Insecurity Quotes

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
Robert A. Heinlein

Jealousy, Person, Neurotic

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.
Albert Einstein

Nature, Science, Mind

A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.
Dalai Lama

Deep, Sense, Results

Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
Naomi Campbell

Anger, Loneliness, Based

Most bad behavior comes from insecurity.
Debra Winger

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

Able, Ourselves, Task

Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you.
Bobby Darin

Love, God, Truth

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

Nature, Time, Human

Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.
Jasmine Guy

Judgment, Height

The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
Erich Fromm

Person, Able, Himself

Most bad behaviour comes from insecurity.
Debra Winger

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.
Jim Carrey

Love, Ego, Playing

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, Problems, Wealth

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

Insecure, Creative, Makes

I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.
Tom Hooper

Best, Self, Person

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

Playing, Create, Safe

Bad directors will tell you they absolutely know how to do it, and how it has to happen; there's this insecurity that leads them to feeling like they have to control everything.
Molly Parker

Bad, Feeling, Everything

For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.
Frank Gehry

Working, Start, Sure

I think anybody with an insecurity, which is everyone, appreciates the fact that it's much easier to be a predator than it is to be prey.
James Van Der Beek

Everyone, Fact, Anybody

It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
Vin Diesel

Dreams, Standing, Chasing

Guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. With the primal urge to be alpha comes extreme heartbreak. The harder we fight, the harder we fall.
John Krasinski

Fight, Fall, Guys

She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one.
Boy George

Great, Big, She

Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky.
Ryan Reynolds

Time, Put, Acting

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

Play, Create, Safe

I think my biggest flaw is my insecurity. I'm terribly insecure. I'm plagued with insecurities 24/7.
Madonna Ciccone

Insecure, Biggest, Flaw

Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.
Andrew Cohen

Women, Men, Experience

Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
Harold W. Dodds

Best, Force, Requires

Insecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it.
Catherine Keener

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.
Arthur Erickson

Everything, America, Brave

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.
Lauryn Hill

Fear, Black, Thought

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