Quotes About Insecurity

I think everybody, especially every woman that you speak to, has gone through periods of their life where they feel uncertain or insecure. But I've been fortunate in my own life never to have gone through extended periods of crippling insecurity.

Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells.

When your head is firmly in the sand, another part of your anatomy is fully exposed.

Jealousy destroys the matrimonies; jealousy destroys the friendships, jealousy provokes religious wars, fratricidal hates, murderers and all kind of suffering.

I just don't see this old idea of the Red peril, itching to take over the world. I think you can explain a lot of the Soviets' moves as stemming from a basic sense of insecurity.

You cannot become a peacemaker without communication. Silence is a passive aggressive grenade thrown by insecure people that want war, but they don't want the accountability of starting it.

I get very nervous when I have to take my wedding ring off.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days

Only the fools are certain and assured.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?

The door to God is the insecurity of not knowing anything. Bear the grace of that uncertainty and all wisdom will be yours.

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

When I have heard him talking to Papa during the sittings for the picture, I have sat wondering whether it could be that he has no belief in anybody else, because he has no belief in himself.

In that dark chamber of my heart, where I confuse being right with being loved....

It is a curious psychological fact that the man who seems to be "egotistic" is not suffering from too much ego, but from too little. When the ego is strong and well developed, there is no nagging need to impress others--by money, by rudeness, or by any other show of false strength.

All love relationships are controlled by an element of fear—that of acting, or becoming, unworthy of the loved one's approbation.

The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Some young ladies are so starved for male approval that what should be a normal attraction to men is accelerated into an obsessive need for male affirmation. Tragically, these dear ladies allow themselves to be devoured in the arms of men who have neither regard not respect for them as people.

Jealousy is the manifestation of insecurity and dissatisfaction with one's calling and self-worth.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

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