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Insecurity Quotes

Sometimes the drive to succeed starts with a quiet doubt.

Performers here admit that ambition and striving often trace back to an underlying insecurity, a need to prove something rather than pure confidence from the start.

Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.

Quotes by Zach Galifianakis

Many of the ethnic and other parochial tensions that have tended to create insecurity and outright conflict, time and time again, are largely as a result of failure to deliberately undertake nation-building efforts.

Quotes by Yemi Osinbajo

It is equally demonstrable that so far as Texas is concerned, there have been equal confusion, insecurity and injustice in the administration of the State governments.

Quotes by William H. Wharton

A lot of my career and my drive and my passion and my striving to be better and better was built on insecurity.

Quotes by Wendy Whelan

Doubt Quotes

Insecurity, for me, feels like the sensation of suffocating.

Quotes by Tyler Joseph

First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a...

Quotes by Thomas E. Mann

Is the modern social pattern of unending change and movement the cause of two modern diseases, insecurity and dissatisfaction? How lucky Thomas Hood was to be able to write, 'I remember, I remember the house where I was born.' I...

Quotes by Spike Milligan

In my latest 'Mirzapur,' I had no pressure actually to match up the level of other people in terms of performance because all of our characters were well-written. So there was no sense of insecurity.

Quotes by Shriya Pilgaonkar

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

Quotes by Samantha Bond

Fear Quotes

I purposefully did not want to watch anything I've done so far; I actually don't like looking at my face, so I don't like watching myself on the screen. It's an insecurity thing I have.

Quotes by Sam Claflin

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

Quotes by Sally Kirkland

I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what would keep you always in your innocence, no matter what the business did.

Quotes by Sally Kirkland

In the business I meet some beautiful women, but to be honest, 80 per cent of them are raving lunatics and are to be avoided. It's just insecurity; actors are generally quite insecure. I wouldn't date, or I've never had...

Quotes by Rory McCann

In my 15 minutes of fame around 'Diamonds and Dirt,' it was not a healthy time for me because of my insecurity.

Quotes by Rodney Crowell

Pain Quotes

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

I have the show because I'm insecure. It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience.

Quotes by Ray Romano

It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience.

Quotes by Ray Romano

Concern for 'national security' has introduced unprecedented insecurity to living in the United States as a legal permanent resident.

Quotes by Rashida Tlaib

I think there's nothing about evolution in the Bible; I think this is a statement of religious insecurity. But people have their beliefs.

Quotes by Peter Agre

Silence Quotes

Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel.

Quotes by Persis Khambatta

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the focus of the Insecurity quotes page?
The private doubts that often sit behind ambition, with performers admitting that their drive to succeed was built on wanting to prove something to themselves.
Why do people search for insecurity quotes?
Insecurity is a common but rarely discussed feeling, so quotes naming it openly help readers feel less alone in their own self-doubt.
Do these quotes suggest insecurity is entirely negative?
Not necessarily. Some frame it as an underlying fuel for hard work and striving, rather than purely a weakness to overcome.
Is this collection focused on any particular industry?
A few reflections come from performers discussing competitive, image-driven environments where proving oneself feels constant.
Where can I find related quotes on doubt or fear?
Visit Doubt for more, or Fear for a closer look at related emotions.

For related themes, see Doubt, or explore what fear looks like up close under Fear.