Brene Brown quote: "I'm not a parenting expert. In fact, I'm not sure that I even believe in the idea of 'parenting experts.' I'm an engaged, imperfect parent and a passionate researcher. I'm an experienced mapmaker and a stumbling traveler. Like many of you, parenting is by far my boldest and most daring adventure."

I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinion...
BRENE BROWN

What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I b...
BRENE BROWN

Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if w...
BRENE BROWN

For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It's enough. I'm enough. My kids are enou...
BRENE BROWN

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy a...
BRENE BROWN

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.
BRENE BROWN

To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and...
BRENE BROWN

I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and defin...
BRENE BROWN

When we're looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, mo...
BRENE BROWN

If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I fe...
BRENE BROWN

When you stop caring what people think, you lose your capacity for connection. When you're defin...
BRENE BROWN

Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don&...
BRENE BROWN

I think our capacity for wholeheartedness can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hea...
BRENE BROWN

The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there....
BRENE BROWN

The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I&...
BRENE BROWN

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.
BRENE BROWN

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified...
BRENE BROWN

Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It...
BRENE BROWN

Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn...
BRENE BROWN

Maybe stories are just data with a soul.
BRENE BROWN

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappoint...
BRENE BROWN

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

Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.
BRENE BROWN

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement...
BRENE BROWN

One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily m...
BRENE BROWN

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.
BRENE BROWN

I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if...
BRENE BROWN

In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work pi...
BRENE BROWN

As unique as we all are, an awful lot of us want the same things. We want to shake up our current le...
BRENE BROWN

If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhi...
BRENE BROWN

It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own...
BRENE BROWN

'Crazy-busy' is a great armor, it's a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that...
BRENE BROWN

A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognit...
BRENE BROWN

When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthrig...
BRENE BROWN

We're hardwired for connection. There's no arguing with the bioscience. But we can want it s...
BRENE BROWN

Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can't en...
BRENE BROWN

The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be ...
BRENE BROWN

To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That's why I don'...
BRENE BROWN

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame er...
BRENE BROWN

I think if you follow anyone home, whether they live in Houston or London, and you sit at their dinn...
BRENE BROWN

I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycle...
BRENE BROWN

The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is frau...
BRENE BROWN

Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit 'how-to-pa...
BRENE BROWN

Ironically, parenting is a shame and judgment minefield precisely because most of us are wading thro...
BRENE BROWN

Normally, when someone we love is turning away from a struggle, we self-protect by also turning away...
BRENE BROWN

I hesitate to use a pathologizing label, but underneath the so-called narcissistic personality is de...
BRENE BROWN

We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going...
BRENE BROWN

I can encourage my daughter to love her body, but what really matters are the observations she makes...
BRENE BROWN

My husband's a pediatrician, so he and I talk about parenting all the time. You can't raise ...
BRENE BROWN

I'm like a recovering perfectionist. For me it's one day at a time.
BRENE BROWN

I love to take, process and share photos - it fills me up.
BRENE BROWN

Live-tweeting your bikini wax is not vulnerability. Nor is posting a blow-by-blow of your divorce . ...
BRENE BROWN

As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We...
BRENE BROWN

As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is total...
BRENE BROWN

When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.
BRENE BROWN

I've learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to sof...
BRENE BROWN

Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make...
BRENE BROWN

I've learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to...
BRENE BROWN

Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in fro...
BRENE BROWN

One thing that I tell people all the time is, 'I'm not going to answer a call from you after...
BRENE BROWN

Kids who have an understanding of how and why their feelings are what they are are much more likely ...
BRENE BROWN

The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.
BRENE BROWN

We judge people in areas where we're vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing...
BRENE BROWN

I'm just going to say it: I'm pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because...
BRENE BROWN

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gos...
BRENE BROWN

The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversha...
BRENE BROWN

You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about priv...
BRENE BROWN

In my research, I've interviewed a lot of people who never fit in, who are what you might call &...
BRENE BROWN

A decent beard has long been the number one must-have fashion item for any fugitive from justice.
CRAIG BROWN

'A Pirate Looks at 40,' we had to do that song. I've been covering that forever.
ZAC BROWN

I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.
ZAC BROWN

It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best music...
ZAC BROWN

In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
ZAC BROWN

You've got to be willing to put the time into seeing who's got talent and who's going to...
ZAC BROWN

Everybody in my band is a lion, and everyone's mastered their own domain... And we have a platfo...
ZAC BROWN

Some people are gonna hate anything; they're gonna hate when anybody tries to go or do anything,...
ZAC BROWN

We always push the boundaries on the styles we put on a record.
ZAC BROWN

I remember the first time I heard 'The Thunder Rolls.' It was dark, and we were driving to t...
ZAC BROWN

I always thought it was sad that you couldn't get anything really good to eat at concerts, so we...
ZAC BROWN

If I hear one more tailgate in the moonlight, Daisy Dukes song, I wanna throw up.
ZAC BROWN

To get to record and to do things with the legends, and with the people that are your musical heroes...
ZAC BROWN

I can't stand having cold air blowing in my ears, so when it's cold at my house, or if I am ...
ZAC BROWN

We're proud to be lifetime musicians and a band that lives like a band and loves the music and g...
ZAC BROWN

I just hope everybody stays with us. We are not trying to be snobs or jerks. We are in a whirlwind t...
ZAC BROWN

It doesn't seem expected for us to do something like that, but I love electronic music. I spend ...
ZAC BROWN

To me, country music has always been the home for a great song.
ZAC BROWN

We can help show data on how much the kids can improve when their home life changes a little bit.
ZAC BROWN

Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bi...
ZAC BROWN

I have seen a lot of people, including myself, make a lot of tip money because of 'Black Water,&...
ZAC BROWN

I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhoo...
ZAC BROWN

I try to get away and take my motorcycle on a ride whenever I can. I'll take my bike out before ...
ZAC BROWN

Talent alone gets you nowhere. You really have to have the grit, and you gotta have a love for peopl...
ZAC BROWN

Good music makes you feel something.
ZAC BROWN

Forgive those who have hurt you.
LES BROWN

Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, ...
LOUISE BROWN

Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.
LES BROWN

My life is a monument to procrastination, to the art of putting things off until later, or much late...
CRAIG BROWN

There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but...
CRAIG BROWN

We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.
LES BROWN

I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star ...
RALPH BROWN

When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to an...
RALPH BROWN

I have to say I wasn't a huge fan of 'Star Wars', and I'm still not, really, but you...
RALPH BROWN

I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you...
RALPH BROWN

The thing about being in America is when you are driving with the sun on your back, there's hip ...
VANESSA BROWN

I think it's so important to feed your brain you know. Sometimes you've just got to read.
VANESSA BROWN

So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
VANESSA BROWN

I actually write film music because I'm classically trained on the piano so as well as songwriti...
VANESSA BROWN

I mean if I'm in the middle of a field with my keyboard and some headphones and I feel inspired ...
VANESSA BROWN

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
JAMES BROWN

A winner never whines.
PAUL BROWN

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.
LES BROWN

Having the right people around you all the time is important. I do take the acting seriously. But th...
CHRIS BROWN

A liberal will cut off your leg so he can hand you a crutch.
JIM BROWN

Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like t...
CLANCY BROWN

I have to say that if our global alliances are going to be alliances with Hezbollah and Hamas and Hu...
GORDON BROWN

Life is about choices. Some we regret, some were proud of. Some will haunt us forever. 'Black Ra...
GRAHAM BROWN

In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positi...
LES BROWN

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.
LES BROWN

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
LES BROWN

I won't usually make plans with people I don't know on Fridays because all I want to do is s...
BOBBI BROWN

Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
PAM BROWN

If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your bes...
PAM BROWN

A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To ...
PAM BROWN

The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.
PAM BROWN

For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then ...
PAM BROWN

Kittens are wide-eyed, soft and sweet. With needles in their jaws and feet.
PAM BROWN

One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.
PAM BROWN

The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling...
PAT BROWN

Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens,...
PAT BROWN

Police are reluctant to label a murder as a possible serial homicide.
PAT BROWN

Often I am asked if there is any such thing as a female serial killer.
PAT BROWN

Nowadays, with much more racial and ethnic mixing, we are seeing serial killers murdering a variety ...
PAT BROWN

Most well-known serial killers have victims numbering in the dozens, have sent taunting letters to t...
PAT BROWN

Evidence can vary depending on the circumstances, the weather, and how long it has been hanging arou...
PAT BROWN

While there are many wonderful police investigators out there doing some very fine work, the majorit...
PAT BROWN

What does signature mean? Supposedly these are the added touches that make the crime personal to the...
PAT BROWN

The one noticeable similarity with almost all serial killer victims is their short height and low we...
PAT BROWN

Since there are only so many ways to kill a person, a good portion of homicides look pretty much ali...
PAT BROWN

Serial killing is not about sex at all, but about power and control and revenge on society.
PAT BROWN

Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public...
PAT BROWN

Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good bo...
PAT BROWN

Last but not least among serial killer methodologies, we have women who kill their own children.
PAT BROWN

Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
PAT BROWN

Using MO to link crimes can be problematic.
PAT BROWN

Telling the community a serial killer is out there stirs up a lot of unpleasant attention.
PAT BROWN

While we are being fascinated by the tales of famous serial killers and how they were brought to jus...
PAT BROWN

We assume people we know can't be serial killers.
PAT BROWN

Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
PAT BROWN

All serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully.
PAT BROWN

There are many more serial killers living outside the prison walls than inside.
PAT BROWN

In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
PAT BROWN

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelli...
LES BROWN

John Kitzhaber was a visionary leader for Oregon.
KATE BROWN

State government's efforts to address climate change must include reduced consumption and other ...
KATE BROWN

It's absolutely critical that we not only provide support from cradle to career in the education...
KATE BROWN

High-quality public education - combined with other appropriate support, as needed - is the best way...
KATE BROWN

Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like...
KATE BROWN

The challenge is sort of capturing the issues that Oregonians feel strongly about and moving forward...
KATE BROWN

Oregonians continually demonstrate a strong belief in fairness and equal treatment under the law.
KATE BROWN

I'm very committed to stable and adequate funding for education.
KATE BROWN

Rent and the cost of essentials like food and child care are rising so fast that wages are not keepi...
KATE BROWN

Any threat to the health and safety of a child in any school or classroom is unacceptable.
KATE BROWN

Before swearing in new citizens, immigration officials check to make sure prospective citizens weren...
KATE BROWN

Imagine trying to learn without a dry place to sleep, eat, and do homework. Children cannot succeed ...
KATE BROWN

Water is the foundation for our economies, communities, ecosystems, and quality of life.
KATE BROWN

Public health and safety are my highest priorities.
KATE BROWN

My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
KATE BROWN

Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public educat...
KATE BROWN

I have spent my career fighting to make Oregon a place where everyone can thrive.
KATE BROWN

I am very concerned that federal and state air quality programs do not consider public health in reg...
KATE BROWN

I realized I could make a difference. I could be their voice; I could fight for them... There's ...
KATE BROWN

No individual, regardless of where they live or whom they love, should suffer discrimination.
KATE BROWN

We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market pri...
JERRY BROWN

Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America...
JIM BROWN

Why my interest in writers? Well, I'm one, and many of my friends are writers. I know what it...
ERIC BROWN

A meringue is really nothing but a foam. And what is a foam after all, but a big collection of bubbl...
ALTON BROWN

I would love to have a role with the Browns. I think that's what every ex-player would like to d...
JIM BROWN

I'm stuck with being No. 32 for the Cleveland Browns. I can't do anything about that, and I ...
JIM BROWN

I drew a lot of inspiration from the Ginuwines, the Ushers, the Michael Jacksons, the James Browns, ...
CHRIS BROWN

But I always knew when I got to the Brussels sprouts, I was on thin ice.
AARON BROWN

What planet have these people been living on?
AARON BROWN

Jeanne conveyed a human being's view of what she saw. Her reporting was incredibly solid. Her humani...
AARON BROWN

He was that guy who lived and breathed it. He should have had another 10 years' worth of stories to ...
AARON BROWN

But the story to me today is that the guy I really believe was the best anchorman ever born died muc...
AARON BROWN

We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.
AARON BROWN

Truth no longer matters in the context of politics and, sadly, in the context of cable news.
AARON BROWN

People sometimes think we're a bunch of wacky thrill seekers, ... And no one who has listened to the...
AARON BROWN

To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and th...
DEE BROWN

I have no problem with the security... It's something that must be done for the times in which w...
AARON BROWN

We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the new...
AARON BROWN

I know the difference between journalism and a slogan.
AARON BROWN

No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.
AARON BROWN

Television is the most perfect democracy. You sit there with your remote control and vote.
AARON BROWN

TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch...
AARON BROWN

I love a bright lip with a neutral eye. It's an easy, wearable look that gives brightness to you...
BOBBI BROWN

Over the years, the idea seems to have grown up that brightly coloured flowers are vulgar, and that ...
CRAIG BROWN

The most versatile lipstick you can own is a shade that's just a bit brighter than your natural ...
BOBBI BROWN

Eli's having a good year. You give up seven goals, you think you probably have a chance to win. It w...
AL BROWN

Their goalie played well. He made some big saves. That kid was pretty good.
AL BROWN

I think we lost our focus, and one of the things we've been talking about all year is being mentally...
AL BROWN

I'm not a parenting expert. In fact, I'm not sure that I even believe in the idea of 'parenting experts.' I'm an engaged, imperfect parent and a passionate researcher. I'm an experienced mapmaker and a stumbling traveler. Like many of you, parenting is by far my boldest and most daring adventure.

Brene Brown

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