Quotes about Vulnerability

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box.

I'd rather see your honest pain than a brave front.

Sooner or later you'll learn there are people in the world who don't want to use you, Now, buck up your courage and go back in there and get to know a few.

I never intended to marry - because I've never met a man I could trust. She raised her head slowly. I trust you, Matthias.

You know, sometimes you can hurt yourself more by trying to keep yourself from being hurt!" Miriam called after her.

Falling in love meant you lost control of your emotions and your will and your life. It meant you lost yourself.

They didn't kill the one they judged anymore. They left them broken and wounded.

He traced her face with one finger again. 'A woman is either a wall or a door, beloved.'' She gave a bleak laugh and looked at him. '' Then I guess i'm a door a thousand mean have walked through.'' ''No. You are a wall, a stone wall, four feet thick and a hundred feet high, I can't get over you all by myself, but I keep trying.

Oh, Lord, I don't know what's happened over there, but You know. You see into men's hearts, and their plans are laid bare before You. Nothing is hidden. Jesus, please strengthen me. I'm an old man and tired of the battle. Renew me. Give me the strength to keep running the race.

To use raw power is to make yourself infinitely vulnerable to greater powers.

The man without emotions is the one to fear. But deep emotions…ah, now, those can be bent to your needs.