Gary Shteyngart Quotes

My roots allow me to let go of the fear of failure.

Letting go is fearless. Then, moving on and being alright, that’s fearless too.

However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt.

I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.

I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.

I don't need to prove myself through competition anymore.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

I let go of childhood fears. I am a secure, empowered human being.

Never doubt yourself. Never change who you are. Don't care what people think and just go for it.

You have incredible lives ahead of you. You have incredible things that you can accomplish. If you feel that, you will have an amazing life. Do not let anything build a wall too high for you to get over. And I know that might seem very cliche, but I've had alot of friends who had hurt themselves. And when you're younger, a lot of that stuff is so temporary. You can get through it. You're stronger than you think. You'll ALWAYS be stronger than you think. Feel with your heart and do what you want.

I feel like I'm truly and genuinely proud and unafraid. I'm not scared of who I am.

Every breath I take becomes deeper, and I become more confident of myself without my crutches. The lies I've filled my body and soul with aren't needed anymore. They're not welcome. I choose to live, not just exist.

Even going back to the haters, it's messed up what they say, but that's made me stronger, and it's built me into who I am today, and I am completely fine with that.

I'm just going to do what I do and be who I am.

I want to show the world, the universe rather, that I am confidently beautiful with a heart.

If we have more confidence in ourselves, we can live a happier life and a better life.

Ever since I started using guys, I feel so much better about myself. I feel so much more powerful.

Rejection doesn't always mean I'm not good enough.

I do not regret anything I do.

It is good for a person who has suffered from acute shyness, as I had, to find that he can cause as much upset as he suffered. Better to be a brute, I thought, than to be a wallflower.

If you are prepared to admit to others and to yourself who you really are, then you can have a fantastic life. Of course, you need to have a thick skin to get through it all.

I've learned to use things like softness and vulnerability as weapons against the things you feel ashamed of in yourself.

You can't let someone else lower your self-esteem, because that's what it is - self-esteem. You need to first love yourself before you have anybody else love you.

I have no ability or interest to play that weak, beaten person.

I don't have anything to get off my chest. I'm not itching to prove myself anymore.