“Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.”
More from Brené Brown on Courage
“I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.”
“The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.”
“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”
“Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.”
“Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line. In today’s world, that’s pretty extraordinary.”
Others on Courage
Martin Luther King
11 quotes“There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their free...”
Sir Winston Churchill
9 quotes“Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without vicory...”
Erica Jong
8 quotes“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the...”
Plautus
7 quotes“Courage in danger is half the battle.”
Veronica Roth
7 quotes“I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave”
Cervantes
6 quotes“The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.”
Audre Lorde
6 quotes“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whet...”
Robert Louis Stevenson
6 quotes“To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.”
Napoleon
6 quotes“With audacity one can undertake anything.”
Seneca
6 quotes“Brave men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”
Plutarch
5 quotes“The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they.”
Henrik Ibsen
5 quotes“You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”