Quotes About Insecurity

I knew Elvis Presley very well. He always felt somebody was after him. When you have that kind of a fear, that kind of an attitude, you attract people who want to do you harm.

Love wants to be confirmed with concrete symbols, but recklessness loves instability.

Doubt is invariably the result of want or weakness of faith.

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you.

I'm a woman, and every woman wants to be skinnier - unfortunately.

The country is suffering from musical-chairs syndrome. We all dance around for a bit and then when we try to sit down again, somebody doesn't have a chair. We're running scared; we want ours.

I feel like there's a lot of rappers that could out-rap me and I wouldn't want to face any of them.

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.

There will always be a few people who just want to knock you down or are jealous or just want to be horrible for the sake of it. I don't know what drives someone to be nasty.

People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!

It is very hard to stay in touch with our true identity because those who want our money, our time, and our energy profit more from our insecurity and fears than from our inner freedom.

My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.

In any case, if you ever leave me with a handsome man, do not tell me that you trust me because, let me warn you: that is not what will prevent me from deceiving you, if I want to. On the contrary.

Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore.

Life isn't nearly as stable as we want it to be.

I'm still figuring out why people would want to look at me. Maybe it's generic beauty, but it's weird to be valued for something I was born with.

Everybody just wants to be loved, and nobody feels loved enough in high school.

People want to look taller and thinner. No one says, 'Ooh! Let me buy that dress because it makes me feel matronly!'

I have a little bit of a belly, a tiny bit of pooch. It's the one thing I don't want to lose. I just like having some softness. If I lose that, then Tom might leave me.

Why do I act like this, agreeing when I really disagree, letting people force me to do things I don't want to do?

As kids, there's somehow the fear that these bullies can end your life if they want to. Everything is blown up, and occasionally that kind of awful thing does happen.

That's one of my biggest obstacles. I'm afraid of failure. I want to succeed so bad that I become afraid of failing.

Every time before a collection, I say, "I don't want it to come out. I want to cancel it. It's not good. I haven't achieved anything."

You go from these high hopes when you're writing to just a desperate want of not making a complete fool of yourself by the end of it.