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    A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don't function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.

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    Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth.

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    After doing this work or the past twelve years and watching scarcity ride roughshod over our families, organizations, and communities, I'd say the one thing we have in common is that we're sick of feeling afraid. we want to dare greatly. We're tired of the national conversation centering on "What should we fear" and "Who should we blame?" We all want to be brave.

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    A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.

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    All the stuff that keeps you safe from feeling scary emotions? They also keep you from feeling the good emotions. You have to shake those off. You have to become vulnerable.

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    Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?

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    Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!

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

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

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    Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

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    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. When we don't have that, we shape-shift and turn into chameleons; we hustle for the worthiness we already possess.

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    But I don't think it's as dangerous, scary, or terrifying as getting to the end of our lives and wondering, what if I would have shown up?

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

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    Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.

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    Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.

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    Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

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    Connection is why we're here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The power that connection holds in our lives was confirmed when the main concern about connection emerged as the fear of disconnection; the fear that something we have done or failed to do, something about who we are or where we come from, has made us unlovable and unworthy of connection.

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    Connection, the ability to feel connected, is neurobiologically wired, that’s why we’re here!

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    Cool is the emotional straightjacket. It makes us less available for connection which makes us less equipped for leadership roles.

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    Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor - the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart." Over time, this definition has changed, and today, we typically associate courage with heroic and brave deeds. But in my opinion, this definition fails to recognize the inner strength and level of commitment required for us to actually speak honestly and openly about who we are and about our experiences -- good and bad. Speaking from our hearts is what I think of as "ordinary courage.

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    Courage is a value. My faith is the organizing principle in my life and what underpins my faith is courage and love, and so I have to be in the arena if I'm going to live in alignment with my values.

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    Courage is like—it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

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    Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart

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    Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language -- it's from the Latin word "cor," meaning "heart" - and the original definition was to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.

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    Courage - To tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.

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    'Crazy-busy' is a great armor, it's a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that we stay so busy, and so out in front of our life, that the truth of how we're feeling and what we really need can't catch up with us.

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    Creativity, which is the expression of our originality, helps us stay mindful that what we bring to the world is completely original and cannot be compared.

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    Cruelty is easy, cheap and rampant.

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    Dare to be the adults we want our children to be.

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    Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you're feeling. To have the hard conversations.

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

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

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    Do you light up when your kids are coming in the room or do you become the instant critic?

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    Effort + the courage to show up = enough.

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    Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy.

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    Empathy doesn't require that we have the exact same experiences as the person sharing their story with us...Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, not the event or the circumstance.

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    Empathy fuels connection; sympathy drives disconnection.

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    Empathy is the antidote to shame.

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    Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.

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    Every single person has a story that will break your heart. And if you're paying attention, many people... have a story that will bring you to your knees. Nobody rides for free.

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    Everything that these folks are saying that they're trying to move away from, like comparison, perfectionism, judgement, and exhaustion as a status symbol - that all describes my life. It was more like a medical researcher studying a disease and figuring out he or she has it.

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    Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world could stand to be a little kinder and braver.

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    Faith minus vulnerability is fundamentalism

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    Fear is the opposite of love, in my opinion.

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    Feeling vulnerable, imperfect, and afraid is human. It's when we lose our capacity to hold space for these struggles that we become dangerous.

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    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.

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    For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It's enough. I'm enough. My kids are enough.

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    Guilt: I'm sorry. I made a mistake. Shame: I'm sorry. I am a mistake.

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

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    hat whole phrase, "daring greatly," is from the Theodore Roosevelt quote that goes back to your original question of, what about the critics? And when I read his quote it was life-changing. "It's not the critic who counts; it's not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done the better.