Quotes About Self-doubt

I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought. I have to go back soon, she told herself, I need to reclaim it or it will be gone, I will be gone from it, and nobody will mourn my loss. She thought about Wile E. Coyote rushing out over the chasm and not falling until he looked down. That's me, her weak voice thought, and then her strong voice answered, Then don't look down.

Confidence is everything. If you start second guessing yourself, you're bound to run into more bad outings

Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.

I seek strength, not to be greater than other, but to fight my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.

I wonder if I will ever have the strength to hold onto something. Or if I will always be someone who destroys.

Underneath the stress is fear, and the biggest is our own personal fear of failure.

Procrastination is the fear of success.

Every time I overcome an obstacle, it feels like success. Sometimes the biggest ones are in our head - the saboteurs that tell us we can't.

People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me.

I've always felt that I did well as a student because I lacked confidence.

I've gone through a lot of different phases on what I do and why I do it - morally and ethically. I've tortured myself about it, especially in dealing with success and money.

To tell you the truth, I never thought of myself as much of a success.

People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now.

The only thing that can stop you is the doubt that you carry in your mind.

I never think I have success even when I have it, for better or for worse.

I had rather mistrust my own capacity than God's justice.

Egotism fears its own self.

But Sally didn't have the heart to fight back. She wore dark clothes and tried not to be noticed. She pretended she wasn't smart and never raised her hand in class. She disguised her own nature so well that after a while she grew uncertain of her own abilities.

Nowadays, she doesn't even look in a mirror. She's afraid no one will be staring back at her.

When a draft looks terrible, I don't try to convince myself that it's actually good or even that someday it will be, only that it's my job to work on it whether it's good or not.

What made you wanted was nothing you did, it was something that you had, and how could you ever tell whether you had it?

I daresay that's a better-looking man there. A cleverer man.' He ran one hand through his short dark hair, frowning at his reflection. 'Not sure if I trust that bastard, though.

Doubts and regrets, Isern. They're the cost of casting a shadow.