Katherine Center Quotes

Do you have the courage for it? Do you have the love? If you have enough of one, you will develop the other.

The bravest are the tenderest.

Fearlessness comes from working with the softness of the human heart.

In this world there are two great sources of strength. One rests with those who are not afraid to kill. The other rests with those who are not afraid to love.

It is going to take a very brave man to love me.

Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.

I'm inspired by people who are so sensitive and vulnerable that they try to cover it up.

We are built to love. Have the bravery to open the heart you have contracted from life's disappointments. This is how the heroes roll.

I'm not sure why I've decided to do this. I'm not any stronger than I was, and nothing else has changed. But all the same, this time I'm not going to run away. It's okay to feel weak sometimes. It's okay to be afraid. The important thing is that we face our fears. That's what makes us strong."-Yuki

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.

Courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin. Compassion without courage is not genuine. You may have a compassionate thought or impulse, but if you don’t do or say anything, it’s not real compassion.

The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes.

If we are going to find our way out of shame and back to each other, vulnerability is the path and courage is the light. To set down those lists of *what we're supposed to be* is brave. To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.

The experience of a sad and tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness. Conventionally, being fearless means that you are not afraid or that, if someone hits you, you will hit him back. But we aren't talking about that street-fighter level of fearlessness. Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world.

Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others." —Cornflower

I'm tough, but I have a heart.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.

In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care.

Resilience is, of course, necessary for a warrior. But a lack of empathy isn't.

You can be the greatest guy in the world but if you ain't got no heart, you ain't gonna survive.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.