Browse 1223 quotes about Vulnerability.
“The tendency to trust easily anyone gives way to a certain vulnerability.”
Source: Landscapes of a Heart, Whispers of a Soul
“In 2044, even comfort had liability.”
Source: The Day Satoshi Returned: A Novel
“It is a gift and a wonder to me, to know that I can please you—that your body can rouse to mine.”
Source: Outlander
“Tomi isn’t just a dog. She’s the last thing keeping me tethered to a world that rarely made room for girls like me.”
Source: Where The Cicada Sleeps: A Diary-Style Portrait of Girlhood, Betrayal, and the Quiet Violence of Being Misunderstood
“They helped like tourists. They smiled, took pictures, and left us in the same clothes we wore before they came.”
Source: Where The Cicada Sleeps: A Diary-Style Portrait of Girlhood, Betrayal, and the Quiet Violence of Being Misunderstood
“You have to let someone, at least one person in the world, know who you are.”
Source: The Open Curtain
“We all want someone to accept us with all our flaws,
all our vulnerabilities.
But as soon as someone else shows their vulnerable side,
we try to exploit them.”
Source: The Uncharted Mind
“You wish you could go back to a time when God wasn’t confusing--when God and everything made sense.
Your questions matter. Your fears matter. Your confusion matters. Your anger matters. Embrace the vulnerability of them and find out who God is. Even your fears and doubts become opportunities for encountering God, if you let them draw us close to God.”
Source: Trust Issues With God: Because Life Is Unfair: Bible Study, With Video Access
“C'mon. Sit down."
"Why are we on the roof?"
"Why? When we're talkin' about stuff like this, it's better to do it somewhere high up and open".”
Source: Wind Breaker 8
“In your embrace, I find a sanctuary where I am always safe and loved.”
Source: Beyond the Bouquet: A Symphony of Love in Fifty Movements
“In your embrace, I find refuge from life's storms.”
Source: Beyond the Bouquet: A Symphony of Love in Fifty Movements
“because it was him and him alone she didn't want to disappoint.”
Source: The Laws of the Skies
“I cherish you deeply, which is why I feel compelled to reveal even the darkest corners of myself to you, while simultaneously striving to present the brightest aspects of who I am. In this bond of love, I find the courage to be vulnerable, trusting that you will accept me in my entirety and nurture the best parts of me.”
“Safeword - facilitating instant distinctions when time is short, and risks are high.
You put everything you are into that collection of letters. You give your vulnerability and control; you pledge your life to that one sound. Capable of wielding such power over you, there is a heaviness that comes with selecting something,g which you consider a vital connection to your existence.
of course, that wasn't true for all, but for us, it was special.”
Source: A Sinful Sacrifice
“Vulnerability is our relationship to our weaknesses, not our weaknesses themselves.
It's the feeling we have when confronted with our imperfections. The image of being vulnerable is that of taking off our armor, making ourselves available to be intimate, to be touchable. To own your vulnerabilities is a move of trust, a move of solidarity.”
Source: Say Yes: Discover the Surprising Life Beyond the Death of a Dream
“Now, at that moment, I was building trust; I was there for her. I was connecting with her rather than choosing to think only about what I wanted. There are the moments, we've discovered, that build trust.
One such moment is not that important, but if you're always choosing to turn away, then trust erodes in a relationship--very gradually, very slowly.”
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“Always err on the side of vulnerability, because vulnerability creates more trust, not less.”
Source: Eye of the Storm: Experiencing God When You Can't See Him
“If if there is anything I’ve learned from the study of trust it's that when we’re scared, we isolate ourselves. There are a lot of scared people in this country. And we absolutely must respond with kindness. It's time for courageous vulnerability. It’s time for love, joy and compassion.
We just need conditions for trust and vulnerability to thrive.”
“We need to feel trust to be vulnerable and we need to be vulnerable in order to trust.”
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“Trustworthy relationships are built on a foundation of goodwill. Couples with solid trust are able to give each other the benefit of the doubt in conflict, and they weather conflicts more easily because of it.”
Source: Love More, Fight Less: Communication Skills Every Couple Needs: A Relationship Workbook for Couples
“In truth, Thomas was being a faithful disciple of Jesus, who warned His disciples that “many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and they will lead many astray” (Matt. 24:5). Indeed, Jesus affirms those who believe without seeing because such belief takes great faith. But that in no way suggests we should ignore evidence when it is available, as though doing so makes us more faithful. This impulse, combined with an often uncritical biblicism, not only neglects God’s command to love him with our minds, but leads us into unnecessary divisiveness and shallow literalism that blinds us to the deeper truth of Scripture. Therefore, during this process of self-emptying, we must be aware of and honest with our uncertainties. While we should never throw around our doubt with rebellious defiance, neither should we view our genuine questions and uncertainties as liabilities. Sometimes allowing ourselves to question deeply held beliefs opens us up to discovering that we were, in fact, in error, offering us the opportunity for more faithful understanding. Other times we discover that our fears are unfounded, returning to our former beliefs without doubt, yet stronger for it.”
Source: Vulnerable Faith: Missional Living in the Radical Way of St. Patrick
“Once trust is built, distance cannot kill it. Time and space alone cannot destroy authentic connection.”
“There is no excuse for bullying. Not even in schools. The parents should be arrested. But the most worrying thing is that authorities do it: politicians and journalists. They consider it part of their job. This world is wrong. It’s a crime: Causes traumas to vulnerable people.”
“People often silence themselves, or "agree to disagree" without fully exploring the actual nature of the disagreement, for the sake of protecting a relationship and maintaining connection. But when we avoid certain conversations, and never fully learn how the other person feels about all of the issues, we sometimes end up making assumptions that not only perpetuate but deepen misunderstandings, and that can generate resentment.”
Source: Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
“Like a Columbus of the heart, mind and soul I have hurled myself off the shores of my own fears and limiting beliefs to venture far out into the uncharted territories of my inner truth, in search of what it means to be genuine and at peace with who I really am. I have abandoned the masquerade of living up to the expectations of others and explored the new horizons of what it means to be truly and completely me, in all my amazing imperfection and most splendid insecurity.”
“I can always tell about the health of a culture of an organization by how much gossiping is happening”
Source: The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage
“Sometimes the bravest thing a person can do is speak honestly about their fear.”
Source: The Art of Being Real: A Journey to Honest Living
“When you go under, go honest. Eyes open. Palms bare.”
Source: Nearly: Poems
“It takes courage to pray. It takes courage to be vulnerable. It takes courage to bend the knee.”
Source: Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life
“Grief will not kill you, but not grieving will harm you immensely.”
Source: Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction
“You don’t heal by pretending you don’t feel. You heal by learning to feel safely. By giving yourself permission to have needs, and then slowly, courageously, meeting them, with care instead of judgment.”
Source: The Therapist's Handbook for Healing Your Simpsons Syndrome: Unhook from Your Inner Chaos Characters with CBT, ACT, and a Little Humor
“It takes strength, to feel so much. To feel so deeply.”
Source: A Theory of Dreaming
“There’s a specific kind of horror in being seen when you don’t want to be; it feels like being set on fire in slow motion.”
Source: Please Don't Look at Me: A Gentle Self-Help Book About an Anxious Introvert Learning to Say No, Set Boundaries, and Exist Without Apologizing
“You can still get hurt with your eyes wide open.”
Source: How to End a Love Story
“Raising children is a course in vulnerability. We can’t take care of them in the way they deserve until we can treat our inner child the way she deserved all along. We have to look right into the mirror that children hold up to us and be brave enough to not look away, no matter how much that light burns.”
Source: Glitter Saints: The Cosmic Art of Forgiveness, a Memoir
“I did believe that I could opt out of feeling vulnerable, so when it happened - when the phone rang with unimaginable news; or when I was scared; or when I loved so fiercely that rather than feeling gratitude and joy I could only prepare for loss - I controlled things. I managed situations and micromanaged the people around me. I performed until there was no energy left to feel. I made what was uncertain certain, no matter what the cost. I stayed so busy that the truth of my hurting and my fear could never catch up. I looked brave on the outside and felt scared on the inside.”
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead [Audiobook, CD, Unabridged] [Daring Greatly] by Brene Brown (Daring Greatly), Karen White
“Vulnerability begets vulnerability; courage is contagious.”
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen in our true self.
So many of us think vulnerability is weakness. This is a very dangerous myth.
Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.
"When you are weak, say you are weak"
If we are going to find our way back to each other, vulnerability will be our most authentic path.”
“Yes, we are totally exposed when we are vulnerable. Yes, we are in the torture chamber that we call uncertainty. And, yes, we're taking a huge emotional risk when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable. But there's not equation where taking risks, braving uncertainty, and opening up ourselves to emotional exposure equals weakness.”
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“Here's the crux of the struggle:
I want to experience your vulnerability but I don't want to be vulnerable.
Vulnerability is courage in you and inadequacy in me.
I'm drawn to your vulnerability but repelled by mine.”
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“As I walked up to the stage, I literally whispered aloud, "What's worth doing even if I fail?”
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“It's life asking, "Are you all in? Can you value your own vulnerability as much as you value it in others?" Answering yet to these questions is not weakness: It's courage beyond measure. It's daring greatly. And often the result of daring greatly isn't a victory march as much as it is a quiet sense of freedom mixed with a little battle fatigue.”
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“The choice to be oneself requires courage and vulnerability as you put yourself out there for the world to judge and cast aspersion on you. It is far easier to copy others and risk standing out, but that path leads to unhappiness as you say No to yourself and Yes to others. I chose to be authentic, to be real and to know that I do not let the opinions of others define who I am or limit my greatness.”
“These times are hard, but I won't walk away jaded, darker, different. I feel. I cry to heal. If you saw me in those moments, maybe you'd think I was a mess. But I don't call it a mess. I call it strength.
Real strength isn't about building walls. Real strength is about staying open, no matter what. It's about taking life—with all the pleasures that fade and all the pain that sticks around for too long—and not shutting down, not closing down, not building up those walls.
Resilience isn't hard, impenetrable, iron. Resilience is flexible, soft, warm.
Stay strong. The real kind of strong. Don't let your automatic mind reflexes make you jump away from pain and towards pleasure. Make choices. See clearly. And never, ever, stop feeling.
Don't go numb. The world, even with all its horror, is too beautiful to miss.”
“No one sees your strength, do they? No one sees the silent battle you fight against your overprotective mind that’s trying to keep you safe from harm by keeping you safe from risk, safe from connection, safe from honesty. Maybe others don’t see, but you see it sometimes, don’t you? In the mirror, in those eyes, begging for someone to notice. You have noticed. It is real. You are strong. You are fighting for something incredible. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise—especially not your thoughts.”
“Without warning, all the tears I’ve been holding back are pouring out of me, hot and fast . . . It’s like I’ve taken all my sadness and wrapped it up in a package inside of me because I don’t deserve to grieve. But I can’t keep that package together anymore. The strings that bound it are fraying and snapping, and it’s all spilling out.”
Source: Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday
“We are often taught that strength means unyielding determination, staunch opinions, and unbreakable resolve. ... Softness does not mean weakness. It means being open to change, receptive to others, and compassionate toward ourselves. ... A rigid mindset might break under unexpected pressure; a flexible one bends and recovers . ... Like bamboo in the wind, soft strength bends but does not break”
“Keeping people out doesn’t make you stronger. It makes you lonely.
Chapter 44”
Source: Voluntary pain
“Needing others isn’t weakness. It’s not a red flag. It’s a big, beautiful neon sign that says, “Hey, I’m a human being with needs and limits!”
Source: The Therapist's Handbook for Healing Your Simpsons Syndrome: Unhook from Your Inner Chaos Characters with CBT, ACT, and a Little Humor
“What if your softness is your greatest strength?”
Source: ROOTED: The Root. The Rise. The Overflow