Quotes about Vulnerability
My mom once told me, back when I was a kid, that I would never understand girls unless I understood the fear of being lonely and alone. She said no girl would ever understand boys unless she understood the fear of being dishonored and defeated.
— John C. Wright
Is it not rather meant that it was placed far above us, in order to convince us of our utter feebleness?
— John Calvin
Full nakedness! All joyes are due to thee, As souls unbodied, bodies uncloth'd must be, To taste whole joyes.
— John Donne
The Warrior of the Light knows that everyone is afraid of everyone else.
— Paulo Coelho
If we don't learn how to cry, we can't be good Christians. This is a challenge. Don't be frightened of crying.
— Pope Francis
The sheep are happier of themselves, than under the care of wolves.
— Thomas Jefferson
A great artist has to be ready to fail.
— Marina Abramovic
It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
— John Eldredge
If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.
— Henri Nouwen
We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help.
— Henri Nouwen
The more I become decomposed, the more sick and fragile I am, the more I become an artist.
— Vincent Van Gogh
When our weaknesses affect health and friendship, we are very much aware of their existence.
— Mother Angelica