Quotes about Vulnerability And Courage
Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.
- Brene Brown
I would like to be without shame. I would like to be shameless. I would like to be ignorant. Then I would not know how ignorant I was.
- Margaret Atwood
What I resist is not the truth but when people put a pretty bow on scary things instead of saying, "This is a nightmare. I hate everything. I'm going to go hide in the garage
- Anne Lamott
I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.
- Aung San Suu Kyi
While the heart beats, bruise it--it is your only opportunity
- George Eliot
What if I could learn to trust my feelings instead of asking to be delivered from them? What if I could follow one of my great fears all the way to the edge of the abyss, take a breath, and keep going?
- Barbara Brown Taylor
Maybe that is all any bravery is, a stronger fear of not being brave.
- Audre Lorde
Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how phony you are.
- Brennan Manning
Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable.
- Melody Beattie
To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.
- Madeleine L'Engle
Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety.
- Madeleine L'Engle
More visibility is more power, but more vulnerability.
- Ezra Furman