19 Quote Reminders You Need To Hear When You’re Feeling Insecure
"When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't." - Jodi Picoult
By Liz James
1. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ― George Eliot
2. “When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.” – Jodi Picoult
3. “I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, ‘Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.’ I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it’s not that simple.” – Sheryl Sandberg
4. “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
5. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” ― Helen Keller
6. “It is confidence in our bodies, minds, and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures.” – Oprah Winfrey
7. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?” – Marianne Williamson
8. “You yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
9. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” ― Maya Angelou
10. “You are a piece of the puzzle of someone else’s life. You may never know where you fit, but others will fill the holes in their lives with pieces of you.” – Bonnie Arbon
11. “I’ve finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?” – Goldie Hawn
12. “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
13. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
14. “It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.” – Sally Field
15. “The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.” ― C. JoyBell C.
16. “When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.” ― Ace Antonio Hall
17. “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
18. “Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.” – Diane Sawyer
19. “A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.” – David Brinkley