Quotes About Vulnerability

I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.

Am I ever gonna grow thick skin? No.

I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.

You have to have a thick skin, yes. If you're going to do something as foolhardy as standup, you've got to be able to take it on the chin if someone has a go at you.

If you are prepared to admit to others and to yourself who you really are, then you can have a fantastic life. Of course, you need to have a thick skin to get through it all.

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.

Freedom is neither guaranteed nor automatic; not even in the United States. Left unguarded, it can slip away like a thief in the night.

Everyone has areas they're not comfortable with, and mine are my bum, thighs, and legs.

Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is thin.

Our skin is very thin. It doesn't take much for us to jump off a ledge or to kill one another. It can happen very, very quickly.

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.

I think there's a thin line between pathos and comedy, and I'm not afraid of putting my heart on my sleeve.

I'm thin and never thought I'd have a stroke.

There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity.

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.

The idea of dancing is the only thing that scares me.

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

You have to be OK with your own fears. If you're an honest person, you'll make mistakes, but that's when the most interesting things happen.

You get mentally fatigued and you get physically fatigued, too. Usually that's when bad things happen on the ice and then you're more at risk for injury.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.

It's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Because we fear saying something that people will laugh at, people will think is dumb. We're afraid of being embarrassed.

We see acne and spots as an imperfection and I've gone to great lengths to cover it up with lots of foundation. And everyone thinks 'Toff's perfect' but I mask my imperfections.

In talking with people that have experienced it, I learned that PTSD is something that a person in a position of authority sometimes thinks they're not supposed to have. They don't always have an avenue to personally address it or even discuss it.