Quotes About Insecurity

And if presidents and generals were man enough to wear lip gloss and mascara, they wouldn't have to prove their penis size by going to war all the time. Because male pride is not really about pride. It's about fear - the fear of being seen as feminine. And that's why "girl stuff" is so dangerous. And as long as most men remain deathly afraid of it, they'll continue to take it out on the rest of us.

He feared me as many men fear women: because their mistresses (or their wives) understand them. They are scarcely adult, some men: they wish women to understand them, and to that end they tell them all their secrets; and then, when they are properly understood, they hate their women for understanding them.

because the results couldn't be guaranteed by the available

I used to have a certain dislike of the audience, not as individual people, but as a giant body who was judging me. Of course, it wasn't really them judging me. It was me judging me. Once I got past that fear, it freed me up, not just when I was performing but in other parts of my life.

I lacked self-confidence. I don't know why. I was smart and people liked me.

His invitation lingers. So does my question. Why me? I don't know the answer. When I look at myself in the mirror, all I see is a starving, stunted bird who never grew wings and lost all reason to sing.

I got singled out. I don't know why. Why do people always target me? Is it because I'm short and they figure I can't fight back? They're right, I can't, but it's not because I'm vertically challenged.

What did she see in me? What does she see that I don't?

When I look at myself in the mirror, all I see is a starving, stunted bird who never grew wings and lost all reason sing.

Aku takut, oke? Aku selalu takut. Setiap hari dalam hidupku, aku bangun dengan ketakutan. Aku bertanya-tanya, siapa yang akan menuntaskan misinya untuk memburuku hari ini.

The voice boomed. "In case you hadn't noticed, your daughter is . . . overweight.

I don't know why I can't let the insults go, but I can't. I'm the product of every hurt that's ever been laid on me.

I friggin' hate that word! 'Vulnerable' -- it's what wimpy men have to believe all women are inside no matter how tough they seem, or else they'll wet their Y-fronts in fear!

Surely being a Professional Beauty - let alone an ageing one - is one of the most insecure and doomed careers imaginable.

I made friends easily, probably because I was spontaneous and average, which didn't intimidate people. It's the quiet ones kids are unsure about.

Sometimes I freeze in front of the canvas, full of the knowledge that if I keep painting, sooner or later I will fail her

Sometimes, merely voicing our fears out loud makes them less frightening.

I never sexually 'let down' much with people—male or female. Perhaps because to me, as an only and over-loved child, I associated caresses with the threat of possession. And my yearning for love with vulnerability.

Without the Project I was nothing but a secretary on a road to nowhere, drifting toward frosted hair and menthol addiction.

I was the little, funny one. I felt I was the child among grown women.

Lo único cierto era el peso en la boca del estómago la sospecha física de que algo no andaba bien, de que casi nunca había andando bien.

Cuando no se está demasiado seguro de nada, lo mejor es crearse deberes a manera de flotadores

My daughter sees men as little more than adornments. Her only real interest is in herself. She wants to be desired, to see how far she can lean men. Is not that she wants their love. Just a boost to her ego. That's all she cares about.

In your heart you thought she would hate you—that they would all hate you. I don't hate you. Tú eres mi hombre, she says proudly.