Quotes About Insecurity

Everyone has a weakness. Even a demigod.

I was very protective of my father and I didn't like these people who hung around outside all day. They creeped me out.

I feared disappointing my father more than anything in the world.

I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.

I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard he set.

I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy.

My father always told me that I was going to be a failure - I think he was more talking about himself, but I didn't know it at the time.

I think that not being loved by your parents or not having a brother or not being liked at school or even wearing glasses can be a lot worse than having a famous father.

I was always nervous to play my father's [John Lennon's] songs.

There's always that fear of your own head and the things you're going to think.

Despite my vanity, I fear for my sanity.

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel.

A man who is afraid will do anything.

I fear the carnival of crime is beginning on our border.

Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive.

A community which refuses to welcome - whether through fear, weariness, insecurity, a desire to cling to comfort, or just because it is fed up with visitors - is dying spiritually.

Everyone who has something is afraid of losing it, and people with nothing are worried they'll forever have nothing. Everyone is the same.

I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.

Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear.

Getting old and dying alone is my worst fear.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.