Quotes About Self-doubt

I keep telling myself sensible things, but I never seem to listen!

Will you read this? I think maybe it sucks. Or maybe it's awesome. It's probably awesome. Tell me it's awesome, okay? Unless it sucks." — Nick

Everyone helping out was supposed to make me feel better, but it actually made me feel more like a screw up.

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation p

When I write, it feels like there are two little creatures that sit on each of my shoulders. One whispers, "You can do this. You've got what it takes." The other sounds like my mother-in-law.

The inhibitor of creativity isn't potential it's fear. We worry about saying the wrong thing or looking foolish so we govern our imagination.

I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.

Behind a cold face there is always an insecure heart.

Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don't invite either into your mind.

I'm always very nervous about the word 'dancer' next to my name because anyone who's really trained in dance will go, 'This guy's fudging so badly.'

Don't overthink yourself out of something good!

What you create doesn't have to be perfect....Don't let fear of failure discourage you. Don't let the voice of critics paralyze you—whether that voice comes from the outside or inside

Ignore people who say you can't do it, even if this person is yourself.

Your fear of looking stupid, Shannon, is holding you back. I think it's time.

Imagine who you could be, what you could accomplish-if only you could get out of your own way.

He was miserably disappointed in his own everlasting inability to get up and go, to take strong action and seize control, and do all the things that other people seemed able to do, and which the world admired so much.

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 feel like I don't have all the ingredients a person is supposed to have.

You know the mistrust of heights is the mistrust of self, you don't know whether you're going to jump.

1. Adult children of alcoholics guess at what normal behavior is. 2. Adult children of alcoholics have difficulty following a project through from beginning to end.

Of women who choose not to have children, most are undermothered and fear they won't know how. Sometimes they fear they will "mess up" their kids like they feel they have been messed up. (Although let's not forget that there are other important reasons someone may choose not to become a parent.)

When women begin to doubt or ignore the voice of their conscience, they become their own worst enemies. They then even wonder why love seems so elusive.

Most people suffering from a lack of motivation will blame themselves first. "Ah, it's because I'm such a procrastinator!" "Why can't I just get myself together?" The truth, more often than not, is that you are not the problem; it's the world you're working in.