Quotes About Insecurity

Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest?

somewhere in his murkiest depths, he wasn't so much afraid of being left again as condemning someone else to second best.

Would I always feel so small that it hurt and that even the greatest outcry roaring from my throat was, in reality, just a whimper? Would my footsteps always stop so suddenly and sink into the footpath?

I tried not to sleep because I was afraid of who might be there when I woke up.

That aside, I read more books than I should, and I'm decidedly crap at sex and doing my taxes. Nice to meet you.)

They walked on in silence for a while, until Rudy said, "I just wish I was like Jesse Owens, Papa." This time, Mr. Steiner placed his hand on Rudy's head and explained, "I know, son—but you've got beautiful blond hair and big, safe blue eyes. You should be happy with that; is that clear?" But nothing was clear.

Belki kelimesi beni rahats?z etmeye baÅŸlam??t? çünkü sabit olan tek ÅŸey 'belkiler'in sonsuza dek benimle kalabilecek olmas?yd?.

Es fácil que el miedo vaya por delante del pensamiento reflexivo. Y es esa estampida que nos empuja a actuar precipitadamente, provocada por la inseguridad, la que yo contemplo con gran escepticismo. Esa clase de miedo socavada la fraternidad, envenena la cooperación y nos lleva a hacer cosas de las que nos avergonzamos profundamente más tarde.

El miedo está conectado con el deseo monárquico de controlar a otros en vez de confiar en ellos y dejar que sean independientes, que sean ellos mismos.

I look at other people and think, He lives without meds. She does. What is wrong with me? Am I so biochemically screwed up, so neurotic, so narcissistically self-absorbed that every hour is an obstacle course for me?

Although he liked nearly everything else about himself, Keith hated his redeeming features. In his view they constituted his only major shortcoming -his one tragic flaw.

My calculations about how to stay alive and sane on this particular planet have clearly been at fault. Lots of people are plenty uglier and poorer than me without seeming to mind, without the self-hate and self-pity – the sentimentality, in a word – that makes me such a quivering condom of neurosis and ineptitude.

Terror, perhaps, is always a confession of illegitimacy.

Above all, I see the preaching ministry as a dual process. On the one hand I must attempt to change the soul of individuals so that their societies may be changed. On the other I must attempt to change the societies so that the individual soul will have a change. Therefore, I must be concerned about unemployment, slums, and economic insecurity. I am a profound advocate of the social gospel.

Why hadn't she believed she could do it? As soon as she asked the question, she knew the answer. Fear. Fear of failure. Fear of not being perfect. Fear was at the root of her problems. The bedrock of her timidity. The

Insults are only really effective, she said, when the person insulted cares for the good opinion of the insulter

Our father would never tell us what it was he feared, but he had a most marked aversion to men with wooden legs.

Passion can quickly slip over into jealousy, or even hatred.

I only ask you one thing- don't trust nobody

PARRIS: I want a mark of confidence, is all! I am your third preacher in seven years. I do not wish to be put out like the cat whenever some majority feels the whim.

People's envy shows how unhappy they feel; their constant attention to the doings of others how bored they are.

what every one most aims at in ordinary contact with his fellows is to prove them inferior to himself ...

Mesmo sem haver nenhum motivo especial, trazia em mim uma contínua e íntima preocupação, que me levava a ver e procurar perigos onde não havia. Isso amplia ao infinito a menor inquietação e me dificulta por completo o relacionamento com os seres humanos.

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