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“What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.”
― Brené Brown

“We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.”
― Brené Brown, I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame

“[I] never talk about gratitude and joy separately, for this reason. In 12 years, I've never interviewed a single person who would describe their lives as joyful, who would describe themselves as joyous, who was not actively practicing gratitude.”
― Brené Brown

“There’s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen.”
― Brené Brown

“If you can't say it to me in front of my kids, don't say it.”
― Brené Brown

“Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.”
― Scott Stratten, UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging.

“What we know matters but who we are matters more.”
― Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

“If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.”
― Brene Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.

Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.

Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“The difference between you and God is that God doesn't think He's you. ”
― Anne Lamott

“Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue”
― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“There is cracks, cracks, in everything, that's how the light gets in.' I had cracks but not the hope.”
― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“The truth is that your spirits don't rise until you get way down.”
― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“Are you willing to see what you are seeing, and to know what you know?”
― Anne Lamott

“There are really places in your heart that you don't know exist until you love a child.”
― Ann Lamott

“It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born-and that this something needs for you to be distracted so that it can be born as perfectly as possible.”
― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“She said to go ahead and feel the feelings. I did. They felt like shit.”
― Anne Lamott

“If you want to make God laugh, tell her your plans.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“Certainty is missing the point entirely.”
― Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

“This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period. ”
― Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

“I'm all over the place, up and down, scattered, withdrawing, trying to find some elusive sense of serenity."
The world can't give that serenity. The world can't give us peace. We can only find it in our hearts."
I hate that."
I know. But the good news is that by the same token, the world can't take it away.”
― Anne Lamott