Quotes About Self-doubt

Our greatest weakness is losing heart, doubting ourselves, becoming unnecessarily cautious. Being more careful is not what we need; that is just a screen for our fear of conflict and of making a mistake.

This intense connection and desire allows them to withstand the pain of the process—the self-doubts, the tedious hours of practice and study, the inevitable setbacks, the endless barbs from the envious. They develop a resiliency and confidence that others lack.

It was about a hero who insisted with every breath that he was anything but a hero.

Trust no-one, he thought bleakly. For an instant, he did not know if it was his thought or Lous-Therin's, but in the end he decided it did not matter. Everybody had their own goals, their own desires. Much the best to trust no-one completely except himself. Yet he wondered, with another man oozing through the back of his mind, how far he could trust himself.

What Cathy took from her rejection experience was self-doubt. Until this current traumatic hospitalization, Cathy hadn't realized the fear she was carrying around, how burdened she was by it, and how that fear kept her in a mode where she had to continuously prove her value to others and herself.

Anxiety, the next gumption trap, is sort of the opposite of ego. You're so sure that you'll do everything wrong you're afraid to do anything at all…You fix things that don't need fixing, and chase after imaginary ailments. You jump to wild conclusions and build all kinds of errors into the machine because of your own nervousness. These errors, when made, tend to confirm your original underestimation of yourself.

There is no one in your way except you and your doubts.

It doesn't take much education, but those doubts are cripplers for most people.

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Yet as a teacher, I recognized that it was excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius. It broke my heart to see students know the answers, yet lack the courage to act on the answer. Often in the real world, it's not the smart who get ahead, but the bold.

What holds you back from achieving your dream?

We all have tremendous potential, and we are all blessed with gifts. Yet the one thing that holds all of us back is some degree of self-doubt. It is not so much the lack of technical information that holds us back, but more the lack of self-confidence.

It's bad enough to feel insignificant, but it's unbearable to have it grained into your soul that you will never, can never, be anything but insignificant…

And it seemed to me, too, that I've always been afraid when I was in the company of people…afraid of saying something stupid…afraid of being laughed at.

Leaving this Parthian shaft to rankle in Anne's stormy bosom, Marilla descended to the kitchen, grievously troubled in mind and vexed in soul.

I can bear it when other people have a bad opinion of me but it hurts too much when I have a bad opinion of myself.

There will always be enemies. Time to stop being your own.

Earlier in his life he had done many foolish things in order to convince himself that he was not worthless

During the day he had not trusted enough, and had worn himself out with pointless scurryings.

Most of the time, the only thing stopping us is ourselves.

Nothing is more appealing than a handsome man who is also uncertain of himself.

The second you stop questioning yourself is the second that you become the monster. -Merry

Magic, if that was the right word, often rises and falls on your own belief in your abilities. I've seen very powerful people completely crippled by self-doubt.

The second you stop questioning yourself is the second that you become the monster.