Quotes About Insecurity

the footprints of two of my own Goliaths: control and approval.

You can never be comfortable with your success, you've got to be paranoid you're going to lose it.

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty. Louis Kronenberger

I'm not stupid. I know everybody thinks I am. I just don't like answering their questions.

I feel there's a funny little hole in me that wasn't there before, like a splinter in your finger, but this is somewhere above my stomach.

It's what we all wanted when we were children- to be loved and accepted exactly as we were then, not when we got taller or thinner or prettier...and we still want it... but we aren't going to get it from other people until we can get it from ourselves.

O medo é a falta de confiança em nós

Not feeling "good enough" interferes with the decision-making process. How can you make a good decision when you're not sure about yourself?

ULCERS are no more than fear — tremendous fear of "not being good enough." We fear not being good enough for a parent, we fear not being good enough for a boss. We can't stomach who we are. We rip our guts apart trying to please others. No matter how important our job is, our inner self-esteem is very low. We are afraid they will find out about us.

We have ideas about ourselves that we use as limitations or resistance to changing. We are: Too old. Too young. Too fat. Too thin. Too short. Too tall. Too lazy. Too strong. Too weak. Too dumb. Too smart. Too poor. Too worthless. Too frivolous. Too serious. Too stuck. Maybe it's just all too much.

overweight person seeks protection from hurts, slights, criticism, abuse, sexuality or sexual advances, and life in general. Louise had observed in her own life that when she would feel insecure and not at ease, she would put on a few pounds. Then, the excess weight would go away

No, I'm fine. And yes, I mean that sort of FINE," said Reine-Marie, making reference to the title of one of Ruth's poetry books, where FINE stood for Fucked up, Insecure, Neurotic, and Egotistical.

Being jealous] is like drinking acid, and expecting the other person to die.

Do you know, Armand, I can't remember the last time I felt safe." "I know what you mean," said Gamache. "It feels as though this has been going on forever." "No, I don't mean just this mess. I mean all my life.

And fear. High school smelled of that more than anything else, even more than sweaty feet, cheap perfume and rotten bananas.

People instinctively let down their guard when they saw a limp, an illness, a flaw in someone else. Not out of compassion but because it made them feel superior. Stronger. Those people, Gamache knew, did not always last long. It was not a useful instinct.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't be working." "Of course you should. I'm alright." "Even F.I.N.E.?" She laughed. "Especially that." Fucked-up. Insecure. Neurotic. Egotistical.

FINE stood for Fucked up, Insecure, Neurotic, and Egotistical.

They kill. To feel safe. It almost never worked.

Mais non. What?' 'Fucked up, Insecure, Neurotic and Egotistical,' he said, slightly embarrassed about using a swear word in front of such a dignified woman,

FINE? Fucked up, Insecure, Neurotic and Egotistical?

She threw great logs of 'I'm right, you're an unfeeling bastard' on to the fire and felt secure and comforted.

Fucked-up. Insecure. Neurotic. Egotistical.

It would be insane not to be afraid. To worry. The very thing you just admitted is what will make you a great father to your daughter. We're all afraid. Of something bad happening to our children. Of not being there when they need us. Of not being enough. We all want to pull the sheets up over our heads some days and hide.