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Quotes About Insecurity

The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.
~ Tom Vilsack
I know I mispronounce things constantly, because maybe I read more than I talk, but I don't know the proper way to say a lot of things, even though I know what they are. But then I know I look like a moron.
~ Amy Heckerling
While I was doing Hindi, people there laughed at me because I couldn't speak Hindi and English properly.
~ Amruta Khanvilkar
It's an amazingly daunting prospect to play any part you've seen someone else play brilliantly.
~ Finty Williams
It's almost impossible to have security at the expense of insecurity of others. It's almost impossible to have prosperity when there is a huge problem of poverty and backwardness all over the world.
~ Mohammad Javad Zarif
Oddly, I feel more protected when I write in Italian, even though I'm also more exposed.
~ Jhumpa Lahiri
I fear cops and have never felt the protection of them.
~ Laura Jane Grace
When I was a child, I was very shy and insecure. My mother was very over protective of me. I was a dreamer.
~ Walter Mercado
I'm not a businessperson. I have no sense of money. My mom does everything for me. She makes all my decisions for me, and even buys my clothes. She's very protective.
~ Coco Lee
Narcissism is the part of my personality that I am the least proud of, and I certainly don't like to see it highlighted in everybody else I meet.
~ Ben Affleck
I never believe in going to America with my show reel and knocking on every agent's door. I couldn't even do it. I'm way too insecure and too proud.
~ Carice van Houten
You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.
~ Chester Bennington
I've really fought to get into rooms, and I'm a big believer in auditioning. It's hard, because I'm insecure, but I have an intense desire to prove myself to people.
~ Alexandra Daddario
'Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one.
~ Rick Allen
Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.
~ Zach Galifianakis
I grew up being really insecure and dumped on, over-feeling certain things in a negative way. So I thought I had something to prove.
~ Gilbert Hernandez
I think models in general have a certain insecurity about themselves because they're known for being beautiful, so they have to prove to everybody they have personality and they are intelligent.
~ Derek Hough
Most pro bodybuilders have bad relationships with their fathers. We want to prove something.
~ Lou Ferrigno
You're always going to have to prove yourself, because acting is such a capricious game.
~ Pierce Brosnan
I didn't feel that I really fit in anywhere. So when I was young I always had to prove myself through my sporting ability.
~ Sonny Bill Williams
Since I am wise, some people envy me, some think I'm idle, some the opposite, and some feel threatened. Yet I'm not all that wise.
~ Euripides
I bet you're worried. I was worried. I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about them.
~ Eve Ensler
We must go quickly before my sister gets back. Which are you ashamed of, her or me? I'm ashamed of myself, said Sebastian gravely. I'm not going to have you get mixed up with my family. They're so madly charming. All my life they've been taking thongs from me. If they once got hold of you with your charm, they'd make you their friend not mine, and I won't let them.
~ Evelyn Waugh
In his moments of insecurity he was haunted by the suggestion that life might be, after all, significant.
~ F Scott Fitzgerald