Brene Brown Quotes

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.

Even though I was manically overachieving and involved in everything, I still never felt like I belonged. That's definitely affected my whole life and why I wanted to become an actor and tell people stories, because communication and feeling like you belong is such an integral part of our social fabric.

There are those who never stretch out the hand for fear it will be bitten. But those who never stretch out the hand will never feel it clasped in friendship.

If we want to fully experience love and belonging, we must believe that we are worthy of love and belonging.

Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other; or makes us cling to each other, which is the death of freedom.... Only love can create intimacy, and freedom too, for when all hearts are one, nothing else has to be one--neither clothes nor age; neither sex nor sexual preference; race nor mind-set.

We want to be in open, loving communion with each other and our greatest fear is intimacy. That it won't work and we'll be rejected.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy.

I'm insecure about things. I'm not afraid to say it, though. Even when my publicist is like, 'Go on the red carpet,' I don't wanna go.

If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.

It's hard for me to accept love. I wish I could lie to you and tell you that it's easy for me, but it's not.

Sex isn't hard, but intimacy is terrifying.

You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

Nobody has any security in loving me.

Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.

Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?

I spent a lot of time protecting myself. I mean, I've met a lot of extraordinary people over the years - and I just wish I had been able to open myself up to them more.

If I have a connection with someone, I'd like to think that they'd be able to respect that connection enough and respect themselves enough to not care about my past - that they would want to see what happens between us.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.

People are so fearful about opening themselves up. All you want to do is to be able to connect with other people. When you connect with other people, you connect with something in yourself. It makes you feel happy. And yet it's so scary - it makes people feel vulnerable and unsafe.

Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.

It's really hard for me to be open and be completely honest with a stranger.

I don't want anyone to ever feel they are alone and no one likes them, or to feel as insecure as I did.

I realize that I'm one of those guys that if I'm not with you, you hate me. But when I'm with you, you understand who I am and what I'm about and love me.

I don't think I am scared of intimacy, but I am frightened of making a mistake. offering more than I have, or expecting more than you can give. - Matt Sedon