Quotes on Vulnerability

“We are at our most powerful the moment we no longer need to be powerful.”

Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.”

Paulo Coelho

“And maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything.”

Christine Feehan

“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.”

Brené Brown

“Armed I am with love. Disarmed I am.”

Manuel Alegre

Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it.

Lana Del Rey

I pretend I’m not hurt, I walk about the world like I’m having fun.

Lana Del Rey

In the land of gods and monsters, I was an angel, looking to get hurt.

Lana Del Rey

No matter how great one's martial arts skills are, they still fear a simple kitchen knife.

Jin Yong

True strength lies in vulnerability.

Kate Chisman

It’s okay to be vulnerable. Strength doesn’t come from hiding; it comes from being real.

David Cook

We are all vulnerable, and our vulnerability is what connects us.

Abraham Verghese

There is power in vulnerability and strength in softness.

Ada Limón

When you’re in love, your heart becomes so vulnerable.

Ai Yazawa

When you open yourself up, there is a chance of getting hurt. But there's also a chance of finding something amazing.

Alessandra Torre

Strength lies in vulnerability, not in hiding from it.

Alexandra Engellmann

Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s a path to deeper relationships.

Alexandra Katehakis

To be human is to be vulnerable.

Algernon Charles Swinburne

True strength comes from vulnerability.

Alice Sebold

There is beauty in vulnerability; it allows us to connect on a deeper level.

Alisha Rai

To love is to be vulnerable; it is a risk worth taking.

Ally Condie

Vulnerability is not a weakness; it is the gateway to authenticity.

Allyse Near

It’s okay to ask for help; strength lies in knowing when you need it.

Alysha Speer

True strength comes from vulnerability and authenticity.

Alysha Speer

True strength is found in vulnerability and the courage to be oneself.

Amanda Ashley

It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.

Augustus Waters

There’s beauty in being vulnerable and expressing your feelings.

Hayley Williams

Don’t be afraid to be vulnerable; it’s the most human thing you can do.

Hayley Williams

To love is to open oneself to an enduring terror.

Breyten Breytenbach

You’ve got to stay vulnerable, yet self-protective when you write a memoir.

Mary Karr

You’ve got to stay vulnerable, yet self-protective when you write a memoir.

Mary Karr

Humor is a good way to keep people from getting too close to your heart.

James McBride

There’s power in vulnerability. That’s where true connection happens.

Julianne Moore

A fear of vulnerability – physical or emotional – is usually a fear of something else.

Lyssa Kay Adams

Don’t hide anything from me, because you are a part of me.

Lyssa Kay Adams

Compassion is not a virtue for the strong, it is the sign of true strength.

Richard Rohr

Most of the time I feel stupid, insensitive, mediocre, talentless and vulnerable - like I'm about to cry any second - and wrong. I've found that when that happens, it usually means I'm writing pretty well, pretty deeply, pretty rawly.

Andre Dubus

Don't be afraid to ask for help; vulnerability is a strength, not a weakness.

Teri Hatcher

I’m a woman who carries around all these layers of fear and vulnerability.

Teri Hatcher

The greatest poems are born out of vulnerability.

Elizabeth Jennings

I didn’t realize how quickly things can change, especially when I let my guard down.

S.G. Blaise

Love was dangerous. It made you an open book.

Janet Fitch

You don’t have to be strong all the time. Sometimes, you just need someone to remind you it’s okay to be broken.

Hannah Harrington

Sometimes life is so much more interesting when you let your guard down.

Chuck Klosterman

To be vulnerable is to be human, and to be human is to be imperfect—and you can either embrace that, or you can let it consume you.

Hilary Thayer Hamann

There’s no shame in asking for help when you need it.

Beatrice Sparks

Some things you can’t protect yourself from, no matter how much you try.

Donna Tartt

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weaknesses.

Brené Brown