Insecurity Quotes

“Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed...normal.”

“Loud threats often indicate deep fears”

“No man, deep down in the privacy of his heart, has any considerable respect for himself.”

“jealousy is conceived only in insecurity and must be nourished in fear.”

“I took cooking classes when I was younger; girls weren't interested in me, and I thought I may be alone for the rest of my life.”

“What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me?”

“I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.”

“Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.”

“I just think that when my confidence meets other people's insecurity, that equals Kanye's arrogant.”

“Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.”

“Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves.”

“I was feeling insecure you might not love me anymore”

“Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity.”

“For a long time I wasn't listening to music, to the rock and roll stuff on the radio, because it would cause me to get sweaty. It would bring back memories I didn't want to know about, or I would get that feeling that I'm not alive 'cause I'm not making it. And if it was good, I hated it 'cause I wasn't doing it. And if it was bad, I was furious 'cause I could've done it better.”

“The main hangup in the world today is hypocrisy and insecurity. If people can't face up to the fact of other people being naked or smoking pot, or whatever they want to do, then we're never going to get anywhere. People have got to become aware that it's none of their business and that being nude is not obscene. Being ourselves is what's important. If everyone practiced being themselves instead of pretending to be what they aren't, there would be peace.”

“People who feel insecure in social situations never miss a chance to exhibit their dominance over close, submissive friends, whomthey put down publicly, in front of everyone--by teasing, for example.”

“The fact that I didn't finish school left me with a lifelong need to prove that I'm smart, prove it to myself, maybe to the world. I [also] needed to be - not the center of attention - but I needed to be able to attract attention when I wanted it, through my stunts and my fooling around physically with faces or postures or voices I would do. Those things are important elements in the drive behind all of this [my career].”

“The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.”

“I try not to see new comics - their acts or their films. Part of that is professional. I don't want to be influenced. But another part is fear and jealousy. I'm afraid to see how good they might be. I don't like that emotion, but it's part of me.”

“Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out of my mouth embarrasses me.”

“If you happen to have a wart on your nose or forehead, you cannot help imagining that no one in the world has anything else to do but stare at your wart, laugh at it, and condemn you for it, even though you have discovered America.”

“Of course my jokes are in poor taste, inappropriate, and confused; they reveal my lack of security. But that is because I have no respect for myself.”

“The more incompetent one feels, the more eager he is to fight.”

“A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.”

“Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as constantly under threat. This, by the way, is the case even if the ego is outwardly very confident.”