Rosamund Pike Quotes

I lost my confidence.

There was a time in the marriage when I could no longer look at myself in a mirror, couldn't feel I was a nice person. A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.

If someone tells you often enough you're worthless, you start to believe it.

I'm not immune to a lack of confidence or the recognition that I haven't asked for what I deserve or stated what I want.

I'm not sure I'm very confident at all. There was a lot of my life when I thought I was fundamentally unlovable.

A conscience is a troublesome thing at times. I woke up at 4 o'clock this morning and I spent the time feeling what a nothing I was, and wishing I was so very different. Then the morning's post brought me a letter from a friend, saying I was so this, so that - it made me really cry, I was so grateful.

If one considers how much reason every person has for anxiety and timid self-concealment, and how three-quarters of his energy and goodwill can be paralyzed and made unfruitful by it, one has to be very grateful to fashion

There's always people out there that's like, doubting me, you know what I mean? Even though I do embrace the people that embrace me and I'm grateful for them. But I always feel like, man, there's still people out there that's not giving it up. And I feel like I'm doing everything the right way, you know what I mean? I'm really going out of my way to do it the right way. I'm taking very few cheats - very few cheat codes that I'm using.

Most people with low self-esteem have earned it.

I felt like an impostor, taking all that money for reciting ten or twelve lines of nonsense a day.

If I could just get over my issues of wanting people to like me.

I think women have a lack of confidence. They often apologize; I was guilty of that too. When people have said, "Oh, look at your success," I would downplay it.

If you feel inadequate to face challenges, unworthy of love or respect, untitled to happiness, and fear assertive thought, wants, or needs- if you lack basic self trust, self-respect, and self-confidence- your self-esteem deficiency will limit you, no matter what other assets you possess.

Feeling lonely and ignoble indicates that you haven't been patient.

The problem with me in doing things simply is that I feel I'm not enough. It's all very embarrassing.

Your self-esteem is a notch below Kafka.

Tell me that not everything I wrote was bad.

The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others.

I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.

He had an opinion of himself, I think, that was too high for his own good. Or maybe it was the reverse. Maybe it was a low opinion that he kept trying to erase.

I was about six years old, still Daddy's little girl, even though Daddy couldn't care less about me. How could I expect any man every would?

Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement.

If we feel unqualified and feel grateful for an opportunity to serve, then Krishna will bestow in our hearts.

I knew that the moment I started worrying about whether or not I was good enough for the job, I wouldn't be able to do it.

People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can lead to sorrow, regret, frustration and annoyance - all healthy, negative feelings without which people couldn't exist. But then they add, "I absolutely must succeed and must be loved by significant persons, and if I don't, it's terrible and I'm no good." Those are irrational beliefs. As long as people keep them, they'll be terrified of life and will put themselves down when they get rejected.