Insecure Quotes

• People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.

  Norman Cousins

  Dream, Fear, People

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• Only the insecure strive for security.

  Wayne Dyer

  Motivational, Spiritual, Insecurity

  Dr. Wayne W. Dyer (2014). “I Can See Clearly Now”, p.88, Hay House, Inc

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• If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

  T. Harv Eker

  Motivational, Confidence, Self Esteem

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Jun 29, 2014

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• If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different.

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  Travel, People, Feelings

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• If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.

  Tim Ferriss

  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Insecurity

  "The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich". Book by Tim Ferriss, 2007.

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• As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition, too.

  Johnny Depp

  Inspirational, Teenager, Ambition

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

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• Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

  Ralph Nader

  Twitter post from Sep 15, 2015

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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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• All men are not slimy warthogs. Some men are silly giraffes, some woebegone puppies, some insecure frogs. But if one is not careful, those slimy warthogs can ruin it for all the others.

  Cynthia Heimel

  Funny, Dog, Silly

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• The trouble with worrying so much about your security in the future is that you feel so insecure in the present.

  Harland Miller

  Worry, Trouble, Feels

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• An expectation is a shelter - it gives you a security feeling. So when someone breaks your expectations he is breaking your shelter, making you insecure, fearful.

  Rajneesh

  Anger, Giving, Expectations

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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

  Insecurity, Alternatives, Waste

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• There is so much more than that little space from 14 to 40. And if you cut that off and begin to believe that you are not good past a certain age, then you end up scared and insecure and afraid. That is definitely NOT beautiful.

  Rene Russo

  Funny, Birthday, Beautiful

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• I have insecurities. But whatever I'm insecure about, I don't dissect it, but I'll go after it and say, "What am I afraid of?" I bet the average successful person can tell you they've failed so much more than they've had success. I've had far more failures than I've had successes. With every commercial I've gotten, there were 200 I didn't get. You have to go after what you're afraid of.

  Kevin Sorbo

  Failure, Successful, Average

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• Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure.

  Seneca the Younger

  Land, Tyrants, Empires

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• I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.

  Evan Dando

  Insecurity, Way, Ready

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• I'm insecure about everything, because I'm never going to look in the mirror and see this blond, blue-eyed girl. That is my idea of what I'd like to look like.

  Cher

  Girl, Mirrors, Blue

  "Happy Birthday, Cher!" by Lynn Yaeger, www.vogue.com. May 20, 2015.

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• Actors are such an insecure breed.

  Joshua Leonard

  Actors

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• There's an insecure part of me that comes out of me, I get nervous. I don't know why, I wish I could overcome it because it gives me an anxiety feeling.

  Fred Durst

  Giving, Anxiety, Feelings

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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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• In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.

  Tony Snow

  Social, Bits, Security

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• I just think they're really insecure about themselves sometimes. I know all the girls, but we all work a lot and don't have time to hang out together. They're all really nice; I've never had a problem with any model.

  Adriana Lima

  Girl, Nice, Thinking

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• I was actually very ugly. I was ugly. I felt very insecure.

  Jessica Hahn

  Ugly, Felt

  "Encore Presentation: Interview with Jessica Hahn". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. July 24, 2005.

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• I'm so loud, as if I know what I'm on about, but deep inside, I'm so insecure. Just a little girl.

  Katie Price

  Girl, Littles, Loud

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• In Hollywood there are a lot of very insecure men running the business.

  Rosanna Arquette

  Running, Men, Insecurity

  "Many actresses hitting middle age find themselves desperate for good parts. Rosanna Arquette chases them down" by Edward Guthmann, www.sfgate.com. August 15, 2003.

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