Fear of Judgment Quotes

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.

I don't like to play live. And if I don't like to do it, why should I?

You know why I fear people's judgment? Because I know they're judging. I know they are.

A lot of people are scared. It's the way you're raised. The way you've been told your whole life, that you've got to do this and that. Get a job, go to school. So, a lot of people are scared to just do what they really want. They're worried about what people will think and stuff like that. It's just fear.

I don't get embarrassed by the same things that other people do. I would say that probably the biggest thing that holds people back is, 'If I do this, I'm going to look like an idiot if it doesn't work out.'

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.

The biggest problem for people who get really, really nervous when they perform live is that you think everybody's looking at you.

I am not likely to die of bashfulness but neither am I prepared to be crucified to attest the perfection of my art. I dislike to hear of any stray heroics on the prowl for me.

I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.

I love clothes - I love shopping for clothes, I love wearing clothes, I love talking about clothes - but oddly, putting on the dress and walking around in front of people, that's the place where I'm most uncomfortable.

People sometimes are afraid to be who they are because of other people's ideals.

I've always been insecure about dancing. I was when I was in high school.

Public opinion is always more tyrannical towards those who obviously fear it than towards those who feel indifferent to it.

My greatest fear is to be misunderstood.

People are scared to have a strong opinion because, with social media, almost everyone lives the life of a celebrity.

We live in a constant fear that our shortcomings will be exposed to family, to friends and to the world.

It's bloody annoying being shy. I'll spend a whole evening at a party asking everyone else about themselves. I'm not being self-deprecating; it's because I'm too shy to talk about myself. So people come away from the evening actually having learnt nothing about me.

Who, with tame cowardice familiar grown, would hear my thoughts, but fear to speak their own.

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

I think I have a deep-seated fear of being misunderstood. Or being misjudged.

Sometimes when I'm going to the supermarket to get the coffee and cat litter, I get freaked out and see all these people staring, and you turn around and there's, like, 40 people all looking at you... and when you go around the corner, they're all following you! You start freaking out like a trapped animal.

'Places to Go' is something that I would never normally write because I would usually be worried with what people would think about me.

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.

In our society, no one dares to be themselves.

The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.