Home / Quotes / Quote by Brené Brown

Quote by Brené Brown

“If we want to make meaning, we need to make art. Cook, write, draw, doodle, paint, scrapbook, take pictures, collage, knit, rebuild an engine, sculpt, dance, decorate, act, sing - it doesn't matter. As long as we're creating, we're cultivating meaning.”

Quote by Brené Brown

Book:The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Work

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

This book delves into the idea that embracing personal flaws and vulnerabilities is essential for genuine self-acceptance and happiness. It encourages readers to let go of societal expectations and to cultivate a deeper understanding of their true selves. more

Author

Brené Brown is a renowned psychologist, author, and speaker. Her research focuses on human vulnerability, courage, shame, and belonging. Brown's books, 'Daring Greatly' and 'The Gifts of Imperfection,' have become widely popular, exploring the complexities of human emotions and psychology in an accessible way. more

You May Also Like

“Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there is no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. Additionally, perfectionism is more about perception - we want to be perceived as perfect. Again, this is unattainable - there is no way to control perception, regardless of how much time and energy we spend trying.”

Way Want Trying Self Motivational Energy Goal Perfect Perception Perfection Destructive Perfectionism Unattainable Time And Energy Self Destructive

Author:Brené Brown

“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.”

Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

“People may call what happens at midlife 'a crisis,' but it's not. It's an unraveling - a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you're 'supposed' to live. The unraveling is a time when you are challenged by the universe to let go of who you think you are supposed to be and to embrace who you are.”

People Thinking Want Feels May Happens Motivational Universe Letting Go Crisis Who You Are Embrace Supposed To Be Live Life Desperate Midlife Unraveling

Book:The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

“We cannot give our children what we don't have. Where we are on our journey of living and loving with our whole hearts is a much stronger indicator of parenting success than anything we can learn from how-to books.”

Giving Heart Children Book Whole Motivational Journey Stronger Our Children Indicators

Author:Brené Brown

“Success is relative and individual and personal. It is your answer to the problem of making your minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years add up to a great life.”

Years Problem Motivational Individual Hours Answers Week Minutes Months Add Relative

Author:Wilferd Peterson

“Through books you can start today where the great thinkers of yesterday left off, because books have immortalized man's knowledge. Thinkers, dead a thousand years, are as alive in their books today as when they walked the earth.”

Men Years Book Motivational Today Earth Left Alive Thousand Yesterday Thinker Thousand Years Great Thinkers

Author:Wilferd Peterson

“You open doors when you open books... doors that swing wide to unlimited horizons of knowledge, wisdom, and inspiration that will enlarge the dimensions of your life.”

Book Inspiration Motivational Doors Wide Dimensions Horizon Swings Unlimited Knowledge Wisdom Open Book

Author:Wilferd Peterson

“The leader sees things through the eyes of his followers. He puts himself in their shoes and helps them make their dreams come true. The leader does not say, "Get going!" Instead he says, "Let's go!" and leads the way. He does not walk behind with a whip; he is out in front with a banner.”

Way Doe Helping Dream Motivational Eye Walks Behinds Leader Fronts Shoes Followers Dreams Come True Whips Banner Through The Eyes

Author:Wilferd Peterson

“He who hopes to avoid all failure and misfortune is trying to live in a fairyland; the wise man realistically accepts failures as a part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of 'nothing attempted, nothing gained' and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.”

Ifs Men Trying Philosophy Motivational Accepting Principles Wise Failing Succeed Misfortunes Parts Of Life Trying To Succeed

Author:Wilferd Peterson

“The art of thinking is the greatest art of all, for 'as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.' The thinker knows he is today where his thoughts have taken him and that he is building his future by the quality of the thoughts he thinks.”

Thinking Knows Men Heart Art Motivational Today Quality Taken Building Thinker A Man Thinketh

Author:Wilferd Peterson