Quotes About Insecurity

If we ever stopped to think about the infinite number of ways we could be undone, we'd never leave our bedrooms.

The women look each other over as they chat, measuring thighs, bellies, hips, and asses, taking into account body types and recent pregnancies. They silently evaluate and pass judgment, realigning themselves in the pecking order. It's a brutal business, being a woman.

I was as sure as I could humanly be, and still, I failed. So what do you think your chances are if you've already got serious doubts?

I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be.

I act like shit don't phase me. Inside it drives me crazy, my insecurities could eat me alive.

When you live with voices in your head, you are drawn inextricably to voices outside your head. Very often the voices work to confirm your worst suspicions. Or think of things you could never have imagined! There are only so many hours of the day to hate yourself.

You're like Marilyn Monroe,' Ken tells me, which I take as a compliment and say a nervous "Thank You". Interrupting, he adds, 'You're all velvet and Velcro. Men want you because you're sexy and broken and when it gets too rough they can say "Hey! This toy is broken!" and toss you aside without feeling bad.

Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect.

Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire only disgust and loathing.

You should totally get implants," she said admiringly in the mirror. I shake my head. "I don't yet know what I'm going to do with my life, Diane. But I'm hoping being shaped like a barbell could only be a hindrance.

A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look.

Je suis ambitieux, inquiet, il me faut croire que ce que j'écris est exceptionnel, que ce sera admiré, je m'exalte en le croyant et m'effondre quand je cesse d'y croire.

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.

If a man or woman has something redone it is because he or she can no longer live with that part of their body, it is no longer bearable. Either they get help and find the strength to fight or they proceed with the act.

Envy shoots at others and wounds itself

When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself injured.

Basta parlarci dieci minuti, con certi diciassettenni - con i ragazzi intendo, perché con le ragazze è un'altra storia, più complicata - e salta fuori subito che sono dei maledetti insicuri.

entonces brota la ansiedad ante la menor amenaza de enfermedad, de incomodidad, de fracaso económico, de pérdida de la belleza, incluso de vejez. Esta ansiedad es a menudo anticipada, es decir, surge antes de que realmente llegue el problema, ya que existe la sensación de incapacidad para superarlo, con lo que se teme que se produzca el propio desmoronamiento y la «disolución del yo», que es el fundamento último de la ansiedad.

ansiedad es una vivencia de temor ante algo difuso, vago, inconcreto, indefinido, que, a diferencia del miedo,

una referencia explícita. Comparte con el anterior la impresión interior de temor, de indefensión, de zozobra. Pero mientras en el miedo esto se produce por algo, en la angustia (o ansiedad) se produce por nada, se difuminan las

La gente segura de sí misma sabe muy bien lo que busca en la vida. En cambio yo espero siempre que otros muevan los hilos de la trama donde participo como testigo o comparsa.

Enrique Vila-Matas

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

If a person fights the clear evidence of his senses he will never be able to share in genuine tranquillity."41 In other words, a person who doubts his senses will either lose contact with the reality of the surrounding world, like the Skeptics, and become psychologically isolated and insecure, or he will fall prey, as do the religionists, to theological explanations which do not allay anxiety but foment it.