Insecurity Quotes

The inescapable fact is that when we build a society based on greed, selfishness, and ruthless competition, the fruits we can expect to reap are economic insecurity at home and international discord abroad.

You can't learn to act unless you're criticized. If you tie that criticism to your childhood insecurities you'll have a terrible time. Instead, you must take criticism objectively, pertaining it only to the work being done.

Pictures all around, of how good a life should be, a model for the rest, that bred insecurity, I walked a jagged line and then came back for more, it's always in my mind, an institution with no law.

I've had so many insecurities, and am still getting over a lot.

Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. Let me expand a bit. I sense that you may feel that I am free of problems. Let me assure you that I have the same anxieties and insecurities as anyone in this auditorium - maybe more.

You can even say that I hated myself at certain periods. I was too fat, or maybe too tall, or maybe just plain too ugly ... you can say my definiteness stems from underlying feelings of insecurity and inferiority. I couldn't conquer these feelings by acting indecisive. I found the only way to get the better of them was by adopting a forceful, concentrated drive.

Your insecurities are what makes you different and who you are. If we all were the same, it'd be boring.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

A community which refuses to welcome - whether through fear, weariness, insecurity, a desire to cling to comfort, or just because it is fed up with visitors - is dying spiritually.

We all have insecurities but you have to know you’re beautiful.

I believe in the eternal security of the believer and in the insecurity of the make-believer.

Most bad behavior comes from insecurity.

Governments commit more crimes upon persons and property and contribute more to their insecurity than all [the] criminals put together.

At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.

Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box.

Each project, I suffer like I'm starting over again in life. There's a lot of healthy insecurity that fuels this stuff.

It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which some find titillating.

The ability to grow is directly related to the amount of insecurity you can take in your life.

The thing that inspires me most is empathizing with people's flaws and seeing how they deal with them. That sort of connection you feel with someone when you realize that maybe even the negative things that they've said or done are because of insecurities or injuries they've endured.

Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity.

People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that's not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.

To identify yourself with your personality is more or less a reflex. You must see, when the reflex comes up, that it is a kind of feeling of insecurity; you are looking for a hold.

Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you.

I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.

I have a very positive attitude in life. My insecurity, fear and need to know about tomorrow has fortunately eased. What is going to happen will happen anyway. So why break my head over it?

My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors.

There’s a special place in hell for men who convince women their intuition is insecurity to protect their duplicity.

I kept on going and I overcame my fears and got over my insecurities.

We need to make peace with who we are so insecurities don't become a distraction to how we live. Just because I sometimes feel insecure doesn't mean I have to be insecure.

Insecurity is a waste of time.

Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor.

As we willingly enter each place of fear, each place of deficiency and insecurity in ourselves, we will discover that its walls are made of untruths, of old images of ourselves, of ancient fears, of false ideas of what is pure and what is not.

It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.

Many teenagers are tormented by terrors they deem private and personal. They do not know that their anxieties and doubts are universal.

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

If you care anything about your personal security, you should first of all pray for order and tranquility throughout the four quarters of the land.

I want to get comfortable with my insecurities until I am no longer insecure. I want to be comfortable in my skin so that I do not need to dump any of my discomfort onto someone else in the form of judgment.

Insecurity kills all that is beautiful.

Maybe that's why there's an insecurity sometimes in acting, because it's not like there's a correlation between hard work and how people receive you.

Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity.

Money lets you enjoy the finer things of life, but it doesn't change who you are. It magnifies and brings into fruition the things that you want to hide most. It is a mask for insecurities as well.

According to my own experience, the highest level of inner calm comes from the development of love and compassion. The more concerned we are with the happiness of others, the more we increase our own well-being. Friendliness and warmth towards others allow us to relax and help us to dispel any sense of fear or insecurity so we can overcome whatever obstacles we face.

One of the things we love about Po [Kung Fu Panda] is that he's vulnerable. He's someone that we can all identify with because he has those insecurities. He's an outsider feeling guy.

And yet she could not forgive herself. Even as an adult, she wished only that she could go back and change things: the ungainly things she’d worn, the insecurity she’d felt, all the innocent mistakes she made.