“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
“When we open up and become vulnerable, we’re allowing people to know us in a different level, and I think people deserve that.”— Kyra del Rosario, thoughtcatalog.com
“When you’re vulnerable, you can step out and walk this world as yourself, and not as somebody you pretend to be.”— Kyra del Rosario, thoughtcatalog.com
“I’m here to remind you, and myself, that all your feelings are welcome. All your emotions, your ‘too much-ness’, your intensity. All the parts of you that are deep and dark and challenging and hard.”— Stephenie Zamora, 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
“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
“I decided to show vulnerability and take pride in my words. I learned what it feels like to be a decent human being and what it’s like to love my own company. I’ve learned what it feels like to understand the saying, ‘It takes strength to show vulnerability’ and live by it, and it’s life changing.”— Becca Martin, 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
“Vulnerability is hanging your dirty laundry out in the air and hoping the other person will still love you for who you are. But you know what? We all have dirty laundry. And the sooner you can be open about your past, where you’ve been, what has shaped you, and how you’ve changed—the sooner you’ll b…”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“Be vulnerable. Be the first one to split that wall in half and let love pour onto your riverbank. Let it water your roots and make you whole. Let it see your shortcomings, all your dark angles, and love you the same.”— Lyla Salubo, 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 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
“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