Insecurity Quotes - Page 28

• Since 1994, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have considered it politically risky to offer a plan to fix America's broken health care system. The American public, though, has paid the price for this silence as health care costs skyrocketed, millions went uninsured, and millions more grappled with financial insecurity and hardship.

  Ron Wyden

  America, Broken, Silence

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• Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity

  Max Lucado

  Optimism, Doubt, Enjoy

  Max Lucado (2009). “A Heart Like Jesus”, p.57, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.

  Thomas Merton

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Worry

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.13, Shambhala Publications

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

  Bruce Jenner

  Life, Insecure, Growth

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.

  Drew Barrymore

  Happiness, Beauty, Beautiful

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• There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, adventure, solitude, and peace. The way of a canoe is the way of the wilderness and of a freedom almost forgotten. It is an antidote to insecurity, the open door to waterways of ages past and a way of life with profound and abiding satisfactions. When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known.

  Sigurd F. Olson

  Distance, Adventure, Past

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• Everyone has their own insecurities, regardless of how you look or how people perceive you, but sometimes people give their insecurities too much power. Defining beauty is simply a matter of opinion. For me, real beauty has very little to do with the structure of someone's face or body.

  Devon Aoki

  Real, People, Giving

  "Supermodel Devon Aoki Beefed Up By Training With 30-Pound Gun". Interview with Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. June 19, 2009.

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• What do you think it is that drives people to want far more than they could ever use or need? I frankly think it's insecurity. How do we let the world know that the trappings of this life are not the things that are ultimately important for being accepted?

  Fred Rogers

  Thinking, People, Important

  "Mister Rogers' Money Tips" by Dayana Yochim, www.fool.com. January 20, 2006.

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• He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity.

  Sheldon B. Kopp

  Fear, Misery, Unfamiliar

  SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”

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• 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.

  Tim Ferriss

  Running, Home, Fishing

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• Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure.

  Piero Ferrucci

  Life, Adventure, Insecure

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• To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

  Francoise Sagan

  Happiness, Jealousy, Laughter

  1965 La Chamade, ch.9.

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• The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity.

  M. Scott Peck

  Real, Lying, Security

  M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

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• I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

  Billy Joel

  Birthday, Age, Aging

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• 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.

  Toni Morrison

  Romantic Love, Ideas, Envy

  "The Bluest Eye". Book by Toni Morrison, 1970.

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• 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.

  Stacy London

  Believe, Trying, Be Kind

  "Stacy London Looks Back on Her Style". Interview with Julie Miller, www.seventeen.com. June 8, 2010.

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• I painted with acrylic paint, and the reason why I went to oil was mainly because I didn't control it. I was looking for the insecurity of it. I mean, I might have found another reason later, but at that moment, the reason was I was looking for the insecurity.

  Albert Oehlen

  Art, Mean, Oil

  Interview with Glenn O'Brien, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2009.

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• And yet she could not forgive herself. Even as an adult, she wished only that she could go back and change things: the ungainly things she’d worn, the insecurity she’d felt, all the innocent mistakes she made.

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Life, Mistake, Forgiving

  FaceBook post by Jhumpa Lahiri from May 22, 2013

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• I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Doe, Insecurity And Fear, Over It

  "Philip Seymour Hoffman: 'I was moody, mercurial... it was all or nothing'". Interview With Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2011.

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• When a doting person gets down on all fours and plays with a puppy's rubber mouse, for instance, it only confuses the young dog and gives him a sense of insecurity. He gets the impression that his world is unstable, and wonders whether he is expected to walk on his hind legs and learn to smoke cigars.

  Corey Ford

  Funny, Dog, Play

  "The Trickiest Thing in Feathers".

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• 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.

  Gary Zukav

  Relationship, Spiritual, Pain

  FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from Apr 03, 2015

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• Failure is not about insecurity. It's about lack of execution.

  Jeffrey Gitomer

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneur

  Twitter post from Feb 08, 2016

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• Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Life, People, Too Short

  "Anthony Hopkins: 'I've never been really close to anyone'". Interview with John Crace, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2012.

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• You can't learn to act unless you're criticized. If you tie that criticism to your childhood insecurities you'll have a terrible time. Instead, you must take criticism objectively, pertaining it only to the work being done.

  Sanford Meisner

  Ties, Childhood, Criticism

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• To be patriotic is to be able to question government policy in times of crisis. To be patriotic is to stand up for the Bill of Rights and the Constitution in times of uncertainty and insecurity. To be patriotic is to speak up against the powerful in defense of the weak and the voiceless. To be patriotic is to be willing to pay the price to preserve our freedoms, dignity, and rights. To be patriotic is to challenge the abuses of the PATRIOT Act.

  Sami Al-Arian

  Freedom, Powerful, Patriotic

  "Dr. Sami Al-Arian vs Big Brother's 'Ministry of Justice'" by Eileen Fleming, bigthink.com. 2017.

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