Braving the Wilderness / Rising Strong / Daring Greatly Quotes

“I hope that we'll be fierce and kind with each other. This is not a call to stop advocating, resisting, or fighting. I will do all three, and hope you will too. Our world needs us to show up and stand up for our beliefs. I just hope we're civil and respectful. When we degrade and diminish our humanity, even in response to being degraded and diminished, we break our own wild hearts.

Of all the calls to courage that I’ve asked readers to answer over the last decade, braving the wilderness is the hardest. It can hurt the most.

But the quote from Maya Angelou reminds us, ‘it’s the only path to liberation. You are only free when you realize you belong no place—you belong every place—no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.’

I’ll leave you with this:

There will be times when standing alone feels too hard, too scary, and we'll doubt our ability to make our way through the uncertainty. Someone, somewhere, will say 'Don't do it. You don't have what it takes to survive the wilderness'. This is when you reach deep into your wild heart and remind yourself, 'I am the wilderness'.”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness / Rising Strong / Daring Greatly

“Our call to courage is to protect our wild heart against constant evaluation, especially our own.”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness / Rising Strong / Daring Greatly