Vulnerability Quotes

• Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'

  

  Ashton Kutcher
  • Important
  • Art
  • May

• It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength.

  

  Meghan O'Rourke
  • Time
  • Fall
  • Vulnerability

• The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and usually a little judgment.

  

  Brené Brown
  • Trust
  • Connection
  • Intimacy

• Generosity is as much showing your vulnerability as it is your passion for something.

  

  David Droga
  • Passion
  • Generosity
  • Vulnerability

• When you stop caring what people think, you lose your capacity for connection. When you're defined by it, you lose our capacity for vulnerability.

  

  Brené Brown
  • People
  • Stop
  • Connection

• Every good villain has his or her own vulnerability.

  

  Rita Volk
  • Vulnerability
  • Every

• My father died when I was seven. I guess I am interested in fatherlessness as a metaphor for vulnerability and unprotectedness. Being on your own in the world in a way you're not quite ready for, ever.

  

  Mary Gordon
  • World
  • Father
  • Vulnerability

• I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

  

  Astro Teller
  • Vulnerability
  • Authenticity

• Anything that we're connecting with that's happening right now, there's an obvious vulnerability - because we're just fragile human beings in the middle of a just-now expression.

  

  Jason Mraz
  • Humans
  • Expression
  • Obvious

• There's a tangle between weakness and vulnerability.

  

  Andre Alexis
  • Weakness
  • Vulnerability
  • Tangle

• It's the unusual leading man. Most of the Hollywood leading men are powerful and capable and strong, heroes. He has this vulnerability, he's fragile, he struggles to find a way to live from day to day that we can identify with, that we can understand.

  

  Mark Rydell
  • Men
  • Live
  • Strong

• One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess.

  

  Brené Brown
  • People
  • Hate
  • Vulnerability

• I love Cate Blanchett. She's extremely classy and has this knack for taking on roles and being very, very strong, but also embedding vulnerability. She has this relatable quality. I like the path she chose.

  

  Ashley Greene
  • She
  • Strong
  • Quality

• Funnily enough, I did a play called 'Jumpy' on the West End before I did 'Divergent,' and there was an essence of that character I played, called Cam, in Will. In the sense of his vulnerability, and... he had a sense of humor that comes out of adversity, similar to Will.

  

  Ben Lloyd-Hughes
  • Character
  • Adversity
  • Vulnerability

• I don't think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?

  

  Ben Whishaw
  • Time
  • World
  • Vulnerability

• My problem was that I felt ashamed of feeling sad or angry. Now, I don't hide my vulnerability in my lyrics. There's no way I was going to get raped and not get something out of it. I learned about power and hope and forgiveness. I like who I am now and I wouldn't be who I am if that hadn't happened.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • Power
  • Hope
  • Feeling

• Americans are cool; if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right.' Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • You
  • Cool
  • Cynical

• For modelling, you have to be such a strong person in a way - or seen to be a strong person, do you know what I mean? But in acting you have to get in touch with all the vulnerability that you carry.

  

  Agyness Deyn
  • Strong
  • Vulnerability

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

  

  Victoria Pratt
  • People
  • Strong
  • Beginning

• We can appear to be tough as nails, but guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. With the primal urge to be alpha comes extreme heartbreak. The harder we fight, the harder we fall.

  

  John Krasinski
  • Fall
  • Insecurity
  • Heartbreak

• The great comics can fall on their faces, but then they can say, 'Oh, baby, you're the greatest.' They show their heart and their vulnerability.

  

  Chris Farley
  • Great
  • Heart
  • Fall

• I like to play very raw characters, characters who have a degree of vulnerability and passion about what they're doing.

  

  Jason O'Mara
  • Passion
  • Vulnerability

• We have to transcend our own negativity and vulnerability and work from our own inner security.

  

  James Redfield
  • Work
  • Vulnerability
  • Negativity

• People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the world at times, so the temptation to be a vampire is compelling.

  

  Alexandra Cassavetes
  • People
  • Life
  • World

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