Nicole Kidman Quotes

Insecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it.

There's nothing that anyone could say about me that would hurt my feelings.

I think that as you get older, you learn to live in yourself more securely.

I am so far more secure and more grounded and more know who I am than when I was in my 20s.

The compensation of growing old ... was simply this; that the passion remains as strong as ever, but one has gained -- at last! -- the power which adds the supreme flavour to existence -- the power of taking hold of experience, of turning it round, slowly, in the light.

I feel like confidence is something that ebbs and flows. I was given a lot of love and attention from my family growing up, so for sure I had a natural confidence.

I just think that things get easier as you get older and wiser and more experienced. You get more confident about who you are as you get older. I find that really comforting.

I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

Women do well in their thirties. They put their bags down and say, 'This is who I am - like it or lump it.' There is a more relaxed quality, which I like.

I'm considering getting married again. I've not lost faith in that institution. I'm older; I'm smarter. I'm no longer searching for something to complete me... and therefore I'm now able to find someone to be a partner with.

By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.

You know, once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself.

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.

The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself.

Along with age comes more confidence, so it kind of works out.

I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.

I think we all depend on a significant other, and we think if they leave me, I'll die. But that's not true. We're all much stronger than we think we are.

I have more self-confidence than I did when I was in my 20s.

I'm more confident now than I've ever been. As you get older, you have to be.

The advantage of age is that you swap youth for wisdom. You're so full of insecurities when you're young. 'Who am I? What do I have to do for people to like me?' You get caught up in things. You get very emotional about things.

Maybe it has something to do with turning 30. I don't feel as shy or nervous or self-conscious. I have more confidence that I can handle what life brings me. I don't feel scared to have an idea and express it.

When you mature, you also get more secure about yourself. You see things differently.

Once you trust in yourself, you automatically want to go outside of yourself.