Not Being Good Enough Quotes:

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Leadership, Witty, Men, Consent Of The Governed, Leadership In Education

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.

- Morris West

source: Morris L. West (1993). “Three complete novels”, Outlet

topic: Happiness, Summer, Christian, Cherish Every Moment, My Sunshine

The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist.  The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all. . .  Fear is what blocks an artist.  The fear of not being good enough.  The fear of not finishing.  The fear of failure and of success.  The fear of beginning at all.

- Julia Cameron

topic: Art, Block, Finishing, Being Good Enough, Not Being Good Enough

We humans are born egocentric. The sky thunders and children believe that God is mad at them for something they've done - parents divorce and children believe it's their fault for not being good enough. Growing up means putting aside our egocentricity for truth. Still, some people cling to this childish mind-set. As painful as their self-flagellation may be, they'd rather believe their crises are their fault so they can believe they have control. In doing so they make fools and false gods of themselves.

- Richard Paul Evans

source: Richard Paul Evans (2012). “Miles to Go: The Second Journal of the Walk Series”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

topic: Growing Up, Children, Believe, Parents Divorce, False Gods

Just being ourselves is the biggest fear of humans. We have learned to live our life trying to satisfy other people's demands. We have learned to live by other people's points of view because of the fear of not being accepted and of not being good enough for someone else.

- Miguel Angel Ruiz

topic: Being Yourself, Views, People, Being Accepted, Being Good Enough

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 assail me at night. It became a habit to be guilty and self castigating, not liking myself because I was unworthy... I really tortured myself.

- Mira Sorvino

topic: Self Esteem, Night, Understanding, Being Good Enough, Not Being Good Enough

Parents can be very influential in designing those little creepy-crawlers that jump around in your mind for the rest of your life. It's the fear of not being good enough.

- Kim Basinger

topic: Design, Parent, Insecurity, Being Good Enough, Not Being Good Enough

I have a couple of what I call "buttons" - fears or anxieties that when tweaked can cause me to be vulnerable. Fear of failure, not being good enough, and abandonment are my main buttons. However, they have diminished greatly over the years as I have really confronted those fears in order to work through them.

- Nikki DeLoach

topic: Couple, Years, Order, Being Good Enough, Not Being Good Enough

All I can say is that I'm going to try to coach the way I've coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it.

- Steve Spurrier

topic: Past, Trying, Way, Being Good Enough, Not Being 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.

- Miguel Angel Ruiz

topic: Fear, Rejection, Trying, Fear Of Rejection, Being Good Enough