Quotes About Self-doubt

One of the greatest lies you'll ever tell yourself is: I CAN'T. You can do as much as you believe you can.

Nobody can beat you up, as much as you can beat yourself up within your own mind.

Today I don't feel beautiful and confident. I am not brave and strong. I see only flaws; most of the time I can get past them, but sometimes, they're all I see.

You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.

If you think you can do it, or you think you can't do it, You are right.

Opportunity is always knocking. The problem is that most people have the self-doubt station in their head turned up way too loud to hear it.

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.

La seguridad de saberme capaz para algo mejor me puso en las manos la postergación, que al fin de cuentas es un arma terrible y suicida.

My friends often cite my life as being an inspiration to them, and I have quite rigorously assembled something that looks really good from the outside. But that performance has always been a stark contrast to how I feel about myself. I had a gut feeling that Jean Nidetch knew all about that soul-killing mismatch.

The failure wishes he could do things he could never do. He thinks little of what he can do.

Your own mind is your toughest competitor. Playing against another team or opponent can be hard, but fighting your own self-doubt can be even harder.

I wondered if they had my name on database now, with an alert next to it: nutter.

Every writer has doubts. The only way to dispel them is to write.

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

I always feel I do it too slow, but then others do it faster.

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

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?

Sometimes I think I look like I've had facial reconstructive surgery. Like after burns.

I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny.

One of my fears is that I'm suddenly not going to be funny, but still think I am. That's like my nightmare that I can wake up in a cold sweat from.

I don't smoke a lot of pot anymore. No one wants to hang around a guy who ends every sentence with, "Do you guys hate me?"

I struggled with that notion early in my career. 'I know this is funny but nobody is laughing.' This thought occurred for years.