Brene Brown on Stoicism Quotes

"The brave and brokenhearted are the most powerful among us."

"Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it."

"We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions."

"Joy is the most vulnerable emotion we experience."

"Vulnerability is the last thing I want you to see in me, but the first thing I look for in you."

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

"Stay in your own lane. Comparison kills creativity and joy."

"The broken heart is what makes us human. The broken heart is what makes us capable of love."

"Hope is a function of struggle."

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

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

"We need to be the person we want to be, even when no one is looking."

"When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending."

"Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage."

"The middle is messy, but it is also where the magic happens."

"Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surrender to uncertainty."

"To feel is to be vulnerable."

"Don’t puff up, don’t shrink down, just stand your sacred ground."

"True belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world."

"Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy."

"Belonging is being somewhere where you want to be, and they want you. Fitting in is being somewhere where you want to be, but they don’t care one way or the other."

"You are only as free as you are willing to be vulnerable."

"There is no effort without error and shortcoming."

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

"Perfectionism is a defensive move. It’s the belief that if we do things perfectly and look perfect, we can minimize or avoid the pain of blame, judgment, and shame."

"You can't have courage without walking through vulnerability."

"Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experiences."

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

"Failure is a data point. It's not a person."

"Healthy striving is self-focused: How can I improve? Perfectionism is other-focused: What will they think?"

"Numbing the dark and the difficult is what we do when we don't have the tools to handle the pain."

"To love is to be vulnerable."

"If you are not in the arena getting your ass kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback."