Insecure People Quotes

• Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel.

  Persis Khambatta

  Fear, Insecure, People

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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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• Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.

  Alyssa Milano

  Insecure, Careers, People

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• We have an epidemic of insecure people in our society today.

  Joyce Meyer

  Motivational, Insecure, Epidemics

  Joyce Meyer (2016). “Overload: How to Unplug, Unwind and Free Yourself from the Pressure of Stress”, p.114, Hachette UK

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• Every athlete has doubts. Elite runners in particular are insecure people. You need someone to affirm that what you are doing is right.

  Lynn Jennings

  Running, Athlete, Insecure

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• Insecure people have a special sensitivity for anything that finally confirms their own low opinion of themselves.

  Sue Grafton

  Insecure, People, Special

  Sue Grafton (2012). “Kinsey Millhone: First Three Novels”, p.206, Pan Macmillan

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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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• Models are some of the most insecure people I've ever met. They're constantly being told that they're not good enough. You've really got to practice loving yourself.

  Miranda Kerr

  Insecure, Loving Yourself, Practice

  "Miranda Kerr: 'Models Are Some of The Most Insecure People I've Met'". Interview with Katie Connor, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 1, 2013.

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• Odd how often blood is shed to obtain freedom from those in power. Oppressors must be the most insecure people in the world.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Leadership, Wisdom, Spring

  Twitter post from Dec 08, 2013

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• I think it comes down to the type of personality that the performing arts seem to attract. And that's outgoing, very sensitive - sometimes incredibly insecure - people, that for some reason need a lot of validation. They have a lot that they have to get out, and they choose one of the hardest professions in the world in which to exist, being as sensitive as you need to be.

  Audra McDonald

  Art, Insecure, Thinking

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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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• In the first place, I'm pretty thorough about whom I choose. I instinctively look for the kind of actor who is going to be trusting. There are all kinds of insecure people out there called actors.

  Mike Leigh

  Insecure, People, Looks

  Interview with Chloe Veltman, www.believermag.com. March/April 2009.

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• Nearly 40% of all food in this country is wasted, and there are over 49 million food-insecure people in the United States. Clearly we have an enormous opportunity if we can find a way to retrieve the imperfect food and to feed the hungry.

  Dana Cowin

  Country, Insecure, Opportunity

  Source: www.cnn.com

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• Learn to spot and avoid "writer groupies." The writer's self-sufficiency and our love for our work tend to attract insecure people who never can get enough love. They grow jealous of our work and come to regard it as a rival. These people can destroy you, so kick them out of your life or don't admit them in the first place.

  Florence King

  Jealous, Insecure, Self

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• Our idea of a healthy body is so destabilised that insecure people have come to bolster their own bodies by deeming others - those with fat bodies - less worthy, less capable and less employable.

  Susie Orbach

  Insecure, Ideas, People

  "'Bodies are a big business'". Interview with Julia Korbik, www.theeuropean-magazine.com. December 29, 2014.

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• Leinenkugels makes better beer now that Miller bought them. It will license insecure people to like craft beers.

  Michael Jackson

  Beer, Insecure, People

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• Most x-rated films are advertised as "adult entertaintment,"for "mature adults," when in reality they are juvenile entertainment for immature and insecure people.

  Zig Ziglar

  Insecure, Reality, People

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