Quotes About Insecurity

There was always scope for fear; so long as anything I loved remained behind.

I shrink into myself in despair at my nothingness.

I spread the whole earth out as a map before me. On no one spot of its surface could I put my finger and say, here is safety.

I dared not advance, dreading a thousand nameless evils that made me tremble, although I was unable to define them.

He appeared to despise himself for being the slave of passion.

I am full of fears; for if I fail there, I am an outcast in the world for ever.

once you start doubting yourself it's over

the meanings of two words: "envy" and "jealousy." The former was a way of desiring something that someone else had and you lacked; the latter was resenting someone's taking possession of something that was yours.

We get nervous or anxious when talking to new people. It is because people are generally uncomfortable with the unknown. You

A woman never wants to be with someone else. Not really. That's the business of men, and for some reason we destroy things because of it. But not them. They're better than us. They only choose someone else when we push them away.

It's a cruel fact that if your wife cheats on you, the guy will have a name like Tyler. Something cool—something your parents never would have had the guts to name you. The

Like most men who are not Brad Pitt, I could do without the sight of my own nudity.

He began to understand why some people feared the dark so much. The sheer helplessness of not knowing what was right in front of you was terrifying.

And when she went that far in her thoughts it sounded absurd. Was she the same Emily Webster who had been so humble and adoring with Don? Could it be she seriously thought it possible that anyone so desirable as Jed Wakeman could be in love with her? The truth was that she did.

Women fear that men will have their way and then slither away. Men fear that women will come back and boil their bunnies.

Anxiety is very accommodating. Minutes ago, Stevie's anxiety was all about failure. It neatly converted itself into worry about places called Bounce Houses and not having hot water or air-conditioning. It was perfectly ready to bring the snakes to the party. It's a big tent. All problems are welcome.

And then, it arrived. Anxiety does not ask your permission. Anxiety does not come when expected. It's very rude. It barges in at the strangest moments, stopping all activity, focusing everything on itself. It sucks the air out of your lungs and scrambles the world. Her vision went spotty around the edges. The ringing in her ears swelled again. Her knees buckled.

I had no idea if he had asked me because he liked me, or if his mom made him (our parents know each other), or because he lost a bet.

The audience looked at him. They felt he had no chance. They could drop the nameless resentment, the sense of insecurity which he aroused in most people. And so, for the first time, they could see him as he was: a man totally innocent of fear.

They're not going anywhere, they're escaping. And I don't think they know what it is that they want to escape.

They seemed to want her approval, without having to know whether she approved or not.

Do I strike you as a man with a miserable inferiority complex?" "Good God, no!" "Only that kind of man spends his life running after women.

They used to rush through here, it was the hurry of men who knew where they were going and were eager to get there. Now they're hurrying because they are afraid. It's not a purpose that drives them, it's fear. They're not going anywhere, they're escaping. And I don't think they know what it is that they want to escape.

With fear come the lies and the justifications that, no matter how convincing, lower our self-esteem.