Marillyn Hewson Quotes

I'm full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure.

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.

The biggest thing I've learned is just to not doubt myself as much as I do. Having self-doubt is definitely necessary, but it's about not letting it get in the way. When it turns into fear, you run into problems.

Fear of failure is caused by lack of self-esteem and confidence. Dealing with fear is the key to super success.

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.

Every time I act on a fear, I feel disappointed in myself. I have a lot of fear. If I can quit all fear in my life and all guilt, then I tend to be much, much more living up to my standards. I've never seen a person fail if they didn't fear failure.

I never have been insecure, because I see what a waste it is. I know there is a solution to insecurity. I don't tend to be thrown by problems that don't have solutions. And insecurity has a wealth of alternatives.

We must provide leadership ... that erases self doubt.

It is really very important while you are young to live in an environment in which there is no fear. Most of us, as we grow older, become frightened; we are afraid of living, afraid of losing a job, afraid of tradition, afraid of what the neighbours, or what the wife or husband would say, afraid of death.

Sometimes you can doubt your own abilities to do certain things. We get nervous, we get stuck, or we're not sure if we can live up to what we want to do.

There are times I felt insecure or not sure: I'm unsure of myself, or I get nervous, but nerves are good. I try and embrace all those things. I try and embrace the times where I'm not sure of myself or I'm like, 'Is this going to work? Is this going to land?'

If you tell yourself you can't, you're right.

I grew up really timid, anxious kid, and I never really had to stand up for myself.

My personality is a personality where I get really, really nervous and doubtful about almost everything, which is always a work in progress to build up my confidence a little bit more.

Now I have normal-person fears - fears of failure, of not being smart enough or strong enough or kind enough.

I'm terrorized by a fear of failure. Failure is always there.

Do what makes you feel good. Remind yourself of what you're good at and make sure you do that.

Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.

We all put obstacles in our own path toward personal style, myself included. If we understood why we constructed these practical and emotional obstacles, we might move beyond it to healthier, happier perceptions of ourselves and, ideally, a better sense of self-esteem.

The thing that helped me come to terms with performing was an anxiety, a desperation for acceptance. There was never enough positive motivation in my life.

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.

I discovered that the world frightens you with your shortcomings, but if you do not worry about it, you are liberated.

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.