Shame is a tool of oppression and dehumanization. I don’t believe shame will ever be an effective social just tool.
BRENE BROWNSurviving this crisis will take a shift in mindset, and that’s tougher than we think – especially when we’re afraid.
More Brene Brown Quotes
-
-
Courage is listening, learning, unlearning, knowing when to lead, and knowing when to let others lead.
BRENE BROWN -
he broken hearted are the bravest among us. They had the courage to love.
BRENE BROWN -
Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.
BRENE BROWN -
Courage is like – it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.
BRENE BROWN -
Gratitude. Remember they’re giving you their most precious resource: TIME!
BRENE BROWN -
You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.
BRENE BROWN -
Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.
BRENE BROWN -
Always straddling the tension and trying not to tap out.
BRENE BROWN -
Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.
BRENE BROWN -
Cruelty is easy, cheap and rampant.
BRENE BROWN -
Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.
BRENE BROWN -
I’ve found what makes children happy doesn’t always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.
BRENE BROWN -
Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.
BRENE BROWN -
Love is a powerful form of vulnerability and if you replace the word love with vulnerability in that line, it’s just as true.
BRENE BROWN -
What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.
BRENE BROWN