Top 674 Insecurity Quotes & Sayings - Page 4
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Last updated on November 20, 2024.
I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my (well-earned) insecurity.
Many new lovers and spouses struggle to reconcile themselves with their partners' relationship history, but it's an insecurity I left behind in my 20s.
Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of our lives.
The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.
The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.
Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery.
For my money, insecurity, depression, etc, can be healed by way of El Morocco, sad songs at 4am, and the pop of a champagne cork
Many times, people who are self-involved or bullies, it stems from a place of hurt and insecurity within oneself.
Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle of insecurity.
Be patient with yourself and take heart. Your self-confidence will grow if you seek challenges and worry less about the initial insecurity.
I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification.
At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.
Yes, Louise Brooks was beautiful and intelligent, and she could be very funny, but obviously there was a deep insecurity there, a real destructive rage and immaturity.
Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
As a country, we can do better. Our home should be a source of stability, not insecurity. This issue is personal for me... even with a steady paycheck, I couldn't pay rent.
He knows which fighters to steal, how to exploit anyone's vice, vanity or insecurity and make a profit for himself.
We are in an era of chronic insecurity and growing inequalities. In that context, we need to have new mechanisms for income distribution which give people a sense of security.
In fragile and conflict-affected states, education can insulate children from chaos and insecurity and better prepare them to bring about future stability.
Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security
It is equally demonstrable that so far as Texas is concerned, there have been equal confusion, insecurity and injustice in the administration of the State governments.
It's interesting, the acting thing. I think it must be a deep sense of insecurity that made me want to explore other characters.
We live in a culture where were bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity.
I have had the fortune of seeing very glamorous and beautiful woman close up and I have seen their fears and insecurity.
I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,...an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive.
Concern for 'national security' has introduced unprecedented insecurity to living in the United States as a legal permanent resident.
Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor.
The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence.
Each project, I suffer like I'm starting over again in life. There's a lot of healthy insecurity that fuels this stuff.
Carrying on as usual carries enormous risks, condemning today's students to a world of constant insecurity and frequent catastrophes.
A lot of my career and my drive and my passion and my striving to be better and better was built on insecurity.
To rush to throw away your magazine business and move it on the iPad is just sheer insanity and insecurity and fear.
Other people's belief changes you. We all have insecurity, and uncertainty, and to have that glow cast over you by somebody that you respect, makes a gigantic difference.
I'm like a lion - I roar. If someone betrays me, I won't be a victim. I don't sulk, I get angry.
I go immediately into retaliation. But it always comes from insecurity or pain.
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.
When things aren't right, I can overreact because of the fear of losing everything. The insecurity drives me, and helps keep my feet on the ground.
I'm still learning and trying to become a better actor. I still feel insecurity.
I think models in general have a certain insecurity about themselves because they're known for being beautiful, so they have to prove to everybody they have personality and they are intelligent.
Despite my confidence and self-belief, I've always wrestled with feelings of insecurity. To be honest, I think most people in show business are insecure.
Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
Loneliness and rootlessness are just symptoms of an insecurity that assails us all when hitting this midlife moment. The world appears intent on blanking you out.
A bedrock of insecurity made me want to impress and want to be the center of attention.
The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity.
It doesn't matter what gender you are, or it doesn't matter what other background you come from: everybody deals with insecurity.
I felt shaky, then 'Hungama' worked, and I signed films left, right and centre to kill my insecurity.
I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't know.
a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people.
Actors, by very definition, we want people to pay attention to us, and so usually, that comes in the package of insecurity. So if we're not comfortable, we don't really show you a lot.
I write with a sense of my future readers being ever on the verge of setting down the book and pronouncing it a bore. Fear and insecurity are great motivators.
If we're willing to give up hope that insecurity and pain can be eliminated, then we can have the courage to relax with the groundlessness of our situation. This is the first step on the path.
To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation.
National politics and elections are dominated by emotions, by lack of self-confidence, by fear of the other, by insecurity, by infection of the body politic by the virus of victimhood.
Suffering for your art is most definitely overrated but I do get a certain, I don't know, satisfaction from being able to deal with my paranoia and insecurity.
The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.
Modi's masterstroke has always been to blur the battlelines and construct an artificial enemy one that plays into primal instincts of pride and insecurity.
Here is what I know. When you're running a successful company or an organization, you can take this human equation to the bank: underconfidence plus insecurity always equals paranoia and backstabbing.
The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
Chronic insecurity will not be overcome by minimum wage laws, tax credits, means-tested benefits, or workfare.
Don't let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don't like them.
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.
I guess I had that insecurity of missing out on the normal things that everybody else does. With all the traveling I was doing I felt I was leaving something behind.
