Brene Brown Inspiration Quotations

You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.

When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.

I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments, gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude, inspiration, and faith.

I became Vulnerability TED, like an action figure - like Ninja Barbie, but I'm Vulnerability TED.

That's what life is about: about daring greatly, about being in the arena.

The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.

The two most powerful words when we're in struggle: me too.

We are the most in-debt, obese, addicted and medicated adult cohort in U.S. history.

Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back.

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.

Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments - often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss out on the bursts of joy because we're too busy chasing down the extraordinary moments. Other times we're so afraid of the dark we don't dare let ourselves enjoy the light. A joyful life is not a floodlight of joy. That would eventually become unbearable. I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude and inspiration

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

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