Sherry Argov Quotes

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

The fear of not getting the reward becomes the fear of rejection. The fear of not being good enough... is what makes us try to change, what makes us create an image.

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

I've always been looking for other people's approval.

One of the things that has inspired me so much is knowing that I felt like I could never measure up.

I feel like I'm the worst, so I always act like I'm the best.

When you say, "I need more confidence," what you're really saying is, "I need those people over there to approve of me." That is the desire to control other people and what they think. The first person who figures out how to do this owns the world.

She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.

Mirabelle is not affected by a man’s failures to approach her, as her own self-depreciating attitude never allows the idea that he would in the first place.

Most timidities have such secret compensations and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self depreciation.

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

Part of me was always trying to prove that I belonged and prove that I deserved the job and prove that I could handle it. And that takes the fun out of it.

It's rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me. But you know, man, I am totally together.

I have an inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good one.

I think I prioritize other people's opinions of me very highly, which is not necessarily a good thing - it's a thing that causes a lot of anxiety.

When I look in the mirror, I know I’m looking at someone who isn’t sure she deserves to be loved at all.

I am not loved. I am not a beautiful soul. I am not a good-natured, giving person. I am not anybody's savior.

When I was younger, I really struggled with confidence.

I just want everyone to like me. That's my main flaw.

I hear my friends and my mom tell me I'm special, but honestly, I still don't get it.

If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.

I'm insecure about things. I'm not afraid to say it, though. Even when my publicist is like, 'Go on the red carpet,' I don't wanna go.

All the time I feel I must justify my existence.

I didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teen-ager, as I think most teen-agers don't.

I've gone through my whole life caring deeply what people think of me.