Quotes About Self-doubt

The rigors of creativity - the self-doubt, the revising, the solitude - do require a kind of self-consumption. It comes at a cost; a cost that isn't for everyone.

People say to me, 'You're a genius; you're great.' I don't know if I'll ever feel that way about myself. Some things, I feel like, are better left for other people to say, and I'm just not into, like, tooting my own horn or bragging or anything.

I think I used to not know if I could be a good pastor because I think I had some things in mind that I thought were part of being a pastor that don't necessarily have to be.

At 30 I thought my life was over. I thought I'd have made something of myself by then, that life would somehow have made the necessary arrangements - but actually I had nothing.

Somehow, I don't see myself doing a lead role.

Somehow I wasn't completely crucified by the critics. I don't know how or why, I probably should've been.

I'm still insecure, but when I first started acting, I was really insecure. I glared at a lot of people. I assumed everyone hated me. Somehow that scowl has turned into an acting career.

I'm just not sure that I'm good enough for her. She's a top shelf drink, I'm a house poured shot.

I still wonder what made him leave. Were they my demons or his own?

Am I on your mind or out of my mind

i wondered if i would spend the rest of my life inventing complicated ways to depress myself..

Too many times I'd left him reaching for me, from a babysitter's arms. Am I still a mother? I asked myself... What parts of the day could I cut out and still give him enough? Paul never asked himself that. He thought he was a great dad.

I wonder if we're giving our children the chance to really perform, if we're giving them and ourselves enough credit, as we pore over our parenting magazines and reference manuals. I wonder if we're getting in the way rather than out of the way, as we get sucked into the trap of competing with other parents to raise the most exceptional child.

fear is a thought in your mind. This means that you are afraid of your own thoughts.

Though why would this incredibly sexy, sophisticated man be interested in me? I was the girl-next-door type, a solid B student, and he was the kind of sexy academic who probably dated brilliant supermodels.

Als ik hem in de werkplaats gedag zeg, doet hij wel alsof hij me kent, maar elke keer slaat zijn brein op hol van paniek, zo van: Wie is ze nou o nee ik zou moeten weten wie ze is o nee ik faal volkomen als mens. - Aadhya over Orion

A maior parte dos fracassos reais se deve a limitações que os homens impõem a si mesmos em suas próprias mentes.

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe nothing's wrong and I'm just paranoid. I'll know when they come in. I'll see it in their faces.

Obi?ajno je tako, da ve? ko ima nekdo daru, bolj dvomi o tem, ali ga ima. In obratno.

Envy is the religion of the mediocre.

Soha ne bízz senkiben, Daniel, s a legkevésbé azokban, akiket csodálsz. TÅ'lük kapod a legnagyobb pofonokat.

Aber wer schützt uns vor uns selbst?

Por norma general, cuanto más talento se tiene, más duda uno de tenerlo.

What did I do wrong with my children? Everett tries to comfort me, but I feel like a complete failure.