Self Doubt Quotes
"If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced."
"Whatever you do, it's never enough."
"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."
"I'm not really sure, but I think it might be that I'm just not enough"
"When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble."
"Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head"
"I trust no one, not even myself. "
"Doubt often creeps in when our determination starts to fade away"
"I don't think anyone has a clue about what they're doing"
"You know, I always feel like I'm just one bad review away from going back to bartending"
"The thing that kept me from being a writer was writers' block"
"I always wanted to be an actor, but I never felt like I belonged"
"If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail."
"As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too."
"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat."
"After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn’t bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it’s a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it’s sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we’re doing the right thing."
"Keeping passion at bay or surrendering blindly to it – which of these two attitudes is the least destructive? I don’t know."
"Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn’t have the courage to say yes” to life?"
"We psych ourselves up too much. Like if you try to talk yourself into, ‘Oh, this is a big moment, this is a big shot,’ you’re putting a lot of pressure on yourself. You shot that shot hundreds and thousands of times. Just shoot another one."
"The biggest dreams aren’t fueled by belief. They’re fueled by doubt."