Quotes about Self-doubt

It's the voices in your head that speak doubt and insecurity and fear and anxiety. Like a tape that's jammed on repeat, these destructive messages will drain an extraordinary amount of your energies if you aren't clear and focused and grounded.

Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the Pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great Pope Self.

Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills.

Most people stop learning out of fear. They are afraid they cannot learn.

Just because it's your brain does not mean it's on your side.

We're so deeply wrapped up in our stories—I don't have the money, I'm not good enough, I can't quit my job, I'm lazy, I have bad hair—trudging through life with our heads down, clinging to our false beliefs like lifeboats full of doo-doo, that we prevent ourselves from seeing the literally infinite sea of possibilities and opportunities surrounding us at every single moment.

Now all is dashed wrong; by the fool's craving to hear evil of self, that haunts some people like a demon!

If you are praised by others, be skeptical of yourself.

I did a play in Bolton - 'Billy Liar.' I turned it down at first but then thought, 'What the hell else can I do? I'm no good at anything else.'

What imagined deficiency or handicap in your life is holding you back?

If your thoughts have convinced you that you can never do anything right, you'll tend to make more mistakes than normal and have a high rate of failure.