Iskra Lawrence Quotes

I always thought everybody else was better than me.

My whole life, I've felt like I didn't quite measure up.

You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.

I went through all my twenties thinking that I wasn't good enough.

I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years.

I feel overestimated.

I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else.

So many people have gone through the experience of not feeling good enough.

Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!

I thought I was so ugly for so long, and I wasted so much of my life on this dumb notion.

I didn't do very well at school, and I suppose I've always had this sense, you know that, of being average, so I've been a bit low on self-confidence in my ability.

Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it.

I don't even know why I'm saying this in an interview situation, but I always feel like I'm not good enough for some reason. I wish that wasn't the case, but left to my own devices, that voice starts speaking up.

My biggest fear is that I'm not good enough. I have this voice in my head that I've been battling for years that says, 'You're not really talented enough. You don't really deserve this.'

I'm a dreamer, and I'm a perfectionist, and I love excellence, and that's hardwired in me. But when I was young, I lived in a space for a long time where I only felt insufficient.

I'm not sure I'm very confident at all. There was a lot of my life when I thought I was fundamentally unlovable.

I had this fear of rejection. I had this inner unworthiness.

I understand that feeling of insecurity, like you're not good enough as you are, and you need to change.

One of the things that has inspired me so much is knowing that I felt like I could never measure up.

I had very, very bad self-esteem - that I was a fake, everybody was going to find out, that I didn't deserve to have success, just about my looks and really, really bad self-esteem.

Oh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!' 'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.

I am deebly self-conscious, and bad.

I am not loved. I am not a beautiful soul. I am not a good-natured, giving person. I am not anybody's savior.

When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.

My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.