Quotes about Insecurity

We become addicted to approval when we base our self-worth on how people treat us or on what we believe they think about us.

Insecurity, self-doubt, and fear can totally prevent us from ever reaching our full potential. But if our confidence is in Christ rather than in ourselves, we are free to develop our potential because we are free from the fear of failure.

Some people hold on to a position or title for dear life; they hold on so tight, in fact, that they sabotage their own lives in the process.

Even though I have not mastered it, I now have a better sense of what makes us want others to think well of us, and how we can prevent that desire from ruling in our hearts. False Narrative: My Value Is Determined by Your Assessment

We fall in love because we long to escape from ourselves with someone as beautiful, intelligent, and witty as we are ugly, stupid, and dull. But what if such a perfect being should one day turn around and decide they will love us back? We can only be somewhat shocked-how can they be as wonderful as we had hoped when they have the bad taste to approve of someone like us?

My very addictive personality and all sorts of strongholds are a thing of the past for me. Yet at the root of every single one of those issues was insecurity, something I had battled since childhood.

Doubt is just another color of fear.

What if God didn't want me, either? Where does one go if the Almighty rejects you?

man, letting all her doubts fade

Why do Canadians sell themselves short? I've never been able to answer that question.

I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.

I've always been envious of certainty, of people who always seemed to have a plan for their lives.