Top 200 Brené Brown Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”

— Brené Brown

52. “When you numb your pain you also numb your joy.”

— Brené Brown

53. “Tell your story with your whole heart.”

— Brené Brown

54. “What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.”

— Brené Brown

55. “The truth is, rarely can a response make something better – what makes something better is connection.”

— Brené Brown

56. “Rest and play are as vital to our health as nutrition and exercise.”

— Brené Brown

57. “That’s what life is about: about daring greatly, about being in the arena.”

— Brené Brown

58. “Laughter, song, and dance create emotional and spiritual connection; they remind us of the one thing that truly matters when we are searching for comfort, celebration, inspiration, or healing: We are not alone.”

— Brené Brown

59. “We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.”

— Brené Brown

60. “Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it’s the thing that’s really preventing us from taking flight.”

— Brené Brown

61. “Wholehearted living is not like trying to reach a destination. It’s like walking toward a star in the sky. We never really ‘arrive,’ but we certainly know that we’re heading in the right direction.”

— Brené Brown

62. “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.”

— Brené Brown

63. “The question isn’t so much, Are you parenting the right way? as it is: Are you the adult you want your child to grow up to be?”

— Brené Brown

64. “Mindfully practicing authenticity during our most soul-searching struggles is how we invite grace, joy and gratitude into our lives.”

— Brené Brown

65. “What’s worth doing even if you fail?”

— Brené Brown

66. “You can’t get to courage without walking through vulnerability.”

— Brené Brown

67. “When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.”

— Brené Brown

68. “The opposite of play is not work – the opposite of play is depression.”

— Brené Brown

69. “When failure is not an option, we can forget about creativity, learning, and innovation.”

— Brené Brown

70. “Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.”

— Brené Brown

71. “When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.”

— Brené Brown

72. “Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experience.”

— Brené Brown

73. “Hope is a function of struggle.”

— Brené Brown

74. “Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.”

— Brené Brown

75. “You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.”

— Brené Brown

76. “If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.”

— Brené Brown

77. “Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.”

— Brené Brown

78. “Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self acceptance.”

— Brené Brown

79. “Share with people who have earned the right to hear your story.”

— Brené Brown

80. “We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.”

— Brené Brown

81. “Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.”

— Brené Brown

82. “Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.”

— Brené Brown

83. “Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot survive empathy.”

— Brené Brown

84. “Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there’s no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.”

— Brené Brown

85. “If you own this story you get to write the ending.”

— Brené Brown

86. “The two most powerful words when we’re in struggle: me too.”

— Brené Brown

87. “Connection, the ability to feel connected, is neurobiologically wired, that’s why we’re here!”

— Brené Brown

88. “I don’t just want someone who says they love me; I want someone who practices that love for me every day.”

— Brené Brown

89. “How can we embrace rest and play if we’ve tied our self-worth to what we produce?”

— Brené Brown

90. “Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.”

— Brené Brown

91. “Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.”

— Brené Brown

92. “There’s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen.”

— Brené Brown

93. “When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.”

— Brené Brown

94. “It’s not about ‘what can I accomplish?’ but ‘what do I want to accomplish?’ Paradigm shift.”

— Brené Brown

95. “Hope is not an emotion; it’s a way of thinking or a cognitive process.”

— Brené Brown

96. “There is no such thing as creative and non-creative people, only people who use their creativity and people who don’t.”

— Brené Brown

97. “Until we can receive with an open heart, we’re never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.”

— Brené Brown

98. “If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope.”

— Brené Brown

99. “Numb the dark and you numb the light.”

— Brené Brown

100. “When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding.”

— Brené Brown