Quotes About Insecurity

Falling in front of an audience - that's, like, my biggest fear.

We are so scared of failure. We are so scared of going after what we want and falling short. There's so many things in life that I put off doing because I was scared.

I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team.

I think the French teams sometimes doubt themselves. They play some beautiful games but, when it comes down to it, do not go through.

Coming up in this country, I've seen it so many times. When you see somebody rising you want to tear them down because you feel inadequate and you want to call it humble.

Women tear each other apart.

I don't know why people like to tear others down to make themselves feel better.

Reading nice stuff about you is lovely, but I know it's going to be soul-destroying when you do something that everyone is tearing apart.

One night I'd had some beers, and then I Googled myself and spent the night in tears.

I was very nervous about everything. I was the girl who would burst into tears at the drop of a hat.

I was so dorky up until I was about 14 or 15 and started to get a little bit cooler, but I was a socks and sandals girl. I would wear big frilly socks with sandals and all the kids would tease me.

Kids will tease you for just about anything.

Younger kids will sometimes tease me, and that bothers me a little, but eventually I don't care.

I still remember the way children used to tease me. Fat people are really lonely people. In school, girls would be my friends, but guys would generally keep away. A lot of insecurity stems from there. But if you have a strong base, nothing can shake you.

I was teased about Indian food and the colour of my skin and why my knees and elbows were dark.

When you're a kid, you don't want to be teased.

You should see my baby pictures. My cheeks hung off my face like water balloons. You can imagine how often I was teased.

I was teased up until high school about my hair, being short, my high pitched voice, and just anything you can think of.

When I was young, I was teased mercilessly by my classmates for being a redhead. I wasn't particularly well coordinated either, which made me a bit of a liability in P.E.

I was teased relentlessly when I was a kid about my voice, so it's kind of nice that now I'm making a lot of money with it.

I'm very quiet. In the beginning, my brother would play the piano, and I would sing, because that's what my mom and dad did. And then along the way, somebody teased me for even thinking that I could get up there. That stayed with me, and I became very shy.

I was definitely teased and bullied in my junior school.

Oakland Technical High School. Like any high-school experience, it was ambiguous. I was shy with girls; I had friends, but there were times I didn't feel I had the right friends. My grades were only so-so.

I wish I could sing. I don't technically have a terrible voice, but it's certainly not as good as most of my friends. Whenever I hear myself on a record, it just reminds me I'm not a very good singer.