Quotes from Brene Brown

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.

Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.'

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.

The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and usually a little judgment.

The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.

As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We're almost afraid to be happy. We feel like it's inviting disaster.

One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess.

I love to take, process and share photos - it fills me up.

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.

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

Caring about the welfare of children and shaming parents are mutually exclusive endeavors.

One of the reasons we judge each other so harshly in this world of parenting is because... we perceive anyone else who's doing anything differently than what we're doing as criticizing our choices.

If we own the story then we can write the ending.

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

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

I believe in the healing power of laughter. I believe laughter forces us to breathe.

If we can't stand up to the never good enough and who do you think you are? we can't move forward.

When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.

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.

Hope is not an emotion; it's a way of thinking or a cognitive process.

Hope is a function of struggle.

Hope is really a thought.

I think if you follow anyone home, whether they live in Houston or London, and you sit at their dinner table and talk to them about their mother who has cancer or their child who is struggling in school, and their fears about watching their lives go by, I think we're all the same.

Live-tweeting your bikini wax is not vulnerability. Nor is posting a blow-by-blow of your divorce . That's an attempt to hot-wire connection. But you can't cheat real connection. It's built up slowly. It's about trust and time.