Quotes about Insecurity

Fear is the original sin, wrote John Foster. Almost all the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something.

Jealousy and stupidity really do most of the harm that is done in the world.

Jane did not like Phyllis. Sometimes Jane thought drearily that there must be something the matter with her when there were so many people she didn't like.

Seems to me you must always have been afraid to be young. It takes courage, I can tell you that

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

What is so frightening is the extent to which we may idealize others when we have such trouble tolerating ourselves

Has the community served to make individuals free, strong, and mature, or has it made them insecure and dependent? Has it taken them by the hand for a while so that they would learn again to walk by themselves, or has it made them anxious and unsure?

Pick up a yardstick to measure your life against anyone else's, and you've just picked up a stick and beaten up your own soul.

It's pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa.

I struggled with insecurity because I was trying to find my security in things. But when I began serving God with all my heart, my security was in Him.

I don't. I don't want anybody else to touch you. I'm silly. I get furious if they touch you.

The roots of envy always run deeper and wider than the relationship in which it surfaces.