Hey you! Have you ever stumbled across words so powerful they resonate deep within, making you pause and reflect? I have, and let me tell you, Brené Brown’s insights on self-worth are like a gentle hand on my shoulder, assuring me that I’m not alone.
Through self-worth Brené Brown quotes, I’m going to take you on a journey of self-discovery, where vulnerability meets strength, and authenticity shines brighter than perfection.
These quotes aren’t just phrases, they are lifelines that remind me and now you of the importance of believing in yourself.
Brené’s wisdom gives us the tools to stand tall, even when we feel we’re at our smallest. So, let’s take this step together, understanding that in our imperfections, in our realness, lies our true value.
Self-Worth Brene Brown Quotes: Heartfelt Reminders
1. “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.”
2. “You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”
3. “Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.”
4. “I am enough.”
5. “To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.”
6. “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.”
7. “When I see people stand fully in their truth, or when I see someone fall down, get back up, and say, ‘Damn. That really hurt, but this is important to me and I’m going in again’—that’s beauty. That’s vulnerability.”
8. “Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are.”
9. “Vulnerability is not about winning or losing. It’s having the courage to show up when you can’t predict or control the outcome.”
10. “Belonging starts with self-acceptance.”
11. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity.”
12. “We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.”
13. “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.”
14. “Worthiness doesn’t have prerequisites.”
15. “Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”
16. “Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day.”
17. “Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.”
18. “We cannot selectively numb emotions. When we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.”
19. “Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.”
20. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.”
21. “Don’t puff up; don’t shrink back. Stand your sacred ground.”
22. “The irony is that we attempt to disown our difficult stories to appear more whole or more acceptable. But our wholeness even our wholeheartedness actually depends on the integration of all our experiences, including the falls.”
23. “Nurturing takes great courage. Daring to be vulnerable, present, and engaged.”
24. “When we can let go of what other people think and own our story, we gain access to our worthiness—the feeling that we are enough just as we are and that we are worthy of love and belonging.”
25. “The price of invulnerability is inauthenticity.”
26. “Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.”
27. “When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.”
28. “Wholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks, and knowing that I am enough.”
29. “Vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them.”
30. “We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known.”
31. “Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”
32. “Courage is contagious. Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver.”
33. “You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.”
34. “Our job is not to deny the story, but to defy the ending—to rise strong, recognize our story, and rumble with the truth until we get to a place where we think, ‘Yes. This is what happened. And I will choose how the story ends.'”
35. “What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.”
36. “If we own the story then we can write the ending.”
37. “Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life.”
38. “We run from grief because loss scares us, yet our hearts reach towards grief because the broken parts want to mend.”
39. “Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.”
40. “If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.”
41. “The opposite of recognizing that we’re feeling something is denying our emotions.”
42. “Perfectionism is a self-destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.”
43. “Connection is why we’re here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.”
44. “Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surrender to uncertainty.”
45. “We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.”
46. “Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.”
47. “The willingness to show up changes us. It makes us a little braver each time.”
48. “Joy comes to us in ordinary moments. We risk missing out when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.”
49. “It’s not about ‘what can I accomplish?’ but ‘what do I want to accomplish?’ Paradigm shift.”
50. “To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.”
51. “The two most powerful words when we’re in struggle: me too.”
52. “Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; it’s choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and it’s practicing your values, not just professing them.”
53. “When you own your story, you get to write a brave new ending.”
54. “I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”
55. “Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.”
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