182 Quotes About Self-doubt

May you find grace to overcome self-doubt.

Marketers everywhere subtly reinforce your concerns and doubts – why do you fall for it?

Self-doubt is a persuasive mistress; careful not to shag her or you’ll never get your balls back.” - Simon Hunt

The worst enemy of our humanity is our self-doubt.

Why is hard to believe than to doubt?

Don't stop yourself from greatness before you've begun from fear or from self-doubt. You were put here on this planet to do great things, to pioneer change by way of your own personal uniqueness, and to express yourself and share your happiness with others.

The greatest badluck that can befall a person is self-doubt. Fear can still push a man to greatness but not self-doubt: It would eat into all the possible chances of success one has instead. Stay bold. Stay on Course!

With emotional abuse, the insults, insinuations, criticism, and accusations slowly eat away at the victim’s self-esteem until he or she is incapable of judging a situation realistically. He or she may begin to believe that there is something wrong with them or even fear they are losing their mind. They have become so beaten down emotionally that they blame themselves for the abuse.

One concrete way in which we all landscape our sanity is by having our experience of reality confirmed by others. When our experience of reality is disconfirmed by others, our confidence in our own sanity can be undermined. (page 125, Chapter 9, Graeme Galton)