Quotes About Vulnerability

Men love because they are afraid of themselves, afraid of the loneliness that lives in them, and need someone in whom they can lose themselves as smoke loses itself in the sky.

When love is strong, a man and a woman can make their bed on a sword's blade. When love grows weak, a bed of 60 cubits is not large enough.

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more "manhood" to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.

I have met brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.

Cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel.

The demand is for certainty is a sign of weakness.

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of "The Look."

The little foxes that spoil the vines.

You've got to sing like you don't need the money. You've got to love like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance like there's nobody watching. You've got to come from the heart, if you want it to work.

The sun, moon and stars would have disappeared long ago had they been within the reach of predatory human hands.

Tears mess up your makeup.

We all choke, and the man who says he doesn't choke is lying like hell. We all leak oil.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes.

The horse does abominate the camel; the mighty elephant is afraid of a mouse; and they say that the lion, which scorneth to turn his back upon the stoutest animal, will tremble at the crowing of a cock.

There's nothing I'm afraid of like scared people.

God! Is there anything uglier than a frightened man!

By putting his hand around my neck, he slowly strangled himself.

An amiable weakness.

A friend is never known till a man has need.

We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked ... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable.

I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on a ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side.