Quotes About Insecurity

In hindsight, I have no idea why he was ever with me. He thought highly of my breasts. And . . . that's it, I think.

There's a boy whose affection I am determined to hunt down and kill. It used to be material objects I felt I needed to be happy. It would make me feel stable if I had him. If I had someone like him, it would prove that I'm stable, and then I wouldn't have to do the work to get there. I am constantly looking for ways to cede control of my worries to someone, anyone.

There's nothing more dangerous than a short guy with something to prove.

But always among the humans, there are those individuals who would control all they see and are threatened by that which they do not understand.

Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know

Ik weet waar dit allemaal om te doen is, Opal.' 'O, is dat zo?' 'Ja. Je bent nog steeds beledigd omdat ik op de universiteit de medaille voor natuurwetenschappen gewonnen heb'... Foaly grijnsde voldaan. Ook al zag het er nog zo beroerd uit, hij was toch nog in staat het allerirritantste wezen onder de wereld te zijn, als hij dat wilde.

Take the example of a public speaker. He is confident that he has written a good speech, he has committed the thing to memory, and can deliver it smoothly. Still he agonizes, [6] because it's not enough for him to be competent, he also hungers for the crowd's approval.

One thing I know beyond doubt. Had [Babbage] overheard someone he respected praise him highly it would have sweetened life for him for more than a day. We are starved for praise. It reconciles us with life. . . . Self-doubt is at the core of our being. We need people who by their attitude and words will convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are. Hence the vital role of judicious praise.

We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its roots in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone; we are not alone when we imitate.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

jealously lives with insecurity!

anger and jeaously are first cousins!

Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.

The worst thing about jealousy is how low it makes you reach.

Rendall's first law of jealousy: jealousy does the cock harder and pussy wetter.

You're afraid he'll leave you and you'll fall apart. You don't know that you can get along without him and you're afraid to find out because then your whole potty theory will come tumbling down. You'll have to stop thinking of yourself as weak and dependent and you hate that.

Kad ne pišemo, mu?e nas takve trivijalne brige u kojima je središnja tema naš ego, ego, ego, pa i kriti?ari govore o toj istoj temi - ego, ego, ego. ?iji potpis? ?ija knjiga? Koja nagrada? Ali, jezik nema odre?enog autora - baš kao što rijeka ne brije ho?e li ostati u nekoj državi.

le prime cose che Hélène percepiva nella gente erano la mediocrità, la meschinità, la vigliaccheria, la gelosia, l'insicurezza, la paura; forse perché quei sentimenti erano presenti in lei, li individuava subito negli altri. Antoine invece era portato ad attribuire al prossimo intenzioni nobili, motivazioni di valore, ideali, come se non avesse mai sollevato il coperchio di un'anima per scoprire fino a che punto puzzava e brulicava di vermi.

W gruncie rzeczy wszystkie wyjaÅ›nienia majÄ… to samo ?ródÅ'o: strach, ?e ?adnego siÄ™ nie znajdzie.

Invidiosul nu-l ponegreÈ™te decât pe cel care e mai bun decât el.

Ce le reproÅŸezi tu de fapt, Oscar? – Le e fric? de mine, Tanti Roz. N-au curajul s?-mi vorbeasc?. Åži cu cât le e lor mai fric?, cu atât am ÅŸi eu impresia c? sunt un mosntru. De ce par atât de terorizaÅ£i?

The frightened individual seeks for somebody or something to tie his self to; he cannot bear to be his own individual self any longer, and he tries frantically to get rid of it and to feel security again by the elimination of this burden: the self.

To be loved because of one's merit, because one deserves it, always leaves doubt; maybe I did not please the person whom I want to love me, maybe this, or that - there is always a fear that love could disappear.

Why should anyone be so grateful for acceptance unless he doubts that he is acceptable, and why should a young, educated and successful couple have such doubts, if not due to the fact that they cannot accept themselves because they are not themselves.