I have for a long time utilized quotes to inspire me. Quotes have helped me to focus on the positive despite the chaos around me. Quotes have brought a sense of saneness and hope for humanity for me as well. Here I will list quotes, changing on whim, that I have found inspiring. Hopefully you will too.
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Quotes on Vulnerability
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no
longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive
is to be vulnerable.”
― Madeleine L'Engle
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives
running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as
dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make
us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness
will we discover the infinite power of our light.”
― Brené Brown
Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open,
for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also
being open to the bounty and beauty. Don’t mask or deny your vulnerability: it
is your greatest asset. Be vulnerable: quake and shake in your boots with it.
the new goodness that is coming to you, in the form of people, situations, and
things can only come to you when you are vulnerable, i.e. open.”
― Stephen Russell, Barefoot Doctor's Guide to the Tao: A Spiritual Handbook for the
Urban Warrior
“We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we
cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.”
― Frank Crane
“Real dishes break. That's how you know they're real.”
― Marty Rubin
“But, of course, putting yourself out there takes vulnerability. Vulnerability
is hard, and we, as a rule, tend to go for what’s easy; by that logic, closing
ourselves off is the easiest thing in the world. We quote the words of others to
do our talking for us, send each other links to articles and stories in lieu of
actual conversation, post pretty pictures to adequately convey our current state
of mind, all to avoid having to proffer a single identifiable human emotion. We
keep in touch with relatives by emailing them mawkishly inspirational chain
letters once in a while. We regurgitate memes to approximate the feeling of
being in the loop.”
― Phil Roland
“...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the
source of our greatest strength.”
― Audre Lorde
“Well, any love makes us vulnerable. Whatever we love will give the gift of pain
somewhere along the road. But who would live sealed in spiritual cellophane just
to keep from ever being hurt? There are a few people like that. I'm sorry for
them. I think they are as good as dead.”
― Gladys Taber, Harvest at Stillmeadow
longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive
is to be vulnerable.”
― Madeleine L'Engle
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives
running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as
dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make
us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness
will we discover the infinite power of our light.”
― Brené Brown
Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open,
for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also
being open to the bounty and beauty. Don’t mask or deny your vulnerability: it
is your greatest asset. Be vulnerable: quake and shake in your boots with it.
the new goodness that is coming to you, in the form of people, situations, and
things can only come to you when you are vulnerable, i.e. open.”
― Stephen Russell, Barefoot Doctor's Guide to the Tao: A Spiritual Handbook for the
Urban Warrior
“We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we
cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.”
― Frank Crane
“Real dishes break. That's how you know they're real.”
― Marty Rubin
“But, of course, putting yourself out there takes vulnerability. Vulnerability
is hard, and we, as a rule, tend to go for what’s easy; by that logic, closing
ourselves off is the easiest thing in the world. We quote the words of others to
do our talking for us, send each other links to articles and stories in lieu of
actual conversation, post pretty pictures to adequately convey our current state
of mind, all to avoid having to proffer a single identifiable human emotion. We
keep in touch with relatives by emailing them mawkishly inspirational chain
letters once in a while. We regurgitate memes to approximate the feeling of
being in the loop.”
― Phil Roland
“...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the
source of our greatest strength.”
― Audre Lorde
“Well, any love makes us vulnerable. Whatever we love will give the gift of pain
somewhere along the road. But who would live sealed in spiritual cellophane just
to keep from ever being hurt? There are a few people like that. I'm sorry for
them. I think they are as good as dead.”
― Gladys Taber, Harvest at Stillmeadow