Insecurity is a feeling of worry or uncertainty about oneself. Lack of confidence can also lead to a feeling of insecurity. Here are some of the best inspirational quotes about insecurity that will motivate you to boost self-confidence when you feel less confident about yourself.
Best Quotes About Insecurity
1. “Most bad behavior comes from insecurity.” ― Debra Winger
2. “It’s insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.” ― Vin Diesel
3. “A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.” ― Dalai Lama
4. “A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.” ― Robert A. Heinlein
5. “One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.” ― J. A. Konrath
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6. “Insecure people only eclipse your sun because they’re jealous of your daylight and tired of their dark, starless nights.” ― Shannon L. Alder
7. “A man’s spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in a prison of his own insecurities” ― Jeremy Aldana
8. “Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.” ― Thomas Merton
9. “Insecurity is the worst sense that lovers feel; sometimes the most humdrum desireless marriage seems better. Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust.” ― Graham Greene
10. “Insecure people often falsify the past, in order to make the future pure.” ― Shannon L. Alder
11. “The enemy uses those things you are insecure about. Free yourself and take your power back by being secure in who you are – flaws and all.” ― Yvonne Pierre
12. “We can think of insecure attachment as fitting into two different strategies: anxious and avoidant.” ― Emily Nagoski
13. “Our love was so much more than love. It stripped us of pride and anger and hate and insecurities. We were bare and beautiful and pure when we were together.” ― L.J. Shen
14. “Beyond fear, there is clarity – beyond weakness there is victory – beyond insecurity there is life.” ― Abhijit Naskar
Inspirational Insecurity Quotes
15. “Your playing small does not serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.” ― Nelson Mandela
16. “Education isn’t education when you use it as makeup to cover the scars of your insecurities” ― Reginald Williams
17. “Once it is solid, do not let yourself get angry or defensive at the slanderous comments of your enemies—that reveals insecurity, not confidence in your reputation.” ― Robert Greene
18. “If you lose your integrity, you will also lose your identity, your sensitivity, and your dignity. Integrity is honesty, modesty, and security in all kinds of weather. It should be our priority!” ― Israelmore Ayivor
19. “Insecure people put others down to raise themselves up.” ― Habeeb Akande
20. “True security lies in the unrestrained embrace of insecurity – in the recognition that we never really stand on solid ground, and never can.” ― Oliver Burkeman
21. “Your tears are never invisible—there is always an insecure woman that lights up when you point them out.” ― Shannon L. Alder
22. “Insecure people have a special sensitivity for anything that finally confirms their own low opinion of themselves.” ― Sue Grafton
23. “Unless you cross the bridge of your insecurities, you can’t begin to explore your possibilites” ― Tim Fargo
24. “Worry is a way to fill the empty space of the future.” ― Osho
25. “You have to work with people who make you feel insecure. Because they push you to work better. It is part of inherent learning” ― Sundar Pichai
26. “If we’re willing to give up hope that insecurity and pain can be exterminated, then we can have the courage to relax with the groundlessness of our situation. This is the first step on the path.” ― Pema Chödrön
27. “Addiction is another name for insecurity.” ― Toni Sorenson
