Quotes About Insecurity

She was jealous not of any particular woman but of the decrease of his love. Not having an object for her jealousy, she was on the lookout for it.

Jealousy according to his notions was an insult to one's wife, and one ought to have confidence in one's wife

But as a young man in love trembles and thrills, not daring to utter what he dreams of by night, and looks about fearfully, seeking help or the possibility of delay and flight, when the desired moment comes and he stands alone with her, so now Rostov, having attained what he desired more than anything in the world, did not know how to approach the sovereign and presented thousands of considerations to himself for why it was unsuitable, improper, and impossible.

Self esteem,' said Levin, cut to the quick by his brother's words, 'is something I do not understand. If I had been told at the university that others understood integral calculus and I did not — there you have self esteem. But here one should first be convinced that one needs to have a certain ability in these matters and, chiefly, that they are all very important.

I was shy by nature, and rendered worse in that respect by a consciousness of my own ugliness. I am certain that nothing so much influences the development of a man as his exterior—though the exterior itself less than his belief in its plainness or beauty.

Her slender bare arms and neck were not beautiful—compared to Hélène's her shoulders looked thin and her bosom undeveloped. But Hélène seemed, as it were, hardened by a varnish left by the thousands of looks that had scanned her person, while Natasha was like a girl exposed for the first time, who would have felt very much ashamed had she not been assured that this was absolutely necessary.

I consider jealousy a humiliating and degrading feeling, and I shall never allow myself to be influenced by it.

It is easy to display a wound, the proud scars of combat. It is hard to show a pimple

I suffer from the Virgo disease: nothing I did was pure enough. I was never sure whether I wanted disciples or partisans. I was never sure if I wanted Parliament or a hermitage.

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

La sicurezza del potere si fonda sull'insicurezza dei cittadini.

Fences made of fear.

I'm telling you: never feel secure with a woman whom you love as the nature of a woman hides more dangers than you think

Angry people may appear strong, willful, or certain, but be assured that beneath the veneer are fear and loneliness and insecurity and pain. Especially, there is pain.

Backstabbers operate out of insecurity, believing they have to have perfect order to eliminate any threat to their power.

A sense of powerlessness fuels some backstabbers.

The underlying problem with many Backstabbers is a lack of self-esteem

You know that feeling. When you like a boy but then he starts to like you and you stop liking him.

Seeds of doubt, once planted, will grow.

All artists are terribly insecure people. They are desperate to be noticed.

When I was really small I thought I'd do anything to change whatever was wrong with me. Now I didn't want to change, I just wanted people to stop being mad at me all the time.

I wondered if she would have left me if there had been more inside of me to love, or if I just could have needed less.

Only when self moves out of the way can His spectacular glory come cascading through your life. When Jesus is in His rightful place, all insecurity will fade away and His lasting loveliness will become the mark of your life.

A proud heart may suffer from an inferiority complex or low self-esteem, even though these problems may seem incompatible with a heart ruled by pride. However, the insecure-yet-proud don't feel inferior due to moral failures or spiritual inadequacies, but rather because they don't measure up to the things they crave or believe are essential for their well-being.