Stephanie Spriggins > Stephanie's Quotes

“But as poet Mizuta Masahide wrote, “Barn’s burnt down / now / I can see the moon.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The inspiring bestseller to help you create a life you love, from the author of Dare to Lead and The Gifts of Imperfection

“...sometimes when we are beating ourselves up, we need to stop and say to that harassing voice inside, "Man, I'm doing the very best I can right now."  ”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution

“Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time. Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“We don't have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. —Maya Angelou”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“Just because we didn’t measure up to some standard of achievement doesn’t mean that we don’t possess gifts and talents that only we can bring to the world. Just because someone failed to see the value in what we can create or achieve doesn’t change its worth or ours.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“Boundaries—You respect my boundaries, and when you’re not clear about what’s okay and not okay, you ask. You’re willing to say no. Reliability—You do what you say you’ll do. At work, this means staying aware of your competencies and limitations so you don’t overpromise and are able to deliver on commitments and balance competing priorities. Accountability—You own your mistakes, apologize, and make amends. Vault—You don’t share information or experiences that are not yours to share. I need to know that my confidences are kept, and that you’re not sharing with me any information about other people that should be confidential. Integrity—You choose courage over comfort. You choose what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy. And you choose to practice your values rather than simply professing them. Nonjudgment—I can ask for what I need, and you can ask for what you need. We can talk about how we feel without judgment. Generosity—You extend the most generous interpretation possible to the intentions, words, and actions of others. Self-trust is often a casualty”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“TEN GUIDEPOSTS FOR WHOLEHEARTED LIVING 1. Cultivating authenticity: letting go of what people think 2. Cultivating self-compassion: letting go of perfectionism 3. Cultivating a resilient spirit: letting go of numbing and powerlessness 4. Cultivating gratitude and joy: letting go of scarcity and fear of the dark 5. Cultivating intuition and trusting faith: letting go of the need for certainty 6. Cultivating creativity: letting go of comparison 7. Cultivating play and rest: letting go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth 8. Cultivating calm and stillness: letting go of anxiety as a lifestyle 9. Cultivating meaningful work: letting go of self-doubt and “supposed to” 10. Cultivating laughter, song, and dance: letting go of being cool and “always in control”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“badassery”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“Grace will take you places hustling can’t.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“The opposite of scarcity is not abundance; the opposite of scarcity is simply enough.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“But trading joy for less vulnerability is a deal with the devil. And the devil never pays up.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution

“Nelson Mandela wrote, “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” Connecting the dots of our lives, especially the ones we’d rather erase or skip over, requires equal parts self-love and curiosity: How do all of these experiences come together to make up who I am?”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“The truth is that falling hurts. The dare is to keep being brave and feel your way back up.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“A thing can be true and not the truth,”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“Light is only possible through dialogue between cultures, not through rejection of one or the other.”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“Chona had never been one to play by the rules of American society. She did not experience the world as most people did. To her, the world was not a china closet where you admire this and don’t touch that. Rather, she saw it as a place where every act of living was a chance for tikkun olam, to improve the world.”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“terrible burden to pretend you know everything.”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“Whatever’s back there don’t matter. It’s what’s ahead of you that counts. Don’t”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“Thank you, Monkey Pants.”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“Chona, for her part, saw them not as Negroes but as neighbors”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“after all, the bible was always talking about miracles. i figured that if Daniel could get out of the lion's den alive and Jonah could come up unharmed from the belly of a whale, then surely ole T.j. could get out of going to prison.”
― Mildred D. Taylor, Let the Circle Be Unbroken

“I ain’t saying you can’t do it, Moe. Papa say you can do jus’ ’bout anything you set your mind to do, you work hard enough.”
― Mildred D. Taylor, Let the Circle Be Unbroken