50 Quotes That Prove It Takes Strength To Let Your Vulnerable Side Show

“Feeling is what makes us alive, it’s what makes us human. And it’s also what makes us brave. Because opening yourself up to someone after being left in the dust before? That takes guts.”

— Drew Weymer, thoughtcatalog.com

“What was it about relationships that made you feel so vulnerable? Oh, right. A relationship. In any relationship, you put yourself out there. You exposed all of your sensitive nerve endings and your heart and you just had to hope that you trusted the right person.”

— Courtney Cole, amazon.com

“Sometimes people mistake vulnerability for weakness, because while others build walls up to prevent anyone from coming in, you bring walls down to let yourself be free.”

— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com

“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, amazon.com

“And maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything.”

— Christine Feehan, amazon.com

“Even though the world doesn’t understand you, it needs you. It needs people like you because you give it balance, you give people hope and you remind people that it’s okay to real, soft and vulnerable. You remind people that it’s okay to be a non-perfect human being.”

— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com

“I think that although embracing vulnerability is risky, it’s not as dangerous as shutting ourselves from everyone and hiding ourselves from the beauty (and tragedy) of life.”

— Kyra del Rosario, thoughtcatalog.com

“Being vulnerable means opening yourself up to people and giving them the chance to see the real you. It’s like putting your heart and soul into their hands and mapping out for them where exactly they can strike to hurt you the most – and at the same time, trusting them that they won’t.”

— Stephanie Palma, thoughtcatalog.com

“At the end of the day, you’re entitled to every one of your feelings. Don’t allow anyone to belittle you for your sensitivity. Vulnerability does not make us weak; it makes us human.”

— Melissa Kerman, thoughtcatalog.com

“It’s very hard to put yourself out there, it’s very hard to be vulnerable, but those people who do that are the dreamers, the thinkers and the creators. They are the magic people of the world.”

— Amy Poehler, amazon.com

“Vulnerability is being as you are, wearing only skin, and feeling every sensation from the hair on your head to the tip of your toes. Being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness but a sign of courage.”

— Lyla Salubo, thoughtcatalog.com

“You can’t have the bubbles and sparkles without the intense depths from which they surface. You can’t have the light and laughter without the darkness and the tears. You can’t have the in-love-with-life-ness without the parts of me that question the point of any of it, the parts that don’t belong an…”

— Stephenie Zamora, thoughtcatalog.com

“Vulnerability really means to be strong and secure enough within yourself that you are able to walk outside without your armor on. You are able to show up in life as just you. That is genuine strength and courage. Armor may look tough, but all it does is mask insecurity and fear.”

— Alaric Hutchinson, amazon.com

“But the truth is that the most beautiful moments are born from our rawest selves. When we strike instead of tend, when we withhold instead of divulge, we shrink ourselves. There’s no room to expand within the confines of our protective walls.”

— Caitlin Skelly, thoughtcatalog.com

“You are entitled to your emotions. You are entitled to them the way you should eat and brush your teeth thrice a day. You are entitled to cry.”

— Grace Marie Hernandez, thoughtcatalog.com

“Even strong women are vulnerable. Strong women cry, they regret, they wonder, they imagine. Their strength doesn’t make them incapable of feeling.”

— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com

“Now I welcome vulnerability with arms wide open. I allow vulnerability to be my greatest asset because it’s something most people are afraid of. Most people are afraid to pour their feelings out and put them on display for the world because they are going to be judged and critiqued, but from being v…”

— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com

“Being vulnerable is not a bad thing on its own. Again, it’s a gift, not something to be feared.”

— Kimia Madani, thoughtcatalog.com

“By not allowing ourselves to be vulnerable we might block shame, pain and disappointment. But so also growth, pleasure and love. If we don’t allow ourselves to be vulnerable, we don’t allow ourselves to experience life fully.”

— Maria Stenvinkel, thoughtcatalog.com

“Vulnerability is trust. Trust, when every situation from your past is screaming at you not to. Trust, when you’re terrified. Trust, when you’re not sure you should. Trust, when you cannot guarantee that this person will keep your heart safe. You trust, because that’s the only way to let someone in.”

— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com

“Being vulnerable means speaking to be heard and listening with the intent to realize – that each person is going through a battle you do not know about.”

— Lyla Salubo, thoughtcatalog.com

“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“One of the greatest lies ever told is that there’s no power in vulnerability.”

— Dianna Hardy, amazon.com

“True strength is knowing that you don't have to be strong every single second of the day.”

— Mandy Hale, amazon.com

“Being open and vulnerable will lead us to, sometimes, experience pain. But what is pain? It is simply a feeling. It is not forever. If you get pain from some person or thing too many times, you can always walk away. To risk a lifetime without pleasure simply to avoid pain is ludicrous.”

— Vironika Tugaleva, amazon.com

“Why are we afraid of being vulnerable? To clarify with examples: Why do we hesitate to take chances? Why do we hesitate to start new relations? Why is being ‘emotional’ considered a shortcoming? Why won’t we allow ourselves to feel?”

— Harita Sahadeva, thoughtcatalog.com

“I learned vulnerability is a bit like those Russian nesting dolls, the ones that get smaller and smaller in size when you twist the top off and pull another one out. In the end, you’re left with the tiniest dull, that one nugget. No more layers to take off. Nothing left but a surprise, the surprise…”

— Hannah Brencher, amazon.com

“I am proud of myself, and you should be too, because opening up to another human being takes courage; because showing vulnerability in this shallow world is an act of strong rebellion; because loving someone is not for the faint of heart.”

— Beatriz Del Val Castrillo, thoughtcatalog.com

“Strength comes from your vulnerability, and being able to step outside of your pride, your protective shell, your fear and say, ‘I need help.’”

— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com

“Be vulnerable. Let yourself feel everything with full intensity. It’s the only way to live. You will probably get hurt, most likely disappointed, but what’s living if you aren’t going to love in the full capacity you are capable of?”

— Casey E Bean, thoughtcatalog.com