Quotes About Insecurity

I was the kid who made a beeline for the library when the last bell rang, but also harder, because how do you define yourself against such an identity? On what grounds? With what confidence?

She missed him. And she was scared, deep down, because she felt him pulling away from her, and even though he assured her he wasn't, she didn't believe him.

The trouble is I'm not very good at trusting my own instincts. I've been wrong before. A lot." "About what? You worry too much, about everything. You're to hard on yourself." "I was wrong about Rory -" "You were twenty-five, twenty-six! Everyone's allowed to be in love with the wrong person at some point. In fact, its a mistake not to be.

people who feel shamed and inadequate themselves tend to pass it on. I'm sure you've noticed that many individuals and groups try to enhance their self-esteem by diminishing others.

Fi . That's 'if' backwards. Griffiths . Nice ordinary name, but two more 'if's lurking at the heart of it. My name, literally, is as iffy as you can get. The only solid sound, the only one you can actually hang on to, is that opening G, and it's not to be trusted.

Why are we so willing not to accept others who are not precisely like us? Why do racism and anti-Semitism, for example, run so deep in the consciousness of many Americans? Is it because of man's basic inhumanity to man, or is it prompted by a sense of inferiority that makes us want to dominate others, to protect our turf, and to seek a status with no competition?

Doors only lock, Because enemy within scares more than outside

how could you go on thinking somebody was better than you by nature when he ran away for fear that you would blow him a new asshole with your Springfield? Wasn't he a man, just like you? Wasn't he a frightened man, just like you?

For some idiot reason, the idea of going into the drink with a misspelled safety device weirded Bryce out.

You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.

When we see people acting in an abusive, arrogant, or demeaning manner toward others, their behavior almost always is a symptom of their lack of self-esteem. They need to put someone else down to feel good about themselves.

I am thinking about how it feels to be a no one in the life of someone you love.

She likes me.  I can tell.  Problem is, she won't admit that to the boyfriends she brings over.

I wake up every morning in a cold sweat, regardless of how well things went the day before. And put that I said that in a somewhat but not completely tongue-in-cheek way.

is easier to go without love than to accept a form of love that reawakens our fears of loss. In fact, to receive love feels far more dangerous than to be without it.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Mother always said she was a size 7 woman she kept wrapped in fat to prevent bruising.

But I think that what you'll discover more and more as you get older is that most people aren't thinking about you at all.

My hair looks like it had been purchased at a rummage sale after all the real hair was gone.

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves. They fancy themselves superior to every one else, and, not being sure of making good their secret pretensions, decline entering the lists altogether. Thus they ?lay the flattering unction to their souls? that they could have said better things than others, or that the conversation was beneath them.

I drive well! Says who your mom? No actually, she won't even get in the car with me.

If you thought eighth grade was tough, try it with fangs and a fear of garlic.

Why, Mrs. Michaelson, just what are you afraid of? Me?

I wasn't sure I wanted to spend forever with anyone, least of all myself.