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Self-doubt5 quotes
It was not the power of the Spaniards that destroyed the Aztec Empire but the disbelief of the Aztecs in themselves. — E.F. Schumacher · 1962That voice, the one that tells you you're worthless and stupid and ugly…it goes away, right? — Hollyhock · 2017Worst of all I fear mediocrity. — Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1867The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. — Sylvia Plath · 1953The utmost renown never slakes a man's appetite and, unless he is a fool, he almost always dies uncertain of his own fame. — Gustave Flaubert · 1852
The utmost renown never slakes a man's appetite and, unless he is a fool, he almost always dies uncertain of his own fame. — Gustave Flaubert · 1852
Creativity1 quote
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. — Sylvia Plath · 1953
Fame1 quote
The utmost renown never slakes a man's appetite and, unless he is a fool, he almost always dies uncertain of his own fame. — Gustave Flaubert · 1852
Fear1 quote
Worst of all I fear mediocrity. — Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1867
The utmost renown never slakes a man's appetite and, unless he is a fool, he almost always dies uncertain of his own fame. — Gustave Flaubert · 1852
Mediocrity1 quote
Worst of all I fear mediocrity. — Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1867
That voice, the one that tells you you're worthless and stupid and ugly…it goes away, right? — Hollyhock · 2017
That voice, the one that tells you you're worthless and stupid and ugly…it goes away, right? — Hollyhock · 2017
That voice, the one that tells you you're worthless and stupid and ugly…it goes away, right? — Hollyhock · 2017
It was not the power of the Spaniards that destroyed the Aztec Empire but the disbelief of the Aztecs in themselves. — E.F. Schumacher · 1962