Brene Brown Quotes

No one's busy thinking bad things about you. They're all too busy thinking bad things about themselves.

I don't like myself. I'm not vain at all. I hate looking at myself - I always think I look ugly. Honest.

Oh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!' 'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

I don't judge myself by what someone says.

When I say I don't like my own work, that doesn't mean it isn't better than everyone else's.

I still have a lot of moments where I don't feel worthy.

If you start doubting yourself like that, thinking, 'Am I good enough?' - maybe there is a reason you're thinking that.

I always think there will be that time that people will find out that I'm crap at what I do.

I doubt myself a lot. And I'm very, very just overly critical.

A lot of people probably say I'm stupid, and they're probably right, because there are people who take days off who are still in the league, and I'm not.

Most women beat themselves up because they think they are not good enough at anything. All of those things just eat at you all the time.

I'm a bit rubbish at knowing when something is good. But if it goes out and I can say, "I wasn't as bad as I thought I would be", then I'll be happy. Until then, I'll be thinking, "I shouldn't be here!"

I didn’t feel that there was much goodness in me.

Do you feel insecure because you keep getting the nagging feeling that you're not that smart? Well, I've got good news for you, my friend. You have no need to be insecure. That nagging feeling is absolutely right on target. You are not that smart. But I have more good news for you. You are also not alone.

I see people - they won't be negative toward other people, but inside they're negative toward themselves, and I think that holds us back.

Low self esteem involves imagining the worst that other people can think about you.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I was so ashamed of who I was.

I'm very self-critical.

It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.

I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.

I went through all my twenties thinking that I wasn't good enough.

Don't be your own worst critic. If you're not confident in what you're saying, no one else will be either.

My inner critic who had begun piping up about how hopeless I was and how I didn't know to write.