Being Insecure Quotes

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  I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.

  Adele

  Funny, Hater, Bullying

  "Adele Talks Body Image Pride, Pre-Show Sickness In Vogue UK". Vogue Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2011.

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• Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Fear, Insecure

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• As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Strength, Confidence

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.11, Pan Macmillan

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• You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, God, Christian

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Play, Safety, Insecurity

  "Servant of Peace : A Selection of the Speeches and Statements of Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the United Nations". Book by Dag Hammarskjold, 1962.

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  Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

  Bernard Baruch

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• I never have been insecure, because I see what a waste it is. I know there is a solution to insecurity. I don't tend to be thrown by problems that don't have solutions. And insecurity has a wealth of alternatives.

  Drew Barrymore

  Insecure, Insecurity, Alternatives

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• Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, Smile, Graduation

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• The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

  Steven Furtick

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.

  Barry Gibb

  Insecure, People, Insecurity

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• There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspiring, Confidence, Children

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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• The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

  Erich Fromm

  Business, Inner Peace, Insecurity

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• I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It's the bully who's insecure.

  Shay Mitchell

  Bullying, Insecure, Being Bullied

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• When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl.

  Lady Gaga

  Girl, Morning, Insecure

  "The Broken Heart and Violent Fantasies of Lady Gaga". Interview with Neil Strauss, www.rollingstone.com. July 8, 2010.

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• When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.

  Ernie Banks

  Sports, Morning, Insecure

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• I think I can get a little passionate about things that I believe in and maybe that can be a little intense for people. And I think a lot of that stuff comes out of the need of wanting to belong, and being insecure and uncomfortable.

  Liza Weil

  Believe, Insecure, Thinking

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• It was a very vulnerable time going from being insecure about my body and who I am to becoming comfortable with me. I had to tune out what the hell everybody else had to say about who I was. When I was able to do that, I felt free.

  Queen Latifah

  Insecure, Who I Am, Tunes

  Biography/Personal, www.imdb.com.

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• My confidence wavers between being genuine and being insecure.

  Bob Saget

  Insecure, Genuine

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. December 02, 2010.

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• I think imperfection is beauty. Instead of being insecure about my muscles, I've learned to love them. I don't even think of it as a flaw anymore because it's made me into the athlete that I am.

  Aly Raisman

  Athlete, Insecure, Thinking

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• The security of computers and the Internet is a horrible and dangerous mess. Every week we hear about breaches of databases of Social Security numbers and financial information and health records, and about critical infrastructure being insecure.

  Matt Blaze

  Insecure, Numbers, Records

  Source: www.politico.com

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• I wanted to start a website for teenaged girls that was not kind of this one-dimensional strong character empowerment thing, because one thing that can be very alienating about a misconception of feminism is that girls then think that to be feminists, they have to live up to being perfectly consistent in their beliefs, never being insecure, never having doubts, having all the answers...and this is not true and actually, recognizing all the contradictions I was feeling became easier once I realized that feminism was not a rule book but a discussion, a conversation, a process.

  Tavi Gevinson

  Girl, Strong, Badass

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