Insecurity Quotes - Page 5

• Insecurity is an ugly thing. It makes you hate people you don't even know.

  Drake

  Hate, Insecure, Ugly Things

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• I want you to forget all your insecurities. I want you to reject anyone of anything that's ever made you feel like you don't belong or don't fit in or made you fell like you're not good enough or pretty enough or thin enough or can't sing well enough or dance well enough or write a song well enough or like you'll never win a Grammy or you'll never sell out Madison Square Garden, you just remember that you're a goddamn superstar and you were born this way!

  Lady Gaga

  Letting Go, Want, Like You

  "Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden". TV Special, www.imdb.com. May 7, 2011.

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• It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which some find titillating.

  Stephen Bayley

  Shoes, Mechanic, Static

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• Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.

  Miranda Richardson

  People, Weakness, Tools

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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, Tasks

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• I'm actively working hard on learning to appreciate yourself no matter what. If what someone else says can easily derail you, it means your sense of self isn't that firmly established in the first place. It's an inside job. You're beautiful and worthy and totally unique. People insult each other based on their own insecurities - even though it may feel personal, it really never is. Really. Seriously.

  Emma Stone

  Inspirational, Motivational, Beautiful

  "The Really Amazing Spider-Man 2 Star Emma Stone On Tuning Out The Haters And Owning Who You Are". Interview With Brittany Burke, www.seventeen.com. May 2, 2014.

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• I used to have this dream that somebody was knocking at my door. I'd say 'Who is it?' and they'd answer 'Police.' I'd open the door and they would say to me, 'Pack your bags. We realized you have no talent.

  Leslie Nielsen

  Dream, Doors, Police

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

  John Lennon

  Life, Work, Express Yourself

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• Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.

  Germaine Greer

  Hate, Women, Memorable

  Germaine Greer (1970). “The female eunuch”, Macgibbon & Kee

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• Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Moving On, Moving Forward, Men

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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• I find it strange the way human nature wants heroes and yet wants to destroy their heroes. It's a kind of mass insecurity people want something to look up to and get a buzz off but, at the same time, want to destroy it because it makes them feel insecure.

  Danielle Dax

  Hero, Insecure, Want Something

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• I'm not sure that insecurity is a good enough excuse for that sort of behavior. We're all insecure, and I really think he's old enough to have discovered the reasons behind his insecurity, and do something about them." ...Lucy

  Jane Green

  Insecure, Thinking, Excuse

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• When you are really in love, you become vulnerable, and insecurities come out of nowhere.

  Laz Alonso

  Love You, Vulnerable

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches, I'm afraid of horses.

  Norman Mailer

  Horse, Women, Cat

  "The Presidential Papers (The Sixth Presidential Paper - A Kennedy Miscellany: An Impolite Interview)". Book by Norman Mailer, 1963.

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• Your dynamic with everyone will change when you graduate high school. High school is a pit of despair. It's a swirling tornado of insecurities and there's really nothing good about it.

  Kristen Bell

  School, Despair, Pits

  "Kristen Bell Interview YOU AGAIN". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 21, 2010.

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• Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

  Harold W. Dodds

  Spurs, Force, Insecurity And Fear

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• I feel much safer faced with a blank sheet of paper than I do with a real person.

  Selima Hill

  Real, Paper, Sheets

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• Welcome to a life of insecurity and paralyzing self-doubt.

  Adam Brody

  Self, Doubt, Welcome

  "The O.C.: The Chrismukkah That Almost Wasn't". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• Don't let fear stop you. Don't give up because you are paralyzed by insecurity or overwhelmed by the odds, because in giving up, you give up hope. Understand that failure is a process in life, that only in trying can you enrich yourself and have the possibility of moving forward. The greatest obstacle in life is fear and giving up because of it.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Giving Up, Moving, Don't Give Up

  Source: progressive.org

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• Men are not our problem; it's what we are trying to get from them that messes us up. We use guys like mirrors to see if we're valuable.

  Beth Moore

  Men, Mirrors, Guy

  Beth Moore (2010). “So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us”, p.7, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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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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• It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Mistake, Keys, Giving

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• I still think there is a huge emphasis on how women look, whether it's fitting a certain mold to play a certain type of character, or the idea that we might have insecurities based on the standards we see in the media.

  Lily Collins

  Character, Thinking, Media

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Fear, Insecure

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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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