Quotes about Insecurity
What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride — nothing is secure, nothing keeps.
— Euripides
The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to be on the ladders of worldly success. They feel worthwhile as individuals if the numbers beneath them in achievement, talent, beauty, or intellect are large enough.
— Ezra Taft Benson
After I lost weight, I discovered that people found me valuable. Worthy of conversation. A person one could look at. A person one could compliment. A person one could admire. A person.
— Shonda Rhimes
I was an emotional wreck even as a young child, fearful and tearful.
— Beth Moore
Our self-trust is such a subtle thing that it still comes around whispering to us even after we are sure it is gone.
— AW Tozer
Fear, at its center, is a perceived loss of control. When life spins wildly, we grab for a component of life we can manage: our diet, the tidiness of a house, the armrest of a plane, or, in many cases, people. The more insecure we feel, the meaner we become.
— Max Lucado
God will do that for you. Your Jericho is your fear. Your Jericho is your anger, bitterness, or prejudice. Your insecurity about the future. Your guilt about the past. Your negativity, anxiety, and proclivity to criticize, overanalyze, or compartmentalize. Your Jericho is any attitude or mind-set that keeps you from joy, peace, or rest.
— Max Lucado
Your Jericho is your fear. Your Jericho is your anger, bitterness, or prejudice. Your insecurity about the future. Your guilt about the past. Your negativity, anxiety, and proclivity to criticize, overanalyze, or compartmentalize. Your Jericho is any attitude or mind-set that keeps you from joy, peace, or rest.
— Max Lucado
Anxiety is a meteor shower of what-ifs.
— Max Lucado
The unquestioning acceptance by my peers had dislodged the familiar insecurity.
— Maya Angelou
In later years I asked her if she loved me and she brushed me off with; God is love. Just worry about whether you're being a good girl, then He will love you.
— Maya Angelou
The less good stuff we find in ourselves, the more we seek it in others.
— Melody Beattie