Quotes About Vulnerability

Bravery is not being afraid to be afraid.

It takes a tremen­dous act of courage to admit to your­self that you are not defec­tive in any way what­so­ever.

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.

It is not until you have the courage to engage in human relationships that you grow.

It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.

We can have courage or we can have comfort, but we cannot have both.

Admitting your weaknesses does not diminish your strengths: it shows your courage.

I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice: 'only today I happen to have a headache.' (Tweedledum)

The real gift of love is self disclosure.

It takes great personal courage to let yourself appear weak.

Why are we inspired by another person's courage? Maybe because it gives us the sweet and genuine surprise of discovering some trace, at least, of the same courage in ourselves.

If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage.

Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.

Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.

Have the courage to say what needs to be said to who it needs to be said to. You'll both be better for it.

It took courage to let things fall apart so beautifully.

The first steps in self-acceptance are not at all pleasant, for what one sees is not a happy sight. One needs all the courage to go further.

You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you can't have both.

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.

Courage is the goal of cowards.

For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose.

No matter what identity we cling to, it takes great courage to step out of the old masks we wear and the old scripts that we live by, and open ourselves to the mysterious inner core of our being.