no joy without gratitude.

Brené Brown is an American research professor, lecturer, author, and podcast host. She stands out for a lot of things, but particularly for her research on shame, leadership, vulnerability and other inspiring quotes.

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