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• 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.

  Dalai Lama

  Giving, Feelings, Mind

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I am no artist - please come and help me.

  Michelangelo

  Artist, Helping, Help Me

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• Laugh at your worries and insecurities. View your anxieties with humor. It will be difficult at first, but you'll gradually get used to it.

  Paulo Coelho

  Views, Laughing, Worry

  "The Witch of Portobello". Book by Paulo Coelho, 2007.

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

  Theodore J. Forstmann

  Opposites, Risk, Overcoming

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• The gods throw the dice and they don't ask whether we want to be in the game or not.

  Paulo Coelho

  Funny Life, Games, Want

  "By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept". Book by Paulo Coelho, 1994.

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• Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

  Tim Ferriss

  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Insecure

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

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• Romance is the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Romance, Strange, Combination

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• Jealousy is the dragon in paradise; the hell of heaven; and the most bitter of the emotions because associated with the sweetest.

  Alfred Richard Orage

  Jealousy, Dragons, Envy

  Alfred Richard Orage (1954). “Essays and aphorisms”

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• Often, what people don't say tell you more about the nature of their insecurities than what they do say.

  Wayne Gerard Trotman

  People

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• If we can stay open and embrace our insecurities, our vulnerability, only then will we find the person with whom we are meant to travel through this life.

  Joshua Radin

  Embrace, This Life, Persons

  "Joshua Radin, Singer-Songwriter: So Much To Say, So Much To Love". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• It's hard to know whether to laugh or to cry at the human predicament. Here we are with so much wisdom and tenderness, and—without even knowing it—we cover it over to protect ourselves from insecurity. Although we have the potential to experience the freedom of a butterfly, we mysteriously prefer the small and fearful cocoon of ego.

  Pema Chodron

  Butterfly, Knowing, Laughing

  Pema Chodron (2002). “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times”, p.12, Shambhala Publications

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• Karate is not about winning over others. It is about winning over one's self. Ultimately, the most challenging opponents we face reside from within - our hang-ups, our insecurities, our prejudices. Overcome these and you will have truly won.

  David Walker

  Winning, Self, Challenges

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• I discovered that my insecurities and my flaws were things that I actually need to embrace, and I let them become my superpowers.

  Skylar Grey

  Needs, Flaws, Embrace

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Most bad behavior comes from insecurity.

  Debra Winger

  Behavior, Bad Behavior

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• I'm not insecure. I've been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I've got huge balls. But I've been humbled. That makes you grateful for every day you have.

  Drew Barrymore

  Inspirational, Kings, Grateful

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• Shedding the carapace we have been building so assiduously on the surface, we must by definition give up exactly what we thought was necessary to protect us from further harm.

  David Whyte

  Giving Up, Definitions, Building

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• Sometimes I wake up at night and go, 'Oh, damn! Here we go again! What were they thinking? They gave me this role; don't they know I'm faking it?

  Renee Zellweger

  Thinking, Night, Roles

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• If you care anything about your personal security, you should first of all pray for order and tranquility throughout the four quarters of the land.

  Nichiren

  Land, Order, Care

  Nichiren (2003). “The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin”

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• Insecurity is love dressed in a child's clothing.

  Kofi Annan

  Children, Clothings

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• Cool superiority as a mask for overflowing insecurity.

  Deb Caletti

  Mask, Superiority

  Deb Caletti (2012). “Stay”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• Craving security is the cause of insecurity. Freedom is knowing that the only point of arrival is now.

  Deepak Chopra

  Knowing, Causes, Consciousness

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Dec 31, 2011

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• No one is perfect. Even the most confident people have insecurities. At some point in of our lives, we may feel we lack something. That is reality. We must try to live as per our capability.

  Anil Sinha

  Reality, People, Perfect

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• The beauty of enmity is insecurity; the beauty of friendship is in security.

  Robert Frost

  Beauty, Enmity, Security

  Robert Frost (2014). “The Letters of Robert Frost”, p.350, Harvard University Press

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• The question is whether or not our insecurities are substantial enough to hurt, limit, or even distract us from profound effectiveness or fulfillment of purpose.

  Beth Moore

  Hurt, Effectiveness, Profound

  Beth Moore (2010). “So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us”, p.15, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• The greatest natural enemy of women is insecurity. We all feel it and we all think we are the only ones who feel that way. How we deal with these fears determines to a great extent how effective we are in running our lives. Most women present a façade to the world and keep the insecurity locked inside. The toughest job in the world is to be a complete, happy woman.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Running, Jobs, Thinking

  Diane Von Furstenberg, Evelyn Portrait (1976). “Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman”, Simon & Schuster

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