Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Vulnerability Quotes
CautionHonestyVulnerability A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
ControlInfluencePowerSelf-PerceptionVulnerability The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.
ConnectionEntertainmentHumorUpliftingVulnerability My philosophy is, it's always very rewarding when you can make an audience laugh. I don't mind making fun of myself. I like self-deprecating comedy. But I'd like you to laugh with me occasionally, too.
EmotionHumanityStrengthVulnerabilityWeakness I'm very weak in a sense. I'm very tiny and I am very emotional, and that is not something people usually associate with strength.
Human ConnectionLife ExperienceLoveUniversal NeedsVulnerability No matter where I'm at in life, whether I'm in the music industry, rich, poor, everybody need love in their life. Gangsta or not, everybody need love in their life. You can't act too hard about that.
EmotionFearHappinessRiskVulnerability As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We're almost afraid to be happy. We feel like it's inviting disaster.
CommunicationEmotional ExpressionLoveMusicVulnerability Not everyone's really got the heart to talk about what's going on with their love in their music.
Communication ChallengesEmotional BarriersSelf-ImprovementTrust IssuesVulnerability We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.
EmotionEmotional SuppressionVulnerability Boys do cry, but I don't think I shed a tear for a good chunk of my teenage years.
Human NatureImperfectionPeer PressureSelf-awarenessVulnerability My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.
AvoidanceCautionDangerInnocenceVulnerability The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.
CautionLeadershipResponsibilityTrustVulnerability You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much.
Freedom of SpeechLibertyOppressionVulnerability If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
ChildhoodFearPredationSafetyVulnerability When my mother and I walked to the grocery store, men would circle the block in cars. It was very, very scary, especially as a young boy. Very predatory - a hunt.
Emotional ExpressionGender RelationsLoveRespectVulnerability I think women love very hard. We love men. We just love with everything we have. And sometimes, I don't know that that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with.
DedicationStruggleVulnerabilityWriting There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
AnxietyEmotionMental HealthVulnerability I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.
AcceptanceClarityDistanceSimplicityVulnerability It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.
ConnectionExternal OpinionSelf-PerceptionVulnerability 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.
FragilityTalentVulnerability Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
ChallengeConsequenceInevitabilityPreparednessVulnerability There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken.
EnduranceMental StrengthPhysical LimitsResilienceVulnerability You might be tough, but you can only be so tough for so long, you know what I mean? The brain can only take so much damage. The body can only take so much damage.
GrowthPatienceRelationshipsSelf-DiscoveryVulnerability I've always been a slow starter. My first date was with a girl called Cessi. We had a beautiful relationship over the phone all summer, and then when we met, I couldn't look her in the eye.