Vulnerable Quotes

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.

As long as anyone anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake, and we are all vulnerable.

I just had to be strong enough to allow myself to be vulnerable. Great Lesson. For art and for life.

It's the unknown that makes me feel the most vulnerable.

Unless you know who you are, you will always be vulnerable to what people say.

Why are we putting people who are already in a vulnerable position through this dreadful, appalling stress?

By cool, I don't mean cool. I mean vulnerable and a mess.

I think it would do a lot of people good just to realize how vulnerable they are.

Those whom fate has dealt hard knocks remain vulnerable for ever afterwards.

Whatever comes and goes, is not reality. See the event as event only. Then you are vulnerable to reality, no longer armoured against it, as you were when you gave reality to events and experiences.

One of the things we love about Po [Kung Fu Panda] is that he's vulnerable. He's someone that we can all identify with because he has those insecurities. He's an outsider feeling guy.

Love is not love until love's vulnerable.

It's tougher to be vulnerable than to actually be tough.

One of the things I like best about men is they're a little vulnerable.

There is no more vulnerable human combination than an undergraduate.

The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued, and parents are just as human and almost as vulnerable as their children.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

A Jap's a Jap. There is no way to determine their loyalty... This coast is too vulnerable. No Jap should come back to this coast except on a permit from my office.

Beneath our clothes, our reputations, our pretensions, beneath our religion or lack of it, we are all vulnerable both to the storm without and the storm within.

There’s only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable target.

Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.

I've found that if ultimately, if you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen.

Don't let anyone see your vulnerable spots. Once they knew how to hurt you, they would do it again and again.

The world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalised.

To grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable.

How we treat the vulnerable is how we define ourselves as a species.

Vulnerability is a wonderful thing. We're all so afraid to be vulnerable in this world.

With each passage of human growth we must shed a protective structure . We are left exposed and vulnerable - but also yeasty and embryonic again, capable of stretching in ways we hadn't known before.

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung.

I would like teachers to look deep because sometimes kids do have a faade that they put up because they feel vulnerable. Their creative truth may not be ready for their friends to see.

So much research has been done showing that the woman is the most vulnerable but also the biggest strength leading to economic progress.

There is a social responsibility to take care of vulnerable people. It seems that a sensible social responsibility is obligatory education, but also decent education, and that is not happening.

A society can be judged by how it deals with its most vulnerable: the aged, the infirm, the disabled and the unborn.

And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you're consistent, you're vulnerable to attack. Yes, it's a paradox. Now deal with it!

I'm not frightened of appearing vulnerable.

Cognitive psychology tells us that the unaided human mind is vulnerable to many fallacies and illusions because of its reliance on its memory for vivid anecdotes rather than systematic statistics.

Others can make us vulnerable and the sooner such vulnerabilities are dealt with the better

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

I am vulnerable; that's why I fight.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

Being connected to the Internet means being vulnerable to coordinated actions that can knock down walls of secrecy and shatter mechanisms of control.

There is no weapon in the feminine armory to which men are so vulnerable as they are to a smile.

The sheer number of government employees and welfare recipients effectively transforms the purpose of government from maintaining order to confiscating as much as possible from vulnerable taxpayers.

When I'm not completely loaded, it's a much more vulnerable place. I can feel the music, I can feel the energy and I really have to put it out there. When I was loaded, I was just oblivious.

The sadness of our existence should not leave us blunted, on the contrary--how to remain thin-skinned, vulnerable and stay alive?

Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.

Letting yourself be vulnerable isn't always a weakness. Sometimes it can be a conscious decision to draw the other person out.

We don't take the time to be vulnerable with each other

It's different when you're an actor and playing a part, but when it's just you, you feel immensely vulnerable have strangers prodding and prying.

The need to be loved and protected is at a peak when we feel abandoned and are particularly vulnerable to difficult circumstances.