Quotes About Insecurity

I am my own worst enemy. This, more than any other trait, proves my fundamental humanity.

think much about girls. Considering my long, pale face and hound-dog eyes behind black-rimmed glasses with thick lenses, maybe I already knew that even through adulthood

If you evoked that frown, what you feared was his disapproval, and when you learned that you had disappointed him, you realized that you needed his approval no less than you needed air, water, and food.

Although Grandpa never put it in words for me, one thing I learned from him was that being admired gives you more power than being feared.

Surrender to fear is an invitation to doubt.

He's a hollow man, he believes in nothing. Hollow men are vulnerable to anyone who offers them something that might fill the void and make them feel less empty.

envy is second only to self-pity as the most dangerous of all emotions.

In nightmares, we can't look into our own eyes except by indirection, perhaps because we fear discovering that therein lie the worst monsters plaguing us.

Haters lived to hate, to exercise power over those they hated. They were obsessive about it. Focused. Relentless.

A man who believes in nothing may look strong, but he's fragile. He can be made to believe in anything, for the emptiness in him yearns to be filled.

It was human nature to obsess on negatives, to worry the smallest of sparks into infernos.

stay silent, say nothing, and maybe people would like you. And if you didn't tell them what an embarrassing mess you were, maybe they wouldn't notice.

We withhold our communications to others, fearing that we are not worthy of love and happiness.

I wish I knew what it is you do to me." She sensed that it troubled him that she could break through that facade of his. She was beginning to understand this man. She was physically handicapped, but Nash was crippled, too. He didn't want love, but he couldn't keep himself from needing it, from caring about her, and that worried him. It worried her, too.

your problem is that you've grown so comfortable with feeling guilty that you're afraid of what will happen if you don't.

Just remember, you are fighting a woman who is in the dime-a-dozen class. They are everywhere, ready to steal away the heart of the man who feels uncared for and unappreciated. The tool of your warfare is your loving, kind, delightful, radiant, adoring self.

Interpretar un alma torturada sobre el escenario era más fácil para Ian sin el ojo vigilante de la mujer que lavaba su ropa interior.

You're afraid to let a man close for fear he'll uncover the wanton [bitch] side of you that you're so ashamed of.

Maybe is wasn't love so much as a fear of losing everything I'd accomplished. I was afraid to let go.

Bitter disappointment pushed tears from her eyes. Now what's wrong? I said you could wear it. She drew in a shaky breath. I w-wanted you to l-like my dreeessssss. He moved his gaze over her. The gown makes my mouth water, love.

I have the belief in boldness. What I generally lack is the boldness itself. Because boldness doesn't feel bold. It feels scared not brave.

People would talk about it, and I hoped I would be liked.

It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you're not!

He was so tired of trying to convince other people he was worthy of their love. Tired of being forced on people who didn't even want him.