Vulnerability is not about winning, and it's not about losing. It's about having the courage to show up and be seen.

Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you're feeling. To have the hard conversations.

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy... When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.

I believe there are only three businesses: my business, other people's business, and God's business.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Whoever controls the line of scrimmage and wins up front is going to be the winner.

There is not the management of time, there is only the management of you.

I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums.

Life is like a school; one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind.

You go in and record and sing them some and you go back in and rerecord and sing them some more. That's kind of how I did this album [The Art of Elegance].

I have always admired the way women put outfits together.

The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.