Quotes About Insecurity

The funny thing is I'm actually really insecure. I have a lot of girl issues - 'I'm not pretty enough,' 'I'm not skinny enough' - but there is a confidence I have in what I can do. I did tend to overcompensate to cover up other insecurities that I have.

I don't have a problem with the stories saying I'm skinny at all.

I've always been a skinny man.

I was a skinny 17-year-old.

I don't have a lot of curves, and I'm very skinny, so I always feel like I have to fake my curves a little bit.

I was skinny and black and didn't play sports. And I was bullied.

My eyebrows are a mess. They're skinny; they're dodgy.

I had trouble getting jeans when I was growing up. I had little skinny legs and this booty that came out of nowhere.

All my brothers were skinny with a gut. Bone-thin with a bit of a pooch. That's what I fight against.

I was low-key abusing myself. The idea of being skinny became something that was most appealing to me. Even if you watch 'The Real,' from season 1 to season 4, I was always 100 lbs. I started to really work hard to stay petite and to not gain weight and to stay sample size.

My hair was always frizzy. I always wanted to be blonde with lovely straight hair. I was very skinny. I was quite tomboyish, just very quiet. I always wanted to fit in; I just couldn't.

Certain woman will be jealous of how skinny you are, no matter what's causing it.

I was really skinny and I had greasy hair and I was knock-kneed. There's something still in me that's like that, and I catch myself, you know when you're walking or something, and you think, 'Oh no, you're still that drippy person.'

I was one of those kids who kept trying on different skins in high school. I was very afraid to be myself around all of these kids, to really reveal any part of myself that was true, so I would try on different skins, try on different masks, hoping I'd hit on one that was cool or quirky or interesting enough that suddenly I would be OK.

I need you to love me, I don't like me, either, if that helps.

And what if---what are you if the people who are supposed to love you can leave you like you're nothing?

I am no longer in love, but I still have my jealousy.

We tear ourselves inside out for something the world may love, then base our worth on that.

lack of self-esteem is what causes wars because people who really love themselves don't go out and try to fight other people ... It's the root of all the problems.

Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed...normal.

Fear of change was a weakness

I've never been jealous before I met you, it burns, luv. Like silver through my veins. Some nights, watching you with other men on your jobs, I think it will drive me mad. (Bones)

People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love.

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.