Quotes About Insecurity

Worry is a god, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.

The most valuable gift I ever received was the gift of insecurity my father left us. My mother's love might not have prepared me for life the way my father's departure did. He forced us out on the road, where we had to earn our bread.

Age 45. — At sixteen I was stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?

He was obsessed with the fear of making a mistake. Sometimes he was convinced it was impossible to do anything else, and that if anyone got anything right it was purely by chance.

Šta vredi imati mnogo i biti nešto, kad ?ovek ne može da se oslobodi straha od sirotinje, ni niskosti u mislima, ni grubosti u re?ima, ni nesigurnosti u postupcima, kad gorka i neumitna a nevidljiva beda prati ?oveka u stopu, a taj lepši, bolji i mirniji život izmi?e se kao varljivo privi?enje.

Ima takvih ljudi koji se ne?ega plaše ili stide, nešto žele da sakriju. I upravo zbog toga oni svojim pogledom stalno nastoje da privuku i zadrže tu?i pogled, u želji da ga vežu za svoje o?i i da mu tako ne dopuste da ide dalje i da razgleda i ispituje crte njihova lica ili delove tela ili ode?u na njima.

Možda je u po?etku bilo i drugih motiva, ali danas je glavni strah. Od straha su ljudi zli, surovi i podli, od straha su darežljivi, ?ak i dobri.

What we eventually uncovered was that I was afraid—afraid to ask for what I wanted, afraid to speak up for myself, afraid that I didn't have what it took to do what I really wanted to do. In response to my fears, I blamed other people for what I considered their failure to acknowledge me. The conversation didn't stop there.

You simply cannot pay the debts that come along with believing you are unworthy.

The impact of a lack of self-acceptance is intensified in the relationships between and among women.

the form of gossip, betrayal, and unwarranted judgment. Women are also more prone than men to compare themselves to one another. We often measure our value and worth by comparing ourselves to another woman's weight, breast size, complexion, career, talents, financial status, intellect, personal style, marital status, and every other aspect of their lives.

I was also afraid that I wouldn't be good enough to compete in that arena.

JEALOUSY, AND RIDICULE.

the form of gossip, betrayal, and unwarranted judgment. Women are also more prone than men to compare themselves to one another.

Mostly I'd like to be taller. If I could be a couple inches taller, just have them stretch me out, my ass would be smaller. Peabody from Secrets in Death

Mm-hmm. You know, lip dye isn't a crime in this state. You ought to try it. I've been kind of busy. You're always kind of busy. You're not using the eye gel I gave you. You can't find a minute twice a day for eye gel? You want bags and wrinkles? You got the finest piece of man-candy on and off planet, and you want him looking at your face with bags and wrinkles? What are you going to do when he dumps you for a woman who takes time to maintain her face? Kill him.

I know you love me, but I don't know why. I look at you, and I just can't get why it's me. Every time I get my balance, I lose it again. Because it shouldn't be me, and I think it'd kill me if you ever figured that out.

A nice-looking boy pays attention, says the right things, looks at you just a certain way. You're not smart anymore.

I'd trust you a hell of a lot more if you didn't refer to her as an old friend when we both know she was a hell of a lot more What she was is nearly a dozen years in the past. Years before I ever set eyes on you. Now simple bafflement joined the irritation and the ice. Christ Jesus, are you jealous of a woman I haven't spoken to, seen, or thought of in years? Even only looked at him for one long moment. You're thinking of her now

You know, a lot of women would get pissed off at having their husband star in their aide's purient little fantasies." "But you're bigger than that, Lieutenant. I like that about you.

When someone believes they're smarter, more talented, just plain more right than anyone else, and they harbor this kind of need, they're very, very dangerous.

He equates his worth with his penis, and also uses it as a weapon." "Okay, now I see it wearing a gold chain and toting a blaster. Stop now.

Perhaps I could-- She snarled at him, hunched protectively over her unit. You just want to show off. Would I be that small? To cut me down on this, you'd shrink to microscopic.

Eve shuffled her feet, then sat. Then rubbed a hand over Peabody's thigh. You're just going to puff up his ego if he finds out you're crying over him. He's already hard to live with.