Vulnerability Quotes

"Maybe I'm just not as strong as I thought I was " "The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty" "Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something" "We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love – first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage" "Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness" "Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart." "Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us." "To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly" "Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance." "We feel lonely when we think we are supposed to be in community with others, but we are trapped behind a facade of perfection." "True belonging is not passive. It’s not the belonging that comes with just joining a group. It’s not fitting in or pretending or selling out because it’s safer. It’s a practice that requires vulnerability to get uncomfortable and learn how to be present with people without sacrificing who we are." "All human beings have the same weaknesses." "What happens when people open their hearts? They get better" "Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong" "The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is" "I was in love with someone who was stealing from me. I had lost my credibility" "A confident woman is not afraid to talk about how she feels." "The truth is when you’re struggling is the most important time to be honest with yourself." "I can't win, I can't reign, I will never win this game without you" "Secretly, we’re all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be"