# Quote — Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart

> I’ve learned that power is not bad, but the abuse of power or using power over others is the opposite of courage; it’s a desperate attempt to maintain a very fragile ego.

- Author: [Brené Brown](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brene-brown.md)
- Book: [Atlas of the Heart](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brene-brown/atlas-of-the-heart.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bren%C3%A9_Brown#Atlas_of_the_Heart:_Mapping_Meaningful_Connection_and_the_Language_of_Human_Experience_(2021)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/brene-brown/atlas-of-the-heart/ive-learned-that

## More from this book

> Worrying and anxiety go together, but worry is not an emotion; it’s the thinking part of anxiety.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brene-brown/atlas-of-the-heart/worrying-and-anxiety.md)

> When we’re faced with information that challenges what we believe, our first instinct is to make the discomfort, irritation, and vulnerability go away by resolving the dissonance. We might do this by rejecting the new information, decreasing its importance, or avoiding it altogether. “The greater the magnitude of the dissonance, the greater is the pressure to reduce dissonance.” In these challenging moments of dissonance, we need to stay curious and resist choosing comfort over courage. It’s brave to invite new information to the table, to sit with it and hear it out.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brene-brown/atlas-of-the-heart/when-were-faced.md)

> We have to belong to ourselves as much as we need to belong to others. Any belonging that asks us to betray ourselves is not true belonging.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brene-brown/atlas-of-the-heart/we-have-to-belong.md)