Inadequacy Quotes

114 Inadequacy quotes by 104 unique authors

It took years after I’d graduated from Amherst to realize that people were actually far more complicated and interesting than books, that almost everyone else… — David Foster Wallace
That day, I really believed that I had grasped something and that henceforth my life would be changed. But insights cannot be held for ever.… — Nicolas Bouvier
What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?' 'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly. 'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd… — Julian Barnes
Sometimes, if she simply remained quiet, and let the inadequacy of his excuses reverberate on the air, he became ashamed and backtracked. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
We can either watch life from the sidelines, or actively participate... Either we let self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy prevent us from realising our potential,… — Christopher Reeve
Advertisers in general bear a large part of the responsibility for the deep feelings of inadequacy that drive women to psychiatrists, pills, or the bottle. — Marya Mannes
As a youth, I hated myself for not being good enough. All my inadequacies and failures, not being kind enough, generous or understanding enough, would… — Mira Sorvino
To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the scale of a… — Eleanor Catton
In public, an admission of technological inadequacy would be too embarrassing. — Elliott Abrams
One of the by-products of being a perfectionist and constantly trying to improve myself are sobering feelings of low-grade anxiety and a nagging sense of… — Anthony Fauci
The age old inadequacy and poisonous shortcoming which is defended by most people, most fiercely is ego. — Melchor Lim
The inadequacy of human logic is directly because of human emotion. — Jeremy Limn
We are always inadequate. But our inadequacy is not the issue. — John Ortberg
Power corrupts the few, whileweakness corrupts the many.... The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from the… — Eric Hoffer

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