Brene Brown Quotes

I realize I am very privileged. But there's a difference between being spoiled and privileged.

It is a dangerous thing to ask why someone else has been given more. It is humbling - and indeed healthy - to ask why you have been given so much.

Of course, of course I'm grateful. How can I not be grateful? I have been afforded such a wonderful life.

It's nice coming from Summerhill, because you don't come from having everything, and what you do get, you appreciate.

I have not earned what I have already enjoyed.

When you’re reminded that God owes you nothing you find yourself more grateful and less entitled.

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted.

Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.

I can't just sit around thinking how lucky I am.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

However democratic and egalitarian we kid ourselves into thinking society might be, I think that sense of entitlement operates as basically and viciously as it always did.

Even though I am fortunate to have certain luxuries, sometimes, I am even amazed by what people with money have and do. I want to remind people that just because you might be rich and famous, it doesn't mean you have to take yourself too seriously.

Why should I be honored? Don't I have enough attention, comfort and power already?

If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.

Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.

Oh my God, the luxuries we have in America. We just don't even realize because you live in it long enough and you come to expect it, but when you get to take a step outside of it you really, really get to recognize how blessed we are and how much we have.

I'm ashamed to say that I'm from a very privileged background.

When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.

To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see so much of the opposite: people who have much more than others yet who react with anger when one advantage is lost or with resentment when an added gift is denied.

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

I'd always had quite a privileged lifestyle, to be honest. I've never wanted for anything, but I do know the value of things. I'm not, like, a brat.

I want nothing to do with privilege.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy.

My cousin once told me, 'You're tall, you're handsome - and you're gonna have to apologize for it the rest of your life.' He imparted that information to me.