Quotes About Insecurity

Stop spending so much time trying to prove what you already know to people who don't really matter. It just makes you look insecure and lacking self-confidence.

Some guys like to undermine a girl's self-esteem with little verbal jabs. Eventually it all adds up. One bee sting doesn't hurt a horse, but enough bee stings can kill a horse.

I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.

Confidence tends to minimize the magnitude of the choice.

I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.

Insecurity is a toxin and confidence is a tonic, so make the choice not to dwell on the worst possible case.

I used to be so hard on myself. So hard on myself. Just my own worst critic to the nth degree. Absolutely undermining my confidence in every moment. Bad tape in my head all the time.

In college, I had a lot of friends who were writers and wanted to be writers and I felt intimidated by it. I just didn't know if I had any gift or voice and I had no confidence about it.

One of the areas I have a little less confidence in is giving any kind of a speech.

I lack confidence as an actor.

Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn't getting any acting jobs.

I never knew I lacked so much confidence until I met you

To be an actor, a lot of times it's a strange combination of high confidence and low self-esteem. Which is a weird combination to have, but I think it's sort of very common among actors.

Half the battle is confidence. There are people who have great figures but have terrible confidence so you are not drawn to them because they seem down all the time.

Part of the problem is that he lacks confidence. He is nervous.

Self confidence for me is a fragile fleece.

With any kind of artistic thing, it's a muscle, like any athlete, and the moment you're not doing it, you lose all confidence. That's why I'm terrible with down time.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

What was it like to be so confident even in your failings that you weren't the least bit bothered when other people pointed them out? I was almost envious.

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

Everyone is beautiful but (unfortunately), we will usually stick to the person that reflects our confidence of beauty.

Confidence is subtle. Insecurity is brash.

You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.

If we fail to instill a fixed sense of confidence in our children, we will raise handicapped children who have no handicap other than the conviction that they believe they do.