Insecurity Complex Quotes

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

As far as humor goes, I've always been a very insecure person and I've always wanted to be liked.

We have an epidemic of insecure people in our society today.

My confidence wavers between being genuine and being insecure.

I don't get jealous or insecure.

I'm a combination between extreme insecurity and extreme confidence.

I think it's healthy to be insecure, to have nerves.

Without insecurities, I think one becomes a little bit of an idiot.

I was always the poor kid, even though I very much tried to pretend to be the other way. Always well presented. Always really active in the school, doing fashion shows, plays, involved in every single aspect of the school. Overcompensating, I think, for the fact that I knew I wouldn't be going on the ski trip every January.

A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.

China still faces mountains of problems. Some are historical legacies. Others might be the byproducts of our rapid development…. We still have a long way to go. Maybe it’s even good for individuals or nations to have a certain sense of insecurity. This can turn into motivation to work hard.

I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.

I think we are all insecure, and there is nothing wrong in accepting that. But the problem arises when we try to counter this insecurity by cultivating this illusion of control, and we start taking ourselves and everything we know too seriously.

But then, he thought, most politicians are small and shabby, the sort of people who have been bullied at school. That's why they become politicians.

Like anybody, you have moments when you question yourself and you're insecure.

I have a friend who says the best boyfriends are ones with intimidating, good-looking older brothers. The boyfriends try harder because they're so insecure. Maybe I'm the female equivalent.

Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.

Growing up, I didn't feel cool; I didn't fit into any crowd.

Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.

Actors, by very definition, we want people to pay attention to us, and so usually, that comes in the package of insecurity. So if we're not comfortable, we don't really show you a lot.

Everyone is insecure. I think, really, it comes from, like, a desire to want to be in control of how you're represented.

There's an insecure part of me that comes out of me, I get nervous. I don't know why, I wish I could overcome it because it gives me an anxiety feeling.

The more insecure you are, the more prone you are to create crises.

Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.