Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth it's a shield.

— Brene Brown

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.

— Brene Brown

Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two perfect friends, we are lucky.

— Brene Brown

The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we'll fail, and sometimes we'll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you'll find support.

— Brene Brown

The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.

— Brene Brown

The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and usually a little judgment.

— Brene Brown

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

— Brene Brown

The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.

— Brene Brown

The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.

— Brene Brown

Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can't ensure, who may stay in our lives or may leave without a moment's notice, who may be loyal to the day they die or betray us tomorrow - that's vulnerability.

— Brene Brown