Quotes about Self-doubt

There are very real forces that whisper lying innuendos that assault your mind, your will, and your emotions in the hope of causing you to turn on yourself and then to turn on others.

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.

I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud, and that the jig is up. Surely someone will rise up from the audience and say out loud that not only am I not funny and helpful, but I'm annoying, and a phony.

I doubt if, after all, I'll ever write anything again worth putting in print.

Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.

There are millions of human beings who live narrow, darkened, frustrated lives—who live defensively—simply because they take a defensive, doubtful attitude toward themselves and, as a result, toward life in general. A person with a poor attitude becomes a magnet for unpleasant experiences. When those experiences come—as they must, because of his attitude—they tend to reinforce his poor attitude, thereby bringing more problems, and so on.

It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib

She felt that she was being measured and found wanting.

Guilt starts as a feeling of failure.

Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so.

Most people suffering from a lack of motivation will blame themselves first. "Ah, it's because I'm such a procrastinator!" "Why can't I just get myself together?" The truth, more often than not, is that you are not the problem; it's the world you're working in.