Quotes about Insecurity

When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn't I don't care.

Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.

When we have sold our identity to the judges of this world, we are bound to become restless, because of a growing need for affirmation and praise.

Most unsuccessful people let their fears and doubts have the final say in how they live their lives.

But in another moment she seemed to have descended from her womanly eminence to helpless and timorous girlhood; and he understood that her courage and initiative were all for others, and that she had none for herself. It was evident that the effort of speaking had been much greater than her studied composure betrayed, and that at his first word of reassurance she had dropped back into the usual, as a too adventurous child takes refuge in its mother's arms.

The fear of man is the sinful exaggeration of a normal experience.

A lingering sense that something was very wrong with him. That sense is called shame.

Some people are weak in their faith and testimonies but are not even aware of how precarious their situation is. Many of them likely would be offended at the suggestion.

People are really concerned with what other people are saying about them.

Men insist most vehemently upon their certainties when their hold upon them has been shaken.

The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that loves the status quo — even when it's not working. It attaches to past and present and fears the future.

The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling or changing or dying. The ego is that part of you that loves the status quo, even when it is not working. It attaches to past and present, and fears the future.