Quotes About Insecurity

Flattery is so necessary to all of us that we flatter one another to be flattered in return

Pride is a by-product of insecurity. And the more insecure a person is, the more monuments they need to build. There is a fine line between 'Thy kingdom come' and 'my kingdom come.' If you cross the line, your relationship with God is self-serving. You aren't serving God. You are using God. You aren't building altars to God. You are building monuments to yourself.

but when you're insecure, your greatest asset becomes your greatest threat. Comparison will sabotage your destiny by undermining your integrity.

Self-consciousness isn't just A curse. It is part of THE curse.

I once met a man who was paranoid about dying, so i shot him

Something I know about seemingly confident people, and especially people who work in large companies, is that often they're more afraid of making a mistake than they are of wanting to do something right.

The measure of self-assurance is how deeply and sincerely interested you are in others. The measure of insecurity is how much you try to impress them with you.

Why do these people behave the way they do? To stay in control. As I mentioned in Chapter 2, irrational people—especially those who are firmly in the grip of crazy—are terrified of losing control.

Thank God I never got in a fight. All of the jock dudes hated me, but all of their girlfriends thought I was nice so they wouldn't touch me. It was infuriating to them.

What's a matter Chris? You shitting yourself? You should be!

How could you ever feel comfortable if no matter where you went you felt like you belonged someplace else?

Coming out for gay people is a process, not a one-time event. Some days you feel free, open, and ready to piss on the world if they care what you do in bed. On other days, even if you've been out to yourself and others, you're ready to hide in the darkest closet—because sometimes it is safer, easier, and more secure to hide.

I've never met a writer who hasn't been filled with self-doubt

Her Majesty's government is engaging not merely in Orwellian Newspeak but in self-defeating Orwellian Newspeak. The broader message it sends is that ours is a weak culture so unconfident and insecure that if you bomb us and kill us our first urge is to find a way to flatter and apologize to you.

And yet Nothing here is certain;

Man will do many things to get himself loved he will do all things to get himself envied.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

It upsets women to be, or not to be, stared at hungrily.

It's funny, I get really nervous when I audition for voiceovers.

I can do this, I lied to myself feebly. No one was going to bite me.

There's always going to be someone as funny as you or funnier.

My first open mic, I drank a full pitcher of beer by myself. I wasn't afraid of being in front of people as much as, Is this funny?

I can't go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me.

It's a funny thing: You want so badly for people to see what you do - you're proud of it - and I like the effect that movies have on people. But the attention can also make me uncomfortable.