Quotes About Vulnerability

Okay, that so did me in. Mr. Rock being all emotional? Expressing his feelings?" p. 12

It's just like any relationship, the more contained the environment, the more the good stuff appears and the more the bad stuff will reveal itself.

That's my private ant. You're liable to break its legs.

Tears don't make you a girl, but they sure make you human.

I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them the basic comforts they most need.

Self-compassion is key because when we're able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we're more likely to reach out, connect, and experience empathy.

To experience brokenness and humiliation all you have to do is lead.

Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.

The more helpless you are, the better you are fitted to pray, and the more answers to prayer you will experience.

For me, the more I live, the more I need to write. The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.

One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.

It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting.

It is often difficult to watch yourself onscreen, especially 60-feet high. As an actor, it is an uncomfortable experience.

Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion.

When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.

somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence; in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they are too near

Your dragons are the frightened parts of your personality, and you alone can experience and heal them.

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.

Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.

Imagine if the whole point of this experience on planet Earth was to just open ourselves up more fully to who we really are, without filters, without masks, without any restrictions.

Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions.

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy.