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“Fuck, I'm such a little impulsive shit”

Sadness Not Good Enough Demeaning

Author:Julian Nolan

“Narcissists lie! When they said you weren’t good enough, it was a lie. They knew you were a better person than them, so they stole your confidence and light to feel powerful.”

Lies Lie Not Good Enough Confidence Quotes Narcissistic Abuse

Author:Tracy Malone

“...and you drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, 'That was fine'. And your life is a long line of fine.”

Thinking Love Life Loneliness Fine Cold Drink Thoughts Lonely Empty Okay Average Alcohol Mediocre Not Good Enough Stuck In A Rut Alone Forever Try Too Hard

Book:Gone Girl

Source: Gone Girl

“If we can convince our own minds we aren't good enough, we can't really be disappointed when we don't get what we truly want.”

Disappointment Not Good Enough

Book:Skater Boy

Source: Skater Boy

“Yet no matter how great I shone, I was the glitter of a single star amid a galaxy of constellations.”

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Book:Upon a Frosted Star

Source: Upon a Frosted Star

“Never be too angry beyond repairs. Anger is nothing good to be part of your tributes. Are you angry with someone? The sun is sinking, just drop it now.”

“But I was not good enough. You should understand this about me—I am not a hero; not one to tap unknown reserves of courage; not one to rise to circumstance. I am the understudy who chokes on his lines when he is forced onto the stage. I am never, ever good enough.”

Failure Hero Cowardly Not Good Enough Dexter Palmer The Dream Of Perpetual Motion Narrator

Book:The Dream of Perpetual Motion

Source: The Dream of Perpetual Motion

“At any other time it's better. You can do the things you feel you should; you're an expert at going through the motions. Your handshakes with strangers are firm and your gaze never wavers; you think of steel and diamonds when you stare. In monotone you repeat the legendary words of long-dead lovers to those you claim to love; you take them into bed with you, and you mimic the rhythmic motions you've read of in manuals. When protocol demands it you dutifully drop to your knees and pray to a god who no longer exists. But in this hour you must admit to yourself that this is not enough, that you are not good enough. And when you knock your fist against your chest you hear a hollow ringing echo, and all your thoughts are accompanied by the ticks of clockwork spinning behind your eyes, and everything you eat and drink has the aftertaste of rust.”

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Book:The Dream of Perpetual Motion

Source: The Dream of Perpetual Motion

“...he didn't break his stare. Waiting. Mate. My- mate. This beautiful, strong, selfless male... Who had sacrificed and wrecked himself for his family, his people, and didn't feel it was enough, that he wasn't enough for anyone... Azriel thought he didn't deserve someone like Mor. And I wondered if Rhys... if he somehow felt the same about me.”

Sarah J Maas Feyre Feyre Archeron Selfless Rhysand Rhys A Court Of Mist And Fury Not Good Enough Azriel Mor

Book:A Court of Mist and Fury

Source: A Court of Mist and Fury

“You told me about the time with Cassian, but did you and Azriel ever...?' A sharp laugh. 'No. Azriel? After that time with Cassian, I swore off any of Rhys's friends. Azriel's got no shortage of lovers, though, don't worry. He's better at keeping them secret than we are, but... he has them.' 'So if he were ever interested would you...?' The issue, actually, wouldn't be me. It'd be him. I could peel off my clothes right in front of him and he wouldn't move an inch. He might have defied and proved those Illyrian pricks wrong at every turn, but it won't matter if Rhys makes him Prince of Velaris- he'll see himself as a bastard-born nobody, and not good enough for anyone. Especially me.' 'But... are you interested?' 'Why are you asking me such things?' Her voice became tight, sharp. More wary than I'd ever heard. 'I'm still trying to figure out how you all work together.' A snort, that wariness gone. I tried not to look too relieved. 'We have five centuries of tangled history for you to sort through. Good luck.”

Sarah J Maas Feyre Feyre Archeron A Court Of Mist And Fury Cassian Low Self Esteem Not Good Enough Azriel Mor The Morrigan

Book:A Court of Mist and Fury

Source: A Court of Mist and Fury

“I was never good enough for my mum and she never let me forget it" I whisper out just as we make it to the entrance of their building "Ryan doesn't speak the words, but sometimes he makes me feel that way.”

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Book:Never Enough

Source: Never Enough

“Perfectionism at its core isn't about high standards. It's about fear. Fear of failure. Fear of looking stupid, fear of making a mistake, fear of being judged, criticized, and ridiculed. It's the fear that one simple fact might be true: You're just not good enough.”

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Book:Everything is Figureoutable

Source: Everything is Figureoutable

“Maybe I’m scared. Maybe I can’t lose anyone else so I’m shutting them out. Maybe I feel like I’m just not good enough for them.”

Scared Not Good Enough Losing Someone Shutting People Out

Book:You Were Always There

Source: You Were Always There

“A world full of "certainties" All the plans, all the vanities. Where black covers the white Suited in "confidence"- the constant fight. A million roads I dream to take One destination, knowing not I turn where. A green veil covers for two years, some two decades. But the "plan" awaits, new roads to make. I pant, I struggle, I do my best While they say, "You are, dear, but so inadequate".”

“The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that never made you feel like you were an option in theirs.”

“Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enough.”

People Enough Growing Up Growing Industry Entertainment Good Enough Not Good Enough Entertainment Industry

Author:Renee Olstead

“I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know.”

Knows Trying Enough Know How Rap Good Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Dee Dee Ramone

“The passage is free for those who think you are not good enough for them: at your level, I think the best option is to sit back, relax and listen to a cool music, while watching them pack out of your life, and that's when you feel the intense release from the pit of hell.”

Thinking Feels Enough Levels Hell Intense Release Relax Good Enough Passages Packs Pits Not Good Enough Cool Music

Author:Michael Bassey

“Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.”

Enough Powerful Emotion Masters Shame Most Powerful Good Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Brené Brown

“We're in a situation where the solutions that we have are not good enough. The way to improve anything is to have a discussion about its flaws. To understand what the one or two or three things are about it that would help fix it. The DMCA makes it dangerous to have that conversation.”

Way Two Enough Helping Three Situation Dangerous Conversation Solutions Discussion Flaws Good Enough Three Things Not Good Enough

Author:Edward Felten

“Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.”

Wells Enough Moments Revolution Institutions Revolutionary Good Enough Not Good Enough

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“It's a withdrawal of love, coupled with rejection. That combination is hard to accept, and often triggers feelings of not good enough, failure at relationship, insecurity, lack of trust and other feelings.”

Hard Enough Feelings Accepting Combination Rejection Insecurity Good Enough Triggers Not Good Enough Withdrawal Lack Of Trust

Author:John Robert Seeley

“Chronic self-doubt is a symptom of the core belief, 'I'm not good enough.' We adopt these types of limiting beliefs in response to our family and childhood experiences, and they become rooted in the subconscious... we have the ability to take action to override it.”

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Author:Lauren Mackler

“If we went by the world's definition of who I'm supposed to be because I look weird 'Well, surely, this guy can't have a productive life, surely, he doesn't have a sense of humor. Surely, he can't love life.' We stereotype people in this world. And so if the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.”

“The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children.”

Children Enough Father Moral Generations Our Children Code Good Enough Our Father Not Good Enough Moral Code

Book:Aphorisms

Source: Aphorisms

“It's not good enough to just keep producing technology with no notion of whether it's going to be useful. You have to create stuff that people really want, rather than create stuff just because you can.”

People Want Enough Stuff Technology Notion Good Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Genevieve Bell

“Sometimes your best isn't good enough”

Sometimes Enough Good Enough Not Good Enough

Book:Tyger Tyger: A Goblin Wars Book

Source: Tyger Tyger: A Goblin Wars Book

“The cause which is blocking all progress today is the subtle scepticism which whispers in a million ears that things are not good enough to be worth improving. If the world is good we are revolutionaries, if the world is evil we must be conservatives. These essays, futile as they are considered as serious literature, are yet ethically sincere, since they seek to remind men that things must be loved first and improved afterwards.”

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Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“If you were good enough, there would be no need of confessing Christ at all. It is just because you are not good enough, that Christ says to you, "Follow me." He came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. It is not the perfect people whom He wants in His church, but those who have a deep sense of their own imperfection, and who believe that His strength is made perfect in weakness.”

People Ifs Want Needs Believe Made Enough Would Be Christ Church Perfect Weakness Sinner Repentance Good Enough Imperfection Righteous Follow Me Not Good Enough Confessing

Author:Washington Gladden

“Should novels generally be 600 pages? No, they should not. Half of writing, maybe 3/4 of writing, is editing. This seems to be a thing that has not gotten through to them. It's my impression that you could get rid of half of most of these books. These people are not good enough to be this long, but they're apparently also not good enough to be shorter.”

People Should Writing Long Book Enough Seems Half Novel Pages Impression Good Enough Editing Not Good Enough

Author:Fran Lebowitz

“We have to acknowledge the progress we made, but understand that we still have a long way to go. That things are better, but still not good enough.”

Way Long Made Stills Enough Progress Acknowledge Good Enough Long Way Not Good Enough Long Way To Go

Author:Barack Obama

“Before seeing Truffaut 's Small Change, I was afraid it was going to be one of those simple, natural films about childhood which I generally try to avoid I'm just not good enough to go to them. But this series of sketches on the general theme of the resilience of children turns out to be that rarity a poetic comedy that's really funny.”

Trying Children Enough Film Turns Natural Simple Comedy Seeing Childhood Series Resilience Theme Poetic Good Enough Not Good Enough Rarity Small Changes

Book:When the lights go down

Source: When the lights go down

“I'm interested when people will stand up for themselves. I'm always interested in that moment when someone decides it's not good enough, and even though it's painful, they're willing to make a change.”

People Enough Moments Willing Painful That Moment Good Enough Making Changes Not Good Enough

Author:Jennifer Beals

“At the root of the assault on our liberties is, in fact, an assault on our character--an assault that assumes that we are not good enough to be free, and that aims to make sure that we are no longer strong enough, courageous enough, disciplined enough to be a free people.”

People Enough Character Facts Strong Liberty Roots Aim Assuming Courageous Good Enough Assault Strong Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Alan Keyes

“Doing the same things you did when the economy was good is not good enough. You will have to put more coals on the fire in a poor economy to get the same heat you received in a good economy. You must give more energy, more thought, more service, and get into positive thinking material more frequently. Become more selective about who you spend time with. Love a little more, hate a little less. Think about it. You can progressively move on an upward path toward any goal. The choice is yours as to who or what controls you!”

Thinking Giving Littles Enough Moving Hate Choices Energy Goal Poor Economy Path Fire Positive Thinking Materials Heat Good Enough End Times Coal Spend Time Not Good Enough Selective

Author:Bob Proctor

“What I learned from that loss, and also another loss that I'm going to talk about later, was that when you're there, it's not good enough to be there, when you're there, you better walk away with that ring.”

Enough Sports Loss Walks Rings Good Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Don Shula

“We're focusing on the whole pie, not a slice. A slice is good, but it's not good enough to get you fat. We're trying to get fat.”

Trying Enough Whole Winning Basketball Fats Good Enough Pie Not Good Enough

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I'm upset at myself. I should have had 50. I missed 13 free throws. That's unacceptable. If I want to be accepted by Wilt and Kareem and Russell I've got to start playing better than that. Right now I'm still in the class of Hakeem and David Robinson and that's not good enough for me. I want to be out there with the immortals.”

Ifs Want Should Stills Enough Class Right Now Basketball Should Have Accepted Upset Good Enough Not Good Enough Free Throw

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“Songwriting as an art is a bit archaic now. Just writing a song is not good enough.”

Writing Art Enough Song Bits Art Is Songwriting Good Enough Not Good Enough

Book:David Bowie: The Last Interview

Source: David Bowie: The Last Interview

“A Marathon is not about running, it is about salvation. We spend so much of our lives doubting ourselves, thinking we're not good enough, not strong enough, not made of the right stuff. The Marathon is an opportunity for redemption. "Opportunity," because the outcome is uncertain. "Opportunity," because it is up to you, and only you, to make it happen; only you can turn your farfetched dream into a reality.”

“Learn to walk in God’s perception of who you are, because yours is not good enough.”

Enough Walks Perception Who You Are Good Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Graham Cooke

“if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child.”

Ifs Children Book Enough Literature Good Enough Not Good Enough Grownups Children's Literature

Author:Madeleine L'Engle

“I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.”

Made Enough Choices Good Enough Arena Not Good Enough Bad Choices

Author:Amy Grant

“When we don't hear anything from God we just don't know exactly what He is planning and we come to different conclusions that maybe He has forgotten me, maybe He doesn't hear my prayers, maybe I'm not good enough.”

Knows Different Enough Prayer Forgotten Planning Conclusion Good Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Nick Vujicic

“I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting.”

Enough Interesting Saint Good Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Bernadette Devlin

“And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.”

People Thinking Men Should Enough Reality Belief All Things Being Yourself Believe In Yourself Thrive Good Enough Not Good Enough Reckoning Never Good Enough

Author:Isaac Asimov

“I have a very healthy dose of self-loathing. But I think we all have a past of being whatever our story was, of feeling not good enough. It can propel you to work harder and do more, but it can also be a tremendous trap, and you cant see beyond it.”

Thinking Self Enough Stories Feelings Past Hard Work Healthy Harder Good Enough Traps Cant Work Harder Dose Loathing Not Good Enough Self Loathing

Author:Kim Cattrall

“And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.”

Ifs Believe Enough Easy Good Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Mackenzie Astin

“I never expected to win a Grand Slam because, for me, I was not good enough to beat those guys.”

Enough Guy Winning Beats Expected Good Enough Not Good Enough Slam

Author:Stan Wawrinka

“All the stuff about being a drinking club, or having players who were not good enough, I treat as rubbish.”

Enough Stuff Player Treats Drinking Clubs Good Enough Rubbish Not Good Enough

Author:Bryan Robson