Quotes About Vulnerability

Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

True happiness starts within oneself, do not depend on another for total happiness, your entire heart and essence of your being is worth so much more. Always be mindful that a person can destroy you with one single action or sentence when they know your heart is in their hands.

Once you have accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.

It takes as much courage to accept our weakness as it does to boldly trudge onward with our strength.

When someone does something to you that takes away some of your control or power, you get angry. If you have low self-esteem, then that means by definition that you do not feel in control. And you will be darned if someone is going to come along and rob you of your last few remaining drops of independence and power, of feeling in control.

Remind yourself that it's okay not to be perfect.

Today I don't feel beautiful and confident. I am not brave and strong. I see only flaws; most of the time I can get past them, but sometimes, they're all I see.

The greatest cause of our insecurity is that we compare our behind-the-scenes life, with others highlights reel.

Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our "beauty" so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air

I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.

Feel good in your own skin before you give away your heart.

Fall in love with your downfalls, make the best of your bad calls, throw regret out the window, you're not alone.

If you can't love yourself how can someone else?

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely

Allowing yourself to think and feel what you definitely are scared or hesitant of, will take you right to the heart of what you need to work out .

I am scared as hell to want you. But here I am, wanting you anyway.

Don't be afraid to show your feelings to the one that you like so much, express your feelings and maybe they will like you back.

Let's face it, I'm a flirt. I can seem to flirt with anyone I want, but when it comes to you, I am so nervous that I can barely talk. You are my weakness.

I'm not afraid to tell you how I feel or to ask if you like me too. I'm afraid of what will happen when you don't say yes...or what will happen if you do.

Without confidence you have nothing, now go tell her how you really feel. Don't be afraid to take a chance if she is worth it.

Best Friends: They know how stupid you are and still choose to be seen with you in public.

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious...

They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm.