Feeling Inadequate Quotes

“I couldn't be the child that they had loved.

Not after everything that happened to me. Not after learning that I am made of sticks and snow.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“Everyone around him had some use, some mighty skill. And yet there I was... nothing more than a strange hybrid. More trouble than I was worth.

'You're not,' he said.

'Don't read my thoughts.'

'I can't help what you sometimes shout down the bond. And besides, everything is usually written on your face, if you know where to look. Which made your performance today so much more impressive.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“In the West, we strive for perfection in so many ways—and often we are left feeling inadequate. Perfectionism is just the desire to feel whole and complete. Our yoga practice reminds us that we are already there.”
― Hania Khuri-Trapper, Rest & Return: Weekly Reminders to Pause, Reflect, and Just Be