Quotes About Insecurity

Self-loathing is man's effort to sweep the moon of footprints.

I was scared...and did not know what was coming for me next.

When feels that someone puts you aside, sometimes thinks in an act of selfishnessbut always its really to have afraid of something worst.

Criticism often hides incompetence & increases vanity. Therefore critics are always more vain that the achievers they criticize.

Butterflies can't see their wings. They can't see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can. People are like that as well.

Why would you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

If people spend years trying to prove that you are less than it's because you are more than enough and they feel threatened. You are more than people's opinions.

The more you make fun of yourself and don't try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you.

She ran off the hate she had for herself, ingrained since a young age from a mesmerizing array of influences: things her father said and did, things her mother didn't say and do, magazines, television, girls she went to high school with, a hundred men whistling at her on the street, America in general. She loathed herself, she forgave herself. She loathed them, she did not forgive them.

I'd like to be a wounded leading man. Instead of a pillar of strength, I'd be the scared one.

If you just watch a teenager, you see a lot of uncertainty.

The path is never easy, and you may take some L's along the way, but never lose belief in yourself or become so insecure that you step off the path for an easier, safer one. The risky, difficult path is usually the one that leads to your true destiny, to your true calling. So always respect the process, and never give up no matter what.

I'm just me – half a family, no awareness whatsoever about style, or what's in and what's out. I'm not like the lizards. I don't really even know how I'm supposed to be with a guy that I'm attracted to. I've never been a game player. I don't know how to be coy… or sexy… or whatever. I have no finesse.

It was just that i had the feeling that the art scene belonged to the men, and that I was in some way invading their domain. Therefore the work was hidden away." -Louise Bourgeois

I worried too much about what others thought—I can tell you it's a tragic waste of time and energy and pokes God in the eye.

Men are jealous of every woman, even when they don't have the slightest interest in her themselves.

Schubert had been one of the first composers to groan, "Who can do anything after Beethoven?

Despite all the confidence I had in my ability to do my job, I hadn't had any in myself as a person.

It is possible to care too much. It is possible to believe that you will never be as good as anyone else. And it is possible to let these things take over.

I'm not sure that insecurity is a good enough excuse for that sort of behavior. We're all insecure, and I really think he's old enough to have discovered the reasons behind his insecurity, and do something about them." ...Lucy

For as long as I can remember, I have always had the feeling of not quite fitting in, not being the same as everyone else.

When I'm single, I'm this fabulous, independent, confident woman, and then I get involved with one disastrous man after another and I turn into this needy, insecure, fearful girl who becomes frightened of her own shadow.

Fatalistic Outlook The powerlessness and helplessness of experiencing cumulative trauma is often experienced as a belief that bad times or even death are right around the corner, that one is living on borrowed time, or that feelings of security and success cannot last.

Unfortunately, many children of alcoholics have not been given a secure base from which to venture into the adult world. The focus on addiction in their families, rather than on the developing needs of children, often causes children of alcoholics to feel shameful and anxious rather than confident and secure. These children learn to adapt to life rather than learning how to live their lives. Without