I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, ‘My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don’t...

There were people who lied for gain, people who lied from pain, people who lied simply because the concept of telling the truth was utterly alien to them . . . and then there were...

Often romantic relationships fail because you are trying to get someone to fall in love with the YOU that you never discovered.

Insecurity off the Somali coast has escalated sharply. It is very worrying.

Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

My dreams tend to be either so obscure as to seem random, or so obviously connected to my subconscious that it’s embarrassing- as if even my hidden depths lack depth.

Reputation is what others think of us; character is what God knows of us. When you have spent what feels like eternity trying to repair a few moments of time that destroyed the view others...

In times of war, skepticism can be just cause for execution.

Envy is a sign of insecurity, yes; but so is longing to be envied.

Don’t be like an insecure person who only likes to be in a circle where he is the most successful one. Perhaps so that everyone in that circle would respect him. You should always position...

One of the most popular genital surgeries is labia minora reduction. When a similar procedure is performed on healthy girls in some African countries as a coming-of-age rite to control their sexuality, Westerners denounce it...

Chasing a person doesn’t give you value or build values in you. You earn your value by chasing morality and practicing dignity.

The problem with human attraction is not knowing if it will be returned.

Insecurity – the basis of most negative human interaction.

The hardest period in life is one’s twenties. It’s a shame because you’re your most gorgeous, and you’re physically in peak condition. But it’s actually when you’re most insecure and full of self-doubt. When you...

Only strong women, and they seem to be rare, can handle a frank and direct woman who doesn’t sweet-talk or need others to nerve her. You can identify the easily intimidated because they need a...

Behind closed doors, we’re all the fat uncool kid.

A Jewish man with his parents alive is half the time a helpless infant!

Insecurity was never humility; just as arrogance was never success.

People who have trouble questioning their own country often have trouble admitting fault in themselves, both of which come from insecurity and lack of humility.

We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist. So, for a time, if such a passion come to...

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

I was feeling insecure you might not love me anymore

Read it with sorrow and you will feel hate.Read it with anger and you will feel vengeful.Read it with paranoia and you will feel confusion.Read it with empathy and you will feel compassion.Read it with...

The earthquake of discomfort you feel moving inside of you when someone insults you is your own insecurity.

The hardest thing for a sane person to do is not care what anyone thinks, although everyone swears by it, hence our glorification of insanity.

Surely it is the one who fears he is wrong who avoids criticism. The one who is sure he is right invites it. It only illuminates the strength of beliefs and makes them more available...

You’ve grown up being special, and this is how most people live their lives…alone. On their own. Undecided. And they get used to that feeling. It’s just new for you.

I am convinced that the jealous, the angry, the bitter and the egotistical are the first to race to the top of mountains. A confident person enjoys the journey, the people they meet along the...

I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see...

When I feel threatened, vulnerable, or insecure, whether it from simply walking into a room of unknown people, meeting someone for the first time, an unexpected or expected confrontation, or doing something new, I affirm...

Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please other people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a...

You don’t have to knock anyone off their game to win yours. It doesn’t build you up to tear others down.

These trials are already taking place in an atmosphere of enormous insecurity,

I think there’s nothing about evolution in the Bible; I think this is a statement of religious insecurity. But people have their beliefs.

Often those that criticise others reveal what he himself lacks.

I recognized him then; that is, I finally comprehended what I had known but had never been able to formulate: he had always been complete. He had finished the work of becoming himself, long before...

It is so easy at times for a lonely individual to begin fantasizing about what the people outside are saying about him and, in result, irrationally and fearfully, and sometimes angrily, fancy himself a villain.

A blanket could be used to hide my shame and cover my insecurities. But so could a camouflaged condom.

It is common knowledge among psychologists that most of us underrate ourselves, short-change ourselves, sell ourselves short. Actually, there is no such thing as a superiority complex. People who seem to have one are actually...

No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person that loves their self and others.

Even the tallest trees always begin as a seed.

The older you get, the more you understand how your conscience works. The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people’s perception of you rather than people’s perception of you.

One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.

I scrupulously hide every legitimate reason for people to hate me, and it turns out they don’t need legitimate reasons. Heaven has fashioned a knife of irony to stab me with.

The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.

I’m always described as ‘cocksure’ or ‘with a swagger’, and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.

There came an awful day when I picked up the phone and knew at once, as one does with some old friends even before they speak, that it was Edward. He sounded as if he...

Staying with detractors is like sleeping in a room located just behind the public toilet. You will never feel comfortable until you relocate.