Quotes about Insecurity

When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong.

I haven't always been confident enough to rock different styles because I used to be really shy.

I was always anxious about whether I'd find a career I loved or be able to afford to buy a house.

But more than that, I felt - no, not beautiful. Even on such a romantic day as this I could not persuade myself of that. I knew that my jaw was too square, my legs too long, my hands too large. But I earnestly believed - and all the books agreed - that I would look beautiful to the man who loved me.

We compare our behind-the-scenes with other people's highlight reels.

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

We are never free until we have no need to impress other people.

When I first got an agent, they gave me some advice--lose weight.

You don't know how paralyzing that is, that stare of a blank canvas, which says to the painter, 'You can't do a thing'.

So I have a horror of success.

No one is going to pay much attention to the person who has no confidence in himself.

I was never super comfortable playing music in front of people anyway. Now I enjoy it, but it wasn't the easiest thing to get past.