Insecurity is a feeling that many of us can relate to.
It can range from anxiousness about upcoming exams to worry about our relationships. No matter the cause, insecurity can make us feel overwhelmed and uncertain.
Thankfully, many inspiring words can help us find security and courage. Here are some of the best insecurity quotes to inspire you during any time of difficulty or uncertainty. From authors like J.K. Rowling to philosophers like Lao Tzu, these quotes will remind you of your self-worth and provide comfort from wise individuals.
Encouraging Quotes To Fight Insecurity
"Comparison is the thief of joy." — Theodore Roosevelt
"Pretending to be someone that you are not is hurting yourself. It's telling yourself that the real you is worthless." – Ritu Ghatourey
"Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!" — C. JoyBell C.
"The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel." — Steven Furtick
"The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity." — Erich Fromm
"Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna — or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out." — Barbara Walters
"I still have pretty much the same fears I had as a kid. I'm not sure I'd want to give them up; a lot of these insecurities fuel the movies I make." — Steven Spielberg
"It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them." — Alex Karras
"The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself." – Maya Angelou
"There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up." — Oscar Wilde
"I want you to forget all your insecurities. I want you to reject anyone or anything that's ever made you feel like you don't belong or don't fit in." — Lady Gaga
"Don't let fear stop you. Don't give up because you are paralyzed by insecurity or overwhelmed by the odds, because in giving up, you give up hope." — Sonia Sotomayor
"There is no external solution to the problem of insecurity." — Stefan Molyneux
"It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity." — Dag Hammarskjold
"No one is perfect. Even the most confident people have insecurities. At some point in our lives, we may feel we lack something. That is reality. We must try to live as per our capability." – Anil Sinha
"The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." – Robert Hughes.
"Sometimes, the hardest battle is against yourself. But believe in yourself, you can win." – Unknown*
"I don't let anyone's insecurities, emotions, or opinions bother me. I know that if I am happy, that's all that matters to me." — Demi Lovato
"There can be no security where there is fear." - Felix Frankfurter
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. — Dr. Seuss
"If what someone else says can easily derail you, it means your sense of self isn't that firmly established in the first place. It's an inside job." — Emma Stone
"Your playing small doesn't serve the world." — Marianne Williamson
"The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks." – Unknown*
"You cannot achieve happiness without using your past, your flaws, insecurities, and imperfections in a positive way. " — Lucinda Bassett
"The greatest obstacle in life is fear and giving up because of it." — Sonia Sotomayor
"Being different is a revolving door in your life where secure people enter and insecure exit." — Shannon L. Alder
"People insult each other based on their own insecurities – even though it may feel personal, it really never is. Really. Seriously." — Emma Stone
"Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best." — Harold W. Dodds
"Don't let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don't like them." — Stacy London
"I have insecurities, of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me." — Adele
"Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue… and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem, and loneliness." — Naomi Campbell
"Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty, and insecurity." — Joyce Meyer
"Insecurity's best cover is perfectionism. That's where it becomes an art form." — Beth Moore
"Don't let jealousy fool you. It's just another name for insecurity." — Unknown*
"If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think." — T. Harv Eker
"Parents can be very influential in designing those creepy little crawlers that jump around in your mind for the rest of your life. It's the fear of not being good enough." — Kim Basinger
"Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security." — John Allen Paulos
"The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people's perception of you rather than people's perception of you." – Criss Jami
Quotes About Insecure People
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice." — Clint Eastwood.
"Insecurity kills all that is beautiful." – Unknown*
"With our sense of self out of the way, we are liberated from doubt and insecurity." — Steven Kotler
"Many teenagers are tormented by terrors they deem private and personal. They do not know that their anxieties and doubts are universal." — Haim Ginott
"Insecurity is an ugly thing. It makes you hate people you don't even know." — Drake
"It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind, it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature." — Albert Einstein
"Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy." — François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
"Jealousy takes root in the soil of insecurity." — Beth Moore
"We live in a culture where we're bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity." — Lisa Ling
"The steps of insecurity: Comparison, Compensation, Competition, Compulsion, Condemnation, Control." - Unknown*
"The problem with human attraction is not knowing if it will be returned." — Becca Fitzpatrick
"Sometimes our thoughts are backed with so much insecurity that they create lies we believe." - Unknown*
"A man's spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in a prison of his own insecurities." – Jeremy Aldana
"A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity." — Dalai Lama
"It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity." — Dag Hammarskjold
"Insecurities are about as useful as trying to put the pin back in the grenade." — Brandon Boyd
"Insecurity is at the heart of every rivalry." — Beth Moore
"Arrogance is the camouflage insecurity." — Tim Fargo
"When you are really in love, you become vulnerable, and insecurities come out of nowhere." — Laz Alonso
"Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity." — John Lennon
"Arrogance really comes from insecurity, and in the end, our feeling that we are bigger than others is really the flip side of our feeling that we are smaller than others." — Desmond Tutu
"Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade." — Miranda Richardson
"Insecurity is love dressed in a child's clothing." – Kofi Annan
"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." — Persis Khambatta
"He who is humble is confident and wise. He who brags is insecure and lacking." – Lisa Edmondson
"If we're willing to give up hope that insecurity and pain can be eliminated, then we can have the courage to relax with the groundlessness of our situation." — Pema Chodron
"The insecure man or woman lives in constant fear of rejection and a deep uncertainty about whether his or her own feelings and desires are legitimate." — Beth Moore
"Only the insecure strive for security." — Wayne Dyer
"Insecure people only eclipse your sun because they're jealous of your daylight and tired of their dark, starless nights." – Shannon L. Alder
"Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy." — Jon Kabat-Zinn
"Insecurity is the worst sense that lovers feel: sometimes the most humdrum desireless marriage seems better. Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust." — Graham Greene
"Insecurity refers to a profound sense of self-doubt-a deep feeling of uncertainty about our basic worth and our place in the world." — Beth Moore
"Insecurity prevents young artists from 'flying' and older artists from being 'down to earth.' Young artists should work on their confidence and the older ones on their humility." — Igor Babailov
"Often those that criticize others reveal what he himself lacks." — Shannon L. Alder
"A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity." — Robert A. Heinlein
"In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us." — David Mamet
Insecurity Quotes For Him
"I was feeling insecure you might not love me anymore." — John Lennon
"If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity, of fear, and of promiscuous misery." — Albert Einstein
Insecurity Quotes For Her
"He seemed to be talking about my fears, my insecurity, and my unwillingness to see what was wonderful because tomorrow it might disappear, and I might suffer." — Paulo Coelho
"Men are not our problem; it's what we are trying to get from them that messes us up. We use guys like mirrors to see if we're valuable." — Beth Moore
"You made me insecure, Told me I wasn't good enough." — Selena Gomez
