“You have to trust in the bigger part of yourself that knows you are MORE than what you look like. You have to be willing to get real, raw, and vulnerable.”— Jenn Hand, huffingtonpost.com
“You’re alone . . . but maybe it’s for the best do your heart a favor and ignore his texts.”— R.H. Sin, amazon.com
“You’re alone your heart is heavy your mind is searching for something good to think about but nothing good has happened. It’s nights like this where your own vulnerability becomes your worst enemy.”— R.H. Sin, amazon.com
“We find below that hate is a rumble of anger, and certainly something we have held on to for far too long. But beneath all of that is always fear. A fear of loss. A fear of vulnerability. A fear of letting go. But if you can get to the point of acknowledging the fear, you will see its lighthearted s…”— Nicolas Cole, businessinsider.com
“I’m scared to be vulnerable to myself sometimes. But that’s why I love music, because I allow myself to be.”— Rozes, thoughtcatalog.com
“I have this fear of being left behind. I'm afraid to be vulnerable because I’m scared people will see who I am and the next day disregard me…forget about me.”— Rozes, thoughtcatalog.com
“I opened up to somebody. You know how you’re drinking and you say something that maybe you regret saying or it was just too much at the time? It was like that. I made myself vulnerable when I didn’t want to.”— Rozes, thoughtcatalog.com
“Everything I sing is something I’ve felt or something I saw someone feel, and I don’t want people to be afraid to feel.”— Rozes, thoughtcatalog.com
“As an artist, I’m vulnerable. I want people to know, through my music, that I’m in full support of anything raw, emotional, and real.”— Rozes, thoughtcatalog.com
“Work on closing the gap between who the world thinks you are and who you know you are.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“The pattern of unnecessarily creating crises in your life is actually an avoidance technique. It distracts you from actually having to be vulnerable or held accountable for whatever it is you're afraid of. You're never upset for the reason you think you are. At the core of your desire to create a pr…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“When did we see each other face-to-face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that, we were just looking at ideas of each other, like looking at your window shade but never seeing inside. But once the vessel cracks, the light can get in. The light can get out.”— John Green, amazon.com
“There seems to be a massive misunderstanding in the world right now about weakness and strength. We've somehow gotten to the point that many think compassion is a sign of weakness, and ruthlessness a sign of strength. It makes me a little bit sick. Compassion is the ultimate expression of strength.…”— Hank Green, facebook.com
“We love seeing raw truth and openness in other people, but we're afraid to let them see it in us. We're afraid that our truth isn't enough - that what we have to offer isn't enough without the bells and whistles, without editing, and impressing.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“The most transformative and resilient leaders that I’ve worked with over the course of my career have three things in common: First, they recognize the central role that relationships and story play in culture and strategy, and they stay curious about their own emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Sec…”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“Research tells us that we judge people in areas where we're vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we're doing. If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I feel good about my body, I don't go around making fun of other…”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“A lot of cheap seats in the arena are filled with people who never venture onto the floor. They just hurl mean-spirited criticisms and put-downs from a safe distance. The problem is, when we stop caring what people think and stop feeling hurt by cruelty, we lose our ability to connect. But when we’r…”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“No one reaches out to you for compassion or empathy so you can teach them how to behave better. They reach out to us because they believe in our capacity to know our darkness well enough to sit in the dark with them.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com