Quotes About Vulnerability

Timothy Ferriss

But the truth is, you can't really earn trust over time with people without being somewhat vulnerable [first].

This idea that we're either courageous or chicken shit is just not true, because most of us are afraid and brave at the exact same moment, all day long.

I do want to live a brave life. I do want to live in the arena. And if you're going to live in the arena, the only guarantee is you will get your ass kicked. . . . Daring greatly is being vulnerable. So when you ask yourself, 'Did I dare greatly today?' The big question I ask is, 'When I had the opportunity, did I choose courage over comfort?

It's so beautiful how life unfolds, if we lay it all on the line and keep our pores open.

You can't be afraid to show your scars.

Brené is also the New York Times best-selling author of Daring Greatly, The Gifts of Imperfection, Rising Strong, and Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone.

The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you're walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That's the moment you may be starting to get it right.

NightHawk (ARP/ND de suplantación de identidad y rastreo de contraseñas),

The strong times, the weak times-- they all come in waves. Trust me, none of us has it together.

there isn't shame in having shadows - we all have them to varying degrees. it's simply a part of being human

What is a relationship? The intersection of the stories of two people. The problem is that an awful lot of carnage takes place at this intersection.

Weak and needy people finding their hope in Christ's grace are what mark a mature relationship. The most dangerous aspect of your relationships is not your weakness, but your delusions of strength. Self-reliance is almost always a component of a bad relationship. While

Godly relationships flourish best between two humble people who acknowledge their weaknesses and sins and their need for grace.

Yet we are most true to our identity and calling when we live in the midst of broken people.

Do people regularly feel bruised in their relationship with you?

Relationships are costly, but so is avoiding them. If

If you choose to face conflict head on, it is full of risks and the potential for great hurt, but it can also be redemptive.

At some point, every relationship brings you to the end of yourself, and with God there is no healthier place to be. When I am willing to confess how weak I am, I am most ready to reach out for the grace that can only be found in Christ. He was willing to follow his Father's plan and become weak so that, in our moments of weakness, we could receive his strength.

but God wants to bring us to the end of ourselves so that we would see our need for a relationship with him as well as with others.

Pursuing comfortable relationships and avoiding difficult ones

people feel they can be revealing around me, that they can unbutton their lips and let slip intimate facts ad trust that I have the maturity to keep my mouth shut.

The peasants who had more land or livestock than others were the first to lose what they had. A

Institutions do not protect themselves. They fall one after the other unless each is defended from the beginning.