Self-doubt Quotes

I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. (Elia Kazan)
Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients. View quote
Siddhartha Mukherjee
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. View quote
Sylvia Plath
We all have tremendous potential, and we all are blessed with gifts. Yet, the one thing that holds all of us back is some degree of self-doubt. It is not so much the lack of technical information that holds us back, but more the lack of self-confidence. Some are more affected than others. View quote
Robert Kiyosaki
The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on a diet of isolation, rejection, self-doubt, despair, ridicule, contempt, and humiliation. View quote
Steven Pressfield
Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin', no matter what. View quote
Steven Pressfield
The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough. View quote
Nina Simone
You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear. View quote
Candace Bushnell
Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating. View quote
Andrew Cohen
As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; youre on permanent trial. View quote
Antonio Munoz Molina
For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with. (Charley Pride)
Self-doubt kills talent. View quote
Edie McClurg
I was always rather outspoken. I worried about what people thought of me but there really wasn't room for a lot of self-doubt. View quote
Joe Mantello
I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster. View quote
Richard Eyre
At the level at which I work with people, their great talent is paired with great insecurity. Self-doubt is literally the twin of self-confidence. And I have to be there for both. View quote
William Ivey Long
I feel self-doubt whether I'm doing something hard or easy. View quote
Sigourney Weaver
Most of all, faith brings recognition that our quest never leads us to certainty. We are always uncertain, always in doubt that our way is God's way. That self-doubt makes it possible to be reconciled to one another. It is faith that makes the reconciling work of politics possible. View quote
John Danforth
We're going to have to dig deep into our souls, confront our own self-doubt, and recognize that our destiny is in our hands – that our future is what we make of it. So let's build the future we all know is possible. Let's prove to our children that they really can reach for their dreams. View quote
Michelle Obama
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. View quote
Sylvia Plath
For the few little successes I may seem to have, there are acres of misgivings and self-doubt. View quote
Sylvia Plath
Self-doubt, which is the artist's bitterest enemy. (W. Somerset Maugham)
It is vital now to see this [Brexit] moment for what it is. This is not a time to quail, it is not a crisis, nor should we see it as an excuse for wobbling or self-doubt, but it is a moment for hope and ambition for Britain. A time not to fight against the tide of history, but to take that tide at the flood, and sail on to fortune. View quote
Boris Johnson
And I realized that I'd tolerated him this long because of self-doubt. View quote
Anne Rice
The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen. View quote
Colette
Excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius. View quote
Robert Kiyosaki