Brene Brown Brave Quotes

#1. The closer you get to excellence in your life, the more friends you'll lose. People love you when you are average, because it makes them comfortable. But when you pursue greatness, it makes people uncomfortable. Be prepared to lose some people on your journey.

Tony Gaskins Jr.

#2. Interview - two years of practicing being brave and putting myself out there - and vulnerability is still uncomfortable and falling still hurts. It always will. But I'm learning that the process of struggling and navigating hurt has as much to offer us as the process of being brave and showing up.

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#3. Choosing courage does not mean that we're unafraid, it means that we are brave enough to love despite the fear and uncertainty.

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#4. You'll also wonder how you can feel so brave and so afraid at the same time.

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#5. Do you know how incredibly brave it is to say "I don't know" when you're pretty sure everyone around you gets it?

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#6. I've come to believe that we all want to show up and be seen in our lives. This means we will all struggle and fall; we will know what it means to be both brave and brokenhearted.

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#7. You are not what you want. You are what wants you back.

Gary Shteyngart

#8. Only when we're brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.' He

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#9. Bearing an eternal longing for Jewishness, I threw myself in all directions and left to work for another people. I am not one of those lucky ones raised in their own environment, whose work is normal.

S. Ansky

#10. We're wired for story. In a culture of scarcity and perfectionism, there's a surprisingly simple reason we want to own, integrate, and share our stories of struggle. We do this because we feel the most alive when we're connecting with others and being brave with our stories - it's in our biology.

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#11. You can't ever do anything brave if you're wearing the straitjacket of 'What will people think?!

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#12. Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

Theodore Parker

#13. We're sick of being afraid and we're tired of hustling for our self-worth. We want to be brave, and deep inside we know that being brave requires us to be vulnerable.

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#14. So, you're telling me that no matter what, you can't be happy? Well, darling, it's no wonder you're miserable. It's what you want ... So then try (to be happy).

Elizabeth Scott

#15. The truth is that falling hurts. The dare is to keep being brave and feel your way back up.

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#16. I made a stop, ducking into the supermarket to pick up milk, Diet Pepsi, bread, eggs, and toilet paper. I was into my siege mentality, looking forward to pulling up the drawbridge and waiting out the rain. With luck, I wouldn't have to go out for days.

Sue Grafton

#17. Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.

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