Quotes about Insecurity

A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity. Votes: 5

Insecurity is an ugly thing. It makes you hate people you don't even know. Votes: 4

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

Insecurity, thy name is teenager. Votes: 3

Insecurity is a wonderful motivator. Votes: 3

Insecurity is a waste of time. Votes: 3

Insecurity kills all that is beautiful. Votes: 3

Insecurity isn't an attractive quality in a man. Votes: 3

Insecurity is love dressed in a child's clothing. Votes: 3

Insecurity is at the heart of every rivalry. Votes: 3

Insecurity is not just a state of mind. Votes: 3

Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure. Votes: 3

Insecurity, however, is a luxury on which I never economize. Votes: 3

Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order. Votes: 3

The twenty-first century is, and will remain, the Age of Insecurity. Votes: 3

Insecurity's best cover is perfectionism. That's where it becomes an art form. Votes: 3

Insecurity exists in the absence of knowledge. All security derives from knowledge. Votes: 3

Insecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it. Votes: 3

Insecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn't even write them down. Votes: 3

Insecurity is like herpes. It's not going anywhere. May as well learn to laugh at it. Votes: 3

Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor. Votes: 3

Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade. Votes: 3

Insecurity breeds treachery: if you are kind to people who hate themselves, they will hate you as well. Votes: 3

Insecurity is a toxin and confidence is a tonic, so make the choice not to dwell on the worst possible case. Votes: 3

Insecurity is the worst sense that lovers feel: sometimes the most humdrum desireless marriage seems better. Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. Votes: 3

Insecurity is the worst sense that lovers feel; sometimes the most humdrum desireless marriage seems better. Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. Votes: 3

Insecurity prevents young artists from 'flying' and older artists from being 'down to earth.' Young artists should work on their confidence and the older ones on their humility. Votes: 3

But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confidence is the key to prosperity. Insecurity spreads like contagion. So people crave stability and order. Votes: 3

Insecurity is miserable. That's the bottom line. We don't need it. We don't want it. And we really can live without it. So what would happen if we quite being accomplices in our own misery? Votes: 3

Every once a week, I get up and feel that I cannot act any more. I just get very unsure of myself. But, once I give my first shot, I'm back on track. Insecurity isn't bad, it makes me work harder. Votes: 3

Insecurity must follow the transfer of responsibility from self to others, particularly when transferred to arbitrary and capricious government. Genuine security is a matter of self-responsibility, based on the right to the fruits of one's own labor and freedom to trade. Votes: 3

Insecurity is a natural part of human nature, and there are times we feel our stories are not worth telling, so we turn to the people we admire for strength. If we dress like someone everyone thinks is cool, perhaps we'll be seen as cool. Votes: 3

Most bad behaviour comes from insecurity. Votes: 2

Only the insecure strive for security. Votes: 2

Comparison is the thief of joy. Votes: 2

Self-preservation has a tendency to lead to poverty. Votes: 2

I am no artist - please come and help me. Votes: 2

Inside it drives me crazy, my insecurities could eat me alive. Votes: 2

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us. Votes: 2

I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind. Votes: 2

There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity. Votes: 2

Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity. Votes: 2

It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams. Votes: 2

Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security Votes: 2

I feel much safer faced with a blank sheet of paper than I do with a real person. Votes: 2

I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me. Votes: 2

I think insecurity does drive people. I know it's what drove me to push for the work I've got. Votes: 2

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. Votes: 2

I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle of insecurity. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

An exciting and inspiring future awaits you beyond the noise in your mind, beyond the guilt, doubt, fear, shame, insecurity and heaviness of the past you carry around. Votes: 2

Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity. Votes: 2

Don't let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don't like them. Votes: 2

I became disconnected from the childlike play that art could be. I spent so much time fearing I wasn't good enough that I lost the sense that my artistic expression was worthy. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out. Votes: 2

Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. Votes: 2

I have a very positive attitude in life. My insecurity, fear and need to know about tomorrow has fortunately eased. What is going to happen will happen anyway. So why break my head over it? Votes: 2

I have made plenty of mistakes. The key to life is to learn from them. I have been a little too introspective, but I think that stemmed from insecurity or shyness. I took a long time to grow up. Votes: 2

Just dash something down if you see a blank canvas staring at you with a certain imbecility. You do not know how paralyzing it is, that staring of a blank canvas which says to the painter: you don't know anything. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

The quickest way to defuse fear or insecurity or anger is usually humor. I think comics figure that out quickly, and, once you figure it out, you think, 'Hey, if I can do this and get paid, that would be kind of cool. Votes: 2

I always have a curious sort of feeling about some of my things - I hate to show them - I am perfectly inconsistent about it - I am afraid people won't understand - and I hope they won't - and am afraid they will. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur. Votes: 2

He seemed to be talking about my fears, my insecurity, and my unwillingness to see what was wonderful because tomorrow it might disappear and I might suffer. The gods throw the dice, and they don't ask whether we want to be in the game or not. Votes: 2

I am a bit of a fundamentalist when it comes to black women's hair. Hair is hair - yet also about larger questions: self-acceptance, insecurity and what the world tells you is beautiful. For many black women, the idea of wearing their hair naturally is unbearable. Votes: 2

We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity can become an asset; it makes you aware of your need to be with people and it allows you to be more willing to look at their needs. Votes: 2

In religion, there's a certain type of fear that if somebody believes differently from me, that it's a threat. Because I'm right, and there cannot be two ways that are right, so if I'm right, anything different than this must be wrong; and we attack those things and it's really due to insecurity, ego and fear. Votes: 2

I think my greatest insecurity would just be standing in the middle of the room and having everyone watching me thinking that's what I want. If I am interesting to you because of who I am, then that's incredible. But if I'm interesting to you only because of what I am, then let's not bother, you know? Votes: 2

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 have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it. Votes: 2

I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for several years. Which is trying to find a way to not let the insecurity of my profession get the better of me and make me crazy. I'm trying to find a way to maintain my own personal balance in the midst of everything. Votes: 2

Urgency is insecurity. Votes: 0

Envy derives from insecurity. Votes: 0

jealously lives with insecurity! Votes: 0

I was wracked with insecurity. Votes: 0

The hallmark of insecurity is bravado. Votes: 0

Most bad behavior comes from insecurity. Votes: 0

Creative people are 50% ego and 50% insecurity. Votes: 0

Imitation is the sincerest form of insecurity. Votes: 0

I love playing ego and insecurity combined. Votes: 0

Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity. Votes: 0

All belief is a cover-up for insecurity Votes: 0

People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love. Votes: 0

Cultural creation... begins where chaos and insecurity end. Votes: 0

Cool superiority as a mask for overflowing insecurity. Votes: 0

Jealousy takes root in the soil of insecurity. Votes: 0

Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity. Votes: 0

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism. Votes: 0

The key to every actor is deep, deep insecurity. Votes: 0

Welcome to a life of insecurity and paralyzing self-doubt. Votes: 0

Im a combination between extreme insecurity and extreme confidence. Votes: 0

There is no external solution to the problem of insecurity. Votes: 0

Failure is not about insecurity. It's about lack of execution. Votes: 0

Western media only intensified the climate of fear and insecurity Votes: 0

I have a strange combination of fearlessness and massive insecurity. Votes: 0

Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness. Votes: 0

Prejudice comes from insecurity and its spiritually infantile need of belonging. Votes: 0

I don't miss the economic insecurity, the living paycheck to paycheck. Votes: 0

I think what ruins relationships and causes most fights is insecurity. Votes: 0

The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity. Votes: 0

I have always been a combination of both security and insecurity. Votes: 0

Bankruptcy exposes the economic vulnerability and insecurity of middle class women. Votes: 0

I function better in an atmosphere of inner insecurity and fear. Votes: 0

The farther we get away from the land, the greater our insecurity. Votes: 0

You cannot have security at the expense of the insecurity of others Votes: 0

Knife crime and gun crime is poverty-driven, and poverty leads to insecurity. Votes: 0

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. Votes: 0

Without a job all there is to life is boredom and insecurity. Votes: 0

jealousy is conceived only in insecurity and must be nourished in fear. Votes: 0

It can be easy to get caught up in craziness or insecurity. Votes: 0

The fashion industry [is] built on, and thrives on, our collective insecurity. Votes: 0

Bullies often act out by marshaling aggression to cover up for insecurity. Votes: 0

Much hostile and aggressive behaviour among animals is the expression of social insecurity. Votes: 0

There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of economic insecurity. Votes: 0

When you are warm-hearted, there is no room for anger, jealousy or insecurity. Votes: 0

He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity. Votes: 0

The beauty of enmity is insecurity; the beauty of friendship is in security. Votes: 0

How much of fashion is fueled by insecurity - for better or worse? Votes: 0

My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors. Votes: 0

Envy is a sign of insecurity, yes; but so is longing to be envied. Votes: 0

My view is that we're entering into a situation of enormous instability, insecurity, fragility. Votes: 0

I've learned from personal experience that insecurity and doubting yourself can really hurt you. Votes: 0

Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive? Votes: 0

There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering. Votes: 0

It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar. Votes: 0

I think my father had a certain degree of insecurity and need to achieve. Votes: 0

Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity Votes: 0

I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity. Votes: 0

I think my biggest flaw is my insecurity. I'm terribly insecure. I'm plagued with insecurities 24/7. Votes: 0

The bottom line is that it's better to run a workforce on security than insecurity. Votes: 0

Your insecurity and neediness is what makes you a big neurotic ball of comedy genius. Votes: 0

At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69. Votes: 0

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. Votes: 0

I just think that when my confidence meets other people's insecurity, that equals Kanye's arrogant. Votes: 0

Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery. Votes: 0

The level of jealousy and insecurity in this industry [restaurant] is far greater than ever before. Votes: 0

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism. So I distance myself, because I feel everything. Votes: 0

I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity. Votes: 0

Aggressiveness is good in a combat leader. Combining that with ambition and insecurity becomes more problematic. Votes: 0

My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too. Votes: 0

I believe in the eternal security of the believer and in the insecurity of the make-believer. Votes: 0

Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best. Votes: 0

Cling to your insecurity, in this world, it's the only thing you can be sure of. Votes: 0

The more the level of insecurity is reduced, the more the level of faith will grow. Votes: 0

We live in a culture where were bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity. Votes: 0

We live in a culture where we're bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity. Votes: 0

Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity Votes: 0

Don't get offended, there's no need for insecurity, Age is but a number, it's all about maturity. Votes: 0

In the end, I think, the state's rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness. Votes: 0

I couldn't help feeling people thought I was a moron, and my self-imposed insecurity constantly bedeviled me. Votes: 0

The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. Votes: 0

It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience. Votes: 0

With our sense of self out of the the way we are liberated from doubt and insecurity. Votes: 0

The very fact that the youthful soul feels insecure strengthens its active aspiration to master its insecurity. Votes: 0

I have been feeling very much lately that cheerful insecurity is what our Lord asks of us. Votes: 0

If you want a strong future: Becoming secure with insecurity is the best security you can have. Votes: 0

Global food insecurity is increasing...the slim excess of growth in food production over population is narrowing. Votes: 0

Me? I stand for uncertainty, insecurity, bad taste, fun, and things that go boom in the night. Votes: 0

I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does. Votes: 0

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity. Votes: 0

Do I really deserve this pleasure? This is American, too-the insecurity about whether we have earned our happiness. Votes: 0

The earthquake of discomfort you feel moving inside of you when someone insults you is your own insecurity. Votes: 0

But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity. Votes: 0

The ability to grow is directly related to the amount of insecurity you can take in your life. Votes: 0

Night will always be a time of fear and insecurity, and the heart will sink with the sun. Votes: 0

I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity. Votes: 0

One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit. Votes: 0

Craving security is the cause of insecurity. Freedom is knowing that the only point of arrival is now. Votes: 0

My biggest insecurity is that my personality is too much, and as I get older, it's just getting bigger, Votes: 0

I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity. Votes: 0

Carrying on as usual carries enormous risks, condemning today's students to a world of constant insecurity and frequent catastrophes. Votes: 0

Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness. Votes: 0

I grew up with a great sense of insecurity in figuring out what I was and where I belonged. Votes: 0

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. Votes: 0

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity. Votes: 0

Uncertainty would be the only certainty there's, and realizing how to stay with insecurity could be the only protection Votes: 0

Most men have an insecurity of some sort. But we're brought up to believe that we can't show them. Votes: 0

Creative ideas come to the intuitive person who can face up to the insecurity of looking beyond the obvious. Votes: 0

The reasons for food insecurity are many and varied. But part of the problem is the global farming systems. Votes: 0

The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel. Votes: 0

The problem with the British film industry is the nervousness and insecurity about - and genuflection toward - Los Angeles. Votes: 0

Governments commit more crimes upon persons and property and contribute more to their insecurity than all [the] criminals put together. Votes: 0

There’s a special place in hell for men who convince women their intuition is insecurity to protect their duplicity. Votes: 0

He knows which fighters to steal, how to exploit anyone's vice, vanity or insecurity and make a profit for himself. Votes: 0

No INSECURITY makes us sociopathic; too much makes us paranoid; but a little keeps us humble and introspective-a good thing... Votes: 0

The finest people, as people go, cannot help but betray a fair portion of fear and insecurity, even full-blown panic. Votes: 0

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good. Votes: 0

Each project, I suffer like I'm starting over again in life. There's a lot of healthy insecurity that fuels this stuff. Votes: 0

I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,...an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive. Votes: 0

She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one. Votes: 0

The greatest antidote to insecurity & sense of fear is compassion. It brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength. Votes: 0

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts. Votes: 0

Be patient with yourself and take heart. Your self-confidence will grow if you seek challenges and worry less about the initial insecurity. Votes: 0

One of the gifts our planet gave us is to love completely. Without jealousy or insecurity or fear. Without pettiness. Without anger. Votes: 0

a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people. Votes: 0

A lot of people think my sarcasm comes from insecurity and defensiveness, but I assure you I'm just being petty and cruel. Votes: 0

Love does not experience insecurity because love is aware of its own power.From the book - The 7 Mystical Laws of Self-healing Votes: 0

I used to have insecurity about my finances, then I announced that I had debt, and now I don't have any insecurities. Votes: 0

To rush to throw away your magazine business and move it on the iPad is just sheer insanity and insecurity and fear. Votes: 0

The door to God is the insecurity of not knowing anything. Bear the grace of that uncertainty and all wisdom will be yours. Votes: 0

The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children. Votes: 0

Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover's insecurity. Votes: 0

She smiles through a thousand tears, and harbors adolescent fears. She dreams of all that she can never be, she wades in insecurity. Votes: 0

To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation. Votes: 0

Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of our lives. Votes: 0

Despite my confidence and self-belief, I've always wrestled with feelings of insecurity. To be honest, I think most people in show business are insecure. Votes: 0

Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. Votes: 0

Many new lovers and spouses struggle to reconcile themselves with their partners' relationship history, but it's an insecurity I left behind in my 20s. Votes: 0

Maybe that's why there's an insecurity sometimes in acting, because it's not like there's a correlation between hard work and how people receive you. Votes: 0

I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my (well-earned) insecurity. Votes: 0

True security lies in the unrestrained embrace of insecurity - in the recognition that we never really stand on solid ground, and never can. Votes: 0

The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. Votes: 0

True security lies in the unrestrained embrace of insecurity - in the recognition that we never really stand on solid ground, and never can." Votes: 0

Every actor is riddled with insecurity, of course. But weirdly, I don't really find that I'd be daunted with taking on roles or anything. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I have the show because I'm insecure. It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience. Votes: 0

Spiritual growth-looking inward-is replacing the pursuit of external power-reaching outward to manipulate and control-as the cure for the insecurity at the core of human experience. Votes: 0

I had a great deal of arrogance and a great deal of bravado, but I think the bravado was brought on by a huge insecurity. Votes: 0

Lack of self-worth is the fundamental source of all emotional pain. A feeling of insecurity, unworthiness and lack of valueis the core experience of powerlessness. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The biggest insecurity I had was my singing. Even though I had sold 70 million records, there was this feeling like, I'm not good at this. Votes: 0

Now anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity. It is the fruit of unanswered questions. But questions cannot go unanswered unless they first be asked. Votes: 0

For my money, insecurity, depression, etc, can be healed by way of El Morocco, sad songs at 4am, and the pop of a champagne cork Votes: 0

Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It's a really frightening life. Votes: 0

It is equally demonstrable that so far as Texas is concerned, there have been equal confusion, insecurity and injustice in the administration of the State governments. Votes: 0

These are the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Sloth. These are the seven deadly sins: venality, paranoia, insecurity, excess, carnality, contempt, boredom. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Unhealthy eating habits cause major health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease, and can also lead to food insecurity, disrupted eating patterns, and low self-esteem. Votes: 0

I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't know. Votes: 0

I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways. Votes: 0

Everything was going for me, I didn't even know the meaning of the word insecurity and suddenly I am surrounded by words like operation, cancer, chemotherapy, radiation. Votes: 0

Yes, Louise Brooks was beautiful and intelligent, and she could be very funny, but obviously there was a deep insecurity there, a real destructive rage and immaturity. Votes: 0

Lyrics always fall short with the amount of energy thrown into the playing. Lyrics to some extent are just the product of a singer's insecurity with singing. Votes: 0

A bright man of conviction and action is a beacon to his country,but a flash light to the scurrying of inaction, ego, and insecurity of lesser men. Votes: 0

Other people's belief changes you. We all have insecurity, and uncertainty, and to have that glow cast over you by somebody that you respect, makes a gigantic difference. Votes: 0

The measure of self-assurance is how deeply and sincerely interested you are in others; the measure of insecurity is how much you try to impress them with you. Votes: 0

Suffering for your art is most definitely overrated but I do get a certain, I don't know, satisfaction from being able to deal with my paranoia and insecurity. Votes: 0

The surface of American life looks smooth, prosperous, peaceful. But underneath, fault-line shifts in family and work life have led us into what some have called 'advanced insecurity. Votes: 0

In other characters, it's driven by insecurity, or it's driven by fear, or - there's always a driver. And all the physical manifestations, you need your way in. Votes: 0

I'm walking insecurity. Without all this makeup, I look like a refugee when I get up in the morning.... I generally look like one major bowwow. I mean arf. Votes: 0

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence. Votes: 0

I think that some people from other regions expect us to be like that so I think they overcompensate for that sometimes and they're victims to their own insecurity. Votes: 0

The surface of American life looks smooth, prosperous, peaceful. But underneath, fault-line shifts in family and work life have led us into what some have called 'advanced insecurity.' Votes: 0

A daughter of God knows that insecurity is not an excuse for doing evil to others, nor will God rest until caring for everyone is a lesson you learn. Votes: 0

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity. Votes: 0

Secret courts making secret rulings on secret laws, and companies flagrantly lying to consumers about the insecurity of their products and services, undermine the very foundations of our society. Votes: 0

The derision comes from snobbery, which I think is the worst thing for art and music. I don't think there's any place for it and it comes from insecurity. Votes: 0

To make sense of a world in which rapid change and globalisation create genuine insecurity, we need benchmarks by which we can judge our actions and their long-term impact. Votes: 0

National politics and elections are dominated by emotions, by lack of self-confidence, by fear of the other, by insecurity, by infection of the body politic by the virus of victimhood. Votes: 0

There are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground. Votes: 0

Low-income people everywhere will be at risk of food insecurity due to loss of assets, absence of alternative livelihood options and lack of adequate insurance coverage from extreme weather events. Votes: 0

Envy, jealousy, revenge and negativity are some of the basic instinct of women. They cannot help it. We prefer negative thoughts at first place due to the feeling of insecurity. Votes: 0

I never went to acting school. I started in the circus, music hall, I was in a group, did kids bits. Ive always had this kind of insecurity being uneducated. Votes: 0

I write with a sense of my future readers being ever on the verge of setting down the book and pronouncing it a bore. Fear and insecurity are great motivators. Votes: 0

For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity. Votes: 0

I never went to acting school. I started in the circus, music hall, I was in a group, did kids' bits. I've always had this kind of insecurity being uneducated. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best. Votes: 0

I think models in general have a certain insecurity about themselves because they're known for being beautiful, so they have to prove to everybody they have personality and they are intelligent. Votes: 0

A community which refuses to welcome - whether through fear, weariness, insecurity, a desire to cling to comfort, or just because it is fed up with visitors - is dying spiritually. Votes: 0

Arrogance really comes from insecurity, and in the end our feeling that we are bigger than others is really the flip side of our feeling that we are smaller than others. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Our true identity is to love without fear and insecurity. Our higher potential finds us when we set our course in that direction. The power of love and compassion transforms insecurity. Votes: 0

We hide in relationships. We hide in material possessions. We hide in ambitions, secret desires, hates, frustrations, jealousy, self-ptiy, in our insecurity - and more than anything our vanity and our egotism. Votes: 0

It's a withdrawal of love, coupled with rejection. That combination is hard to accept, and often triggers feelings of not good enough, failure at relationship, insecurity, lack of trust and other feelings. Votes: 0

When we forgive, our emotions evolve and reveal the futility of carrying the baggage of anger, antipathy, hostility and hatred. We emerge out of those dark corridors of fear, angst and insecurity. Votes: 0

I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The economic insecurity of the past ten to 15 years, the 2008 Wall Street crash, NAFTA, and the loss of millions of good jobs - these directly grow out of Democratic Party neo-liberal policies. Votes: 0

I did not write about that kind of insecurity and anxiety between myself and my brothers, because my father was the dominant male figure as I was growing up in that home. Votes: 0

At the level at which I work with people, their great talent is paired with great insecurity. Self-doubt is literally the twin of self-confidence. And I have to be there for both. Votes: 0

I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what would keep you always in your innocence, no matter what the business did. Votes: 0

The inescapable fact is that when we build a society based on greed, selfishness, and ruthless competition, the fruits we can expect to reap are economic insecurity at home and international discord abroad. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

We are precarious. Which is to say some good things (accumulation of diverseknowledges, skills and abilities through work and life experiences in permanentconstruction), and a lot of bad ones (vulnerability, insecurity, poverty, socialexposure). Votes: 0

People who pay the price for security may never really feel secure rather the more their insecurity grows inside them because they are paying the price for action but not their internal reaction Votes: 0

At the same time, [princess Margaret] had a fragility and an insecurity in who she was and her position, because her sister had always got the education ever since David [Edward VIII] abdicated. Votes: 0

It is in meeting the great tests that mankind can most successfully rise to great heights. Out of danger and restless insecurity comes the force that pushes mankind to newer and loftier conquests. Votes: 0

Anybody who is in #‎ freelance work, especially #‎ artistically , knows that it comes with all the #‎ insecurity and the ups and downs. It's a really frightening #‎ life . Votes: 0

Food insecurity and hunger are serious threats to children's health, growth, and development. The idea of not being able to put plentiful, nutritious food on the table for my girls is a horrifying thought. Votes: 0

Actors in general have some place in them that can be sensitive and easily damaged: not damaged in a bad way, but insecurity, because that's what it breeds, especially in females and female-lead types. Votes: 0

The climate is not tomorrow. The climate is a year off or maybe 10 years off. So we have to be really clear that we're solving the crisis of economic insecurity at the same time. Votes: 0

I try as hard as I know how to keep my reader relating on a broad level so I don't lead her someplace where she thinks that's the only thing that could cause insecurity. Votes: 0

Mental tensions, frustrations, insecurity, aimlessness are among the most damaging stressors, and psychosomatic studies have shown how often they cause migraine headache, peptic ulcers, heart attacks, hypertension, mental disease, suicide, or just hopeless unhappiness. Votes: 0

Autonomous people, nations, and systems can promote each other's welfare; they do not have to fight each other like those whose inner insecurity and immaturity continually demand the demarcation of limits and postures of intimidation. Votes: 0

Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another--physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion. Votes: 0

I purposefully did not want to watch anything I've done so far; I actually don't like looking at my face, so I don't like watching myself on the screen. It's an insecurity thing I have. Votes: 0

I've been married too many times. How terrible to change children's affiliations, their affections - to give them the insecurity of placing their trust in someone when maybe that someone won't be there next year. Votes: 0

It's designed to carry forward the neoliberal project to maximize profit and domination, and to set the working people in the world in competition with one another so as to lower wages to increase insecurity Votes: 0

I'm like a lion - I roar. If someone betrays me, I won't be a victim. I don't sulk, I get angry. I go immediately into retaliation. But it always comes from insecurity or pain. Votes: 0

To identify yourself with your personality is more or less a reflex. You must see, when the reflex comes up, that it is a kind of feeling of insecurity; you are looking for a hold. Votes: 0

It is very hard to stay in touch with our true identity because those who want our money, our time, and our energy profit more from our insecurity and fears than from our inner freedom. Votes: 0

Irony is based on insecurity; people like to not like things because they don't understand them. Votes: -1