182 Quotes About Self-doubt

There is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know.

Trapped. Sinking. Can't be myself. Made into what other people expect. Is that everyone's fate? Were the great individualists the products of their friends who wanted a great individualist as a friend?

A youth is susceptible to the influence of idealist notions. As a person ages, they notice a gap between their expectations and reality and they grow more pessimistic about the world and their ability to live up to the lofty notions that inspired a younger self.

... And I wondered if we had disappointed God so much, that he wrote us off as pets, just alive to entertain.

Stop thinking about, what they're thinking about you

The hardest period in life is one’s twenties. It’s a shame because you’re your most gorgeous, and you’re physically in peak condition. But it’s actually when you’re most insecure and full of self-doubt. When you don’t know what’s going to happen, it’s frightening.

Never allow opinions of others to disturb your inner tranquillity.

In your moments of self-doubt, it helps to have someone in your life who believes in you more than you believe in yourself.

I feel ugly” I said and you looked at me as if I spoke a different language. There are things you will never understand and if there were words to describe the rapture that takes place in my head from time to time I would put my hand in front of your eyes to protect you from all the ugliness in the world. I kept my eyes on the streetlights outside the window and you kissed every inch of my body as if you could kiss the pain away.