Quotes About Vulnerability

Most anger stems from feelings of weakness, sadness and fear: hard to remember when one is at the receiving end of its defiant roar.

When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver!

Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear.

I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person.

He wore his fear on his skin for everyone to see.

I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else.

No one ever tells us to stop running away from fear...the advice we usually get is to sweeten it up, smooth it over, take a pill, or distract ourselves, but by all means make it go away. (5)

Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.

You do not stop losing power by refusing to recognize your fear, by anesthetizing yourself to what you feel. The road to authentic power is always through what you feel through your heart.

This is our big chance to see what people think of us. The real us. We have to show em there's nothing to be afraid of. If we don't get over our fears, they never will.

Don't allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart.

It is the fear of being as dependent as a young child, while not being loved as a child is loved, but merely being kept alive against one's will.

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

If your reaction to your partner's fear-or any other form of distress- is disdain or irritation, you do not want oneness or even friendship with your partner at that moment.

I was never afraid of anything because I never hurt anyone. I was always an old drunk.

What humans do when they're desperate is just an expression of fear. What they do when they feel safe is a better indication of whether or not you can trust them.

I'm afraid of everything. Fear of being alone, fear of being hurt, fear of being made a fool of, fear of failure... Still, I think all my fears bleed from one big one.

I cannot pretend i am not without fear.

The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.

All guys are scared of each other, didn't you know that? I'm not the only one. We're all born afraid.

Anger is always - always - fear in disguise.

The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.

He is a man, and he is afraid. This is not a good combination.

There is a great fear that plagues only romantics and children... it is that they might be alright alone.