Self Confidence Quotes

#1. Brave people believe in a higher power than themselves. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#2. Don't be led by the opinions of others. Listen to your sacred voice. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#3. Your self-confidence increases when you know you are living your life according to your highest values. #Quote by Brian Tracy

#4. Remind your bones that that dance inside something worthy #Quote by Q. Gibson

#5. He wasn't proud or arrogant, but there was a self-confidence about him that said he knew what he wanted and he was going to get it, and you'd better not get in his way. #Quote by Cinda Williams Chima

#6. Even worse than losing self-confidence, though, is reacting defensively. There are surgeons who will see faults everywhere except in themselves. They have no questions and no fears about their abilities. As a result, they learn nothing from their mistakes and know nothing of their limitations. As one surgeon told me, it is a rare but alarming thing to meet a surgeon without fear. "If you're not a little afraid when you operate," he said, "you're bound to do a patient a grave disservice. #Quote by Atul Gawande

#7. You are always afraid that somebody may think you a fool. You are afraid that if others think you to be a fool, you will start suspecting it. If so many people think you a fool your self-confidence will be lost. And if everybody goes on repeating that you are a fool, sooner or later you will come to believe it.

Only a wise man cannot be deceived, he can appear as a fool.

Have you observed yourself? You are always trying to exhibit your wisdom, always in search of a victim to whom you can show your knowledge, just searching, hunting for somebody weaker than you – then you will jump in and you will show your wisdom.
A wise man need not be an exhibitionist. Whatsoever is, is. He is not aware of it, he is not in any hurry to show it. If you want to find it, you will have to make efforts. If you have to know whether he is gentle or not, that is going to be your discovery. #Quote by Osho

#8. Externally Hitler sill appears a drifting character: he has failed at school, has no employment, has been rejected by the Academy, is in Vienna for no clearly stated purpose, lives on a pittance eked out by painting postcards. But behind this shiftless exterior Kubizek constructs what must have been there, although it was not apparent to casual acquaintances: the character of the man who, from these beginnings, without any other natural advantages besides his own personality, became the most powerful and terrible tyrant and conqueror of modern history. Here we see - along with the incipient monomania, the repetitive cliches, and the Wagnerian romanticism of his later years - the early evidence of that unbreakable will power, that extraordinary self-confidence. We see the penniless, unemployed, unemployable young Hitler, at sixteen, confidently rebuilding in his imagination the city of Linz, as he was afterwards to rebuild it in fact, and never for a moment doubting that he would one day carry out these improbable plans; we see him exercising over an elderly Austrian upholsterer that irresistible hypnotic power with which he was afterwards to seduce a whole nation; we see him, in Vienna, fortifying himself against a corrupt and purposeless society by adopting an iron asceticism, like some ancient crusader guarding himself against corruption in a pagan world. And then turning to detail, we see in Vienna, when Kubizek was closest to him, the working of Hitler's mind as it feels #Quote by August Kubizek

#9. The secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard work. #Quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger

#10. Love from within, be determined and let your self-confidence take you to heights you never experienced before #Quote by Arsi Nami

#11. Stand firm. Stand tall. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#12. But today I'm indifferent. And with this comes a glimmer of understanding: I can pick and choose what I absorb and what I deflect. This is how the color spectrum works: Some colors absorb light, while others deflect it, depending on where they are on the spectrum. Earlier in my life, when it came to hurtful words from my mother, I was more like an off-shade of brown, absorbing most of them. Now, with experience, wisdom, and a little more self-confidence, my spectrum is shifting. I'm making a choice to be less absorptive. And her comment... is one for which I choose to become pure white. #Quote by Katie Hafner

#13. The only man meant to be in your life is a man that knows your worth. #Quote by Shannon L. Alder

#14. Self-confidence seemed to me more mimicry than anything else and I suggested visiting Clifton Zoo to watch the leaders in a group of baboons, and learn from them: make your gestures slow and deliberate; cultivate a deeper voice; appear casual at all times; eschew all rapid movements. That was all you had to do to look confident. #Quote by John Cleese

#15. Being a slave to a fellow human being, many times, starts with giving his opinion more weight than you should. #Quote by Tanya R. Taylor

#16. Man is everywhere in chains, and his chains will not be broken till he feels that it is degrading to be a bondsman, whether to an individual or to a State. The disease of civilization is not so much the material poverty of the many as the decay of the spirit of freedom and self-confidence. The revolt that will change the world will spring, not from the benevolence that breeds "reform", but from the will to be free. Men will act together in the full consciousness of their mutual dependence; but they will act for themselves. Their liberty will not be given them from above; they will take it on their own behalf. #Quote by G.D.H. Cole

#17. Affection is the source of self-confidence, happiness, security, and a comfortable mental state. #Quote by Amanda Mosher

#18. I am wonderful creation of God. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#19. Every individual has some qualities that endear him to some other. And per contra, I doubt if there is any class which is not detestable to some other class. Artists, police, the clergy, "reds," foxhunters, Freemasons, Jews, "heaven-born," women's clubwomen (especially in U.S.A.), "Methodys," golfers, dog-lovers; you can't find one body without its "natural" enemies. It's right, what's worse; every class, as a class, is almost sure to have more defects than qualities. As soon as you put men together, they somehow sink, corporatively, below the level of the worst of the individuals composing it. Collect scholars on a club committee, or men of science on a jury; all their virtues vanish, and their vices pop out, reinforced by the self-confidence which the power of numbers is bound to bestow. #Quote by Aleister Crowley

#20. Be decisive and handle objections as they come, don't relay on others much and don't look to others to determine if you're acting right or wrong. Do what feels right for you. #Quote by Auliq Ice

#21. When you're a beautiful person on the inside, there is nothing in the world that can change that about you. #Quote by Sasha Azevedo

#22. If a dish doesn't turn out right, change the name and don't bat an eyelid. A fallen souffle is only a risen omelette. It depends on the self-confidence with which you present it. #Quote by Lionel Blue

#23. Walk free from the long shadows cast by small people. #Quote by Fennel Hudson

#24. The idea that guys should walk into a bar and confidently initiate contact and then seduce a woman based on a short term conversation is a toxic cultural myth that robs guys of self-confidence and that holds them up to an unrealistic standard that they have to become a super-extraverted narcissist in order to 'score with women' #Quote by Tucker Max

#25. Sometimes standing for truth is painful and an isolated journey because truth is not always what we like to hear and live with. However, it is your belief in the purity of truth, your confidence in yourself and your godly values that will give you the strength to be a torchbearer of truth. With truth you are always a winner even if it comes late or with a price to pay. #Quote by Vishwas Chavan

#26. Staring at the light of another blinds the view of our own. #Quote by Charles F. Glassman

#27. By marrying to soon, many individuals sacrifice their chance to struggle through this purgatory of solitude and search toward a greater sense of self-confidence. They glance at the world outside the family and with hardly a second thought grasp anxiously for a partner. In marriage they seek a substitute for the security of the family of origin and an escape from aloneness. What they do not realize is that moving so quickly from one family to another, they make it easy to transfer to the new marriage all their difficult experiences in the family of origin. #Quote by Augustus Y. Napier

#28. We've become conditioned to compromise and shrink ourselves in order to be liked. The problem is, when you work so hard to get everyone to like you, you very often end up not liking yourself so much. #Quote by Reshma Saujani

#29. I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power. #Quote by Paul Wellstone

#30. no need to seek your other half.
you are already whole #Quote by Jenai Charles

#31. Faith takes us to deep places, to the ruptures in our self-confidence and our lives. Do not settle for spiritual comfort all the time ... Darkness is divine also. Faith is not about positive thinking so much as about what kicks in when we are weak, sick, and short of self-confidence. The via positiva never stands alone. The via negativa is always with us on our faith journey as well. #Quote by Matthew Fox

#32. Life is a journey, a ride of endless means and emotions. #Quote by Mary V. Pate

#33. And lose my cock, balls and prostate? Are you kidding me? Honey, I'm still all man. I'm just a man with decoration, Tommy had explained before turning with a flounce and practically floating out of the room in his heels. #Quote by Vicktor Alexander

#34. I believe in my sacred soul. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#35. I lack self-confidence. I don't know whether I shall ever get it. Perhaps it is better to be unsure of your self, as I am. But it is very tiring. #Quote by Audrey Hepburn

#36. You never step backwards when you're sure of where you're going. #Quote by Richelle E. Goodrich

#37. I am all that I have. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#38. A realization of the universal lack of self-confidence strengthens one's own. #Quote by Anonymous

#39. Be aware of your infinite connection to your source. Know that you're more than an encapsulated collection of bones, blood and organs in a skin and hair covered body. #Quote by Wayne Dyer

#40. I watched Hugo Barrington when he gave his evidence. The same self-confidence, the same arrogance, the same half-truths spouted convincingly to the jury, just as he'd whispered them to me in the privacy of the bedroom. #Quote by Jeffrey Archer

#41. If you believe you can, you can make your dreams come true. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#42. What happened?

It took Gibbon six volumes to describe the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, so I shan't embark on that. But thinking about this almost incredible episode does tell one something about the nature of civilisation.

It shows that however complex and solid it seems, it is actually quite fragile. It can be destroyed.



What are its enemies?


Well, first of all fear - fear of war, fear of invasion, fear of plague and famine, that make it simply not worthwhile constructing things, or planting trees or even planning next year's crops. And fear of the supernatural, which means that you daren't question anything or change anything.

The late antique world was full of meaningless rituals, mystery religions, that destroyed self-confidence. And then exhaustion, the feeling of hopelessness which can overtake people even with a high degree of material prosperity. 

There is a poem by the modern Greek poet, Cavafy, in which he imagines the people of an antique town like Alexandria waiting every day for the barbarians to come and sack the city. Finally the barbarians move off somewhere else and the city is saved; but the people are disappointed - it would have been better than nothing.

Of course, civilisation requires a modicum of material prosperity - 

What civilization needs:

confidence in the society in which one lives, belief in its philosophy, belief in its laws, and confidence in one's own mental p #Quote by Kenneth Clark

#43. Hope is patient endurance. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#44. Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence. #Quote by Katori Hall

#45. Without self-discovery," Hahn wrote, extending an idea of Nietzsche's, "a person may still have self-confidence, but it is a self-confidence built on ignorance and it melts in the face of heavy burdens. #Quote by Andrew Solomon

#46. Jules was a proud little toy. She decided that she was going to work very hard to be the best wolf she could be. #Quote by Julie B. Campbell

#47. 10 SUGGESTIONS FOR LIVING A MORE MEANINGFUL LIFE
1. Be honest with everyone.
2. Change before you have to.
3. Control your own destiny or someone else will.
4. Face reality as it is, not as it was ... or as you wish it to be.
5. Instill in others- faith, hope and self-confidence.
6. If you can't develop a competitive attitude or have a competitive advantage, don't try to compete. You'll lose.
7. Don't waste your time always looking for shortcuts.
8. Man-up when necessary.
9. Never lose faith in God.
10. Love. #Quote by Jose N Harris

#48. Give yourself the clear advantage of a positive perspective with styles that compliment your best features and colors all in perfect proportion to your body. #Quote by Cindy Ann Peterson

#49. The development of self-confidence starts with the elimination of this demon called fear. #Quote by Napoleon Hill

#50. I wanna say I am somebody. I wanna say it on subway, TV, movie, LOUD. I see the pink faces in suits look over top of my head. I watch myself disappear in their eyes, their tesses. I talk loud but still I don't exist. #Quote by Sapphire

#51. If a woman says, I am getting these breast implants to gain self confidence, then I have to ask, What kind of a society do we live in where a woman's self-confidence depends on having a dangerous, expensive and painful operation on a perfectly healthy body? #Quote by Katha Pollitt

#52. Go where you are celebrated, not denigrated. #Quote by Matshona Dhliwayo

#53. A great figure or physique is nice, but it's self-confidence that makes someone really sexy. #Quote by Vivica A. Fox

#54. The self-confidence one builds from achieving difficult things and accomplishing goals is the most beautiful thing of all. #Quote by Madonna Ciccone

#55. You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle #Quote by David Nicholls

#56. I had a lot of self-confidence. #Quote by Bowie Kuhn

#57. In order to create you have to believe in your ability to do so and that often means excluding whole chunks of normal life, and, of course, pumping yourself up as much as possible as a way of keeping on. Sort of cheering for yourself in the great football stadium of life.
(Barnes & Noble Review, email dialogue with Cameron Martin, Feb. 09, 2009) #Quote by T.C. Boyle

#58. One of the first ways to begin building your self-confidence is to focus on what's great about you. #Quote by Marshall Sylver

#59. Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible. #Quote by Bruce Lee

#60. True it is that she who escapeth safe and unpolluted from out the school of freedom, giveth more confidence of herself than she who comet sound out of the school of severity and restraint. #Quote by Michel De Montaigne

#61. It requires courage not to surrender oneself to the ingenious or compassionate counsels of despair that would induce a man to eliminate himself from the ranks of the living; but it does not follow from this that every huckster who is fattened and nourished in self-confidence has more courage than the man who yielded to despair. #Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

#62. In this world of stars, I just want to be different #Quote by Lust (DreadLock Monsta)

#63. Even fans of actively managed funds often concede that most other investors would be better off in index funds. But buoyed by abundant self-confidence, these folks aren't about to give up on actively managed funds themselves. A tad delusional? I think so. Picking the best-performing funds is 'like trying to predict the dice before you roll them down the craps table,' says an investment adviser in Boca Raton, FL. 'I can't do it. The public can't do it.' #Quote by Paul Samuelson

#64. The greatest obsession is I believe in myself. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#65. Set goals to create a clear sense of purpose and direction. #Quote by Susan C. Young

#66. Braves win! Braves win!" is a much appreciated validation of the principles and policies that I have adopted, nurtured, and implemented both with the uniformed personnel and the club's administration throughout my tenure as general manager. ...
It rewards the leadership concept of supporting the staff, providing them with a vision and with clear goals, and infusing them with the self-confidence and pride to execute that blueprint at a championship level. It smoothes over the missteps, the disappointments, the crises that we overcome together. #Quote by John Schuerholz

#67. Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid. #Quote by Leo Tolstoy

#68. Once you've discounted your own moral authority, once you've undermined your own country's moral self-confidence, you cannot lead. #Quote by Anonymous

#69. Find ecstasy within yourself. It is not out there. It is in your innermost flowering. The one you are looking for is you. #Quote by Osho

#70. If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator. #Quote by Tim Fargo

#71. The pursuit of a greater self is a holy-being. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#72. We believe, and so suggested a few years ago, that the action of alcohol on these chronic alcoholics is a manifestation of an allergy; that the phenomenon of craving is limited to this class and never occurs in the average temperate drinker. These allergic types can never safely use alcohol in any form at all; and once having formed the habit and found they cannot break it, once having lost their self confidence, their reliance upon things human, their problems pile up on them and become astonishingly difficult to solve. #Quote by William Duncan Silkworth

#73. We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom. #Quote by Sharon Salzberg

#74. Self-confidence means a feeling of trust in one's qualities, abilities, and judgment. #Quote by Prem Jagyasi

#75. What matters most in a child's development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the first few years. What matters, instead, is whether we are able to help her develop a very different set of qualities, a list that includes persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self-confidence. #Quote by Paul Tough

#76. She was remarkably beautiful. And yet there was something in her eyes that I didn't like. A bit of...no...I don't want to say falsity...that would be too...it was--I don't know how to explain it -- it was something like triumphant cunning. Odile needed to dominate. She wanted to impose her will, her version of the truth. Her beauty had given her a lot of self-confidence and she believed, almost in good faith, that if she said something then it became true. This worked with your husband, who adored her, but not with me, and she resented me for that. #Quote by Andre Maurois

#77. Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back. #Quote by Criss Jami

#78. Inspiration gives strength to do, what we are capable of doing. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#79. Stature comes from your demeanor, your self confidence. #Quote by V.C. Andrews

#80. When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. She's happy, she's thriving, she's full of self-confidence. I tell her she's beautiful every day before I send her off to school. #Quote by Lynn Johnston

#81. The truth is that the angels of anxiety - those overpowering forces for change in politics, economics, science, morals, and social policy - were at the same time agents for self-confidence. #Quote by Peter Gay

#82. The teacher not only shapes the expectations and ambitions of her pupils, but she also influences their attitudes toward their future and themselves. If she is unskilled, she leaves scars on the lives of youth, cuts deeply into their self-esteem, and distorts their image of themselves as human beings. But if she loves her students and has high expectations of them, their self-confidence will grow, their capabilities will develop, and their future will be assured. #Quote by Thomas S. Monson

#83. It's good to be a little nervous. God compensates those with a lack of talent with an overabundance of self-confidence. -Gigi #Quote by Karen White

#84. The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work, and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence. Suddenly, the child becomes very sensitive to the rudeness and humiliations which he had previously suffered with patient indifference. #Quote by Maria Montessori

#85. I knew Chaz was a good guy, if misguided and gullible. He'd swallowed Buck's side of what happened between us, had argued with Erin that maybe I was drunk that night and didn't remember everything clearly. He was probably one of those boys to whom rapists were ugly men who jumped out of bushes, assaulting random girls. Rapists weren't your nice-guy coworker, or your frat brother, or your best friend. Maybe it never occurred to him that his best friend was capable of ripping a girl's self-confidence away in the span of five minutes. #Quote by Tammara Webber

#86. Even more essential, however, is the identification of the individuals in the masses with the "führer." The more helpless the "mass-individual" has become, owing to his upbringing, the more pronounced is his identification with the führer, and the more the childish need for protection is disguised in the form of a feeling at one with the führer. This inclination to identify is the psychological basis of national narcissism, i.e., of the self-confidence that individual man derives from the "greatness of the nation." The reactionary lower middle-class man perceives himself in the führer, in the authoritarian state. On the basis of this identification he feels himself to be a defender of the "national heritage," of the "nation," which does not prevent him, likewise on the basis of this identification, from simultaneously despising "the masses" and confronting them as an individual. The wretchedness of his material and sexual situation is so overshadowed by the exalting idea of belonging to a master race and having a brilliant führer that, as time goes on, he ceases to realize how completely he has sunk to a position of insignificant, blind allegiance.

The worker who is conscious of his skills - he, in short, who has rid himself of his submissive structure, who identifies with his work and not with the führer, with the international working masses and not with the national homeland - represents the opposite of this. He feels himself to be a leader, not on the basis of #Quote by Wilhelm Reich

#87. Self-confidence, as it is generally understood, implies arrogant presumption; humility implies being impeccable in one's actions and feelings. #Quote by Théun Mares

#88. The difference between the university graduate and the autodidact lies not so much in the extent of knowledge as in the extent of vitality and self-confidence #Quote by Milan Kundera

#89. We shouldn't let our envy of distinguished masters of the arts distract us from the wonder of how each of us gets new ideas. Perhaps we hold on to our superstitions about creativity in order to make our own deficiencies seem more excusable. For when we tell ourselves that masterful abilities are simply unexplainable, we're also comforting ourselves by saying that those superheroes come endowed with all the qualities we don't possess. Our failures are therefore no fault of our own, nor are those heroes' virtues to their credit, either. If it isn't learned, it isn't earned.

When we actually meet the heroes whom our culture views as great, we don't find any singular propensities––only combinations of ingredients quite common in themselves. Most of these heroes are intensely motivated, but so are many other people. They're usually very proficient in some field--but in itself we simply call this craftmanship or expertise. They often have enough self-confidence to stand up to the scorn of peers--but in itself, we might just call that stubbornness. They surely think of things in some novel ways, but so does everyone from time to time. And as for what we call "intelligence", my view is that each person who can speak coherently already has the better part of what our heroes have. Then what makes genius appear to stand apart, if we each have most of what it takes?

I suspect that genius needs one thing more: in order to accumulate outstanding qualities, one needs u #Quote by Marvin Minsky

#90. Persistence - This is another way to relieve her of any responsibility for what is happening. Of course, don't confuse persistence with begging, arguing, or being pushy, needy, or creepy. All it means is don't give up too easily. Girls may test you to find out how easily you throw in the towel - they want to gauge your self-confidence. Just assume that she is giving a little token resistance, and continue. If she didn't resist at least a little bit, she would feel like a slut - and that's not going to happen. And if you can't take her crap, how in the world are you going to protect her from other people's crap?
This can be tricky - an overly aggressive man might misinterpret all resistance as being merely token and could eventually find himself facing a rape charge. However, a man who isn't persistence enough will acquiesce every time a women resists, when in may cases she was secretly hoping he could be a little more forceful. #Quote by Mystery

#91. The problem isn't that I think so highly of myself. It is just that you think so little of yourself. Live life BIG, BOLD and OUT LOUD! #Quote by Shannon L. Alder

#92. To spend my days regretting what I'm not is to rob me of the energy I need to celebrate who I am. #Quote by Craig D. Lounsbrough

#93. Poverty when coupled with creativeness is usually free of frustration. This is true of the poor artisan skilled in his trade and of the poor writer, artist, and scientist in the full possession of creative powers. Nothing so bolsters our self-confidence and reconciles us with ourselves as the continuous ability to create; to see things grow and develop under our hand, day in, day out. The decline of handicrafts in modern times is perhaps one of the causes for the rise of frustration and the increased susceptibility of the individual to mass movements. #Quote by Eric Hoffer

#94. There was so little I wanted to carry. Packing my backpack took me all of four minutes #Quote by Aspen Matis

#95. Inscribed on the temple of Apollo #Quote by Maya Angelou

#96. I am much younger now than I was at twelve or anyway, less burdened. #Quote by Flannery O'Connor

#97. You made me laugh at your jokes.
You made me cry at your criticism.
You made me shout at your lies.
Then I noticed how in every case someone else was present,
hearing you without laughter or tears or anger.
I alone reacted.
I see now; you never made me laugh or cry or rage.
I chose to find humor.
I chose to take offense.
I chose to feel scorned.
The truth is, you never had power over me. #Quote by Richelle E. Goodrich

#98. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape. #Quote by Bell Hooks

#99. I might have been just half an Asian, but in America it was all or nothing when it came to race. You were either white or you weren't. Funnily enough, I had never felt inferior because of my race during my foreign student days. I was foreign by definition and therefore was treated as a guest. But now, even though I was a card-carrying American with a driver's license, Social Security card, and resident alien permit, Violet still considered me as foreign, and this misrecognition punctured the smooth skin of my self-confidence. #Quote by Viet Thanh Nguyen

#100. Self confidence is the ground stone of success #Quote by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#101. Protect your self-esteem and self-confidence - it is your responsibility! #Quote by Mark Donnelly

#102. So a visionary's best defense… is not only having a thick skin, but having reservoirs of self-confidence as well. Because when those invested in the status quo feel threatened, they chip away at not only the upstart's ideas, but also his or her motives and character. Just as big trucks require big wheels, and tall buildings require deep foundations, people with big dreams need a large reservoir of self-confidence to maintain their balance and go forward. #Quote by Bill Shore

#103. Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always. #Quote by Yves Saint-Laurent

#104. God is my hope and my joy. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#105. If you criticize what you're doing too early you'll never write the first line.
[Paris Review, interview with Jodi Daynard, The Art of Fiction No. 113, Winter II 1989] #Quote by Max Frisch

#106. The problem when you are a strong, capable, self-confident person, is that more often than not, people think that you don't really need things like comfort, reassurance, loyalty and guidance. People are more likely to look at you and say, "She doesn't need this", "She doesn't need that", "She's already all of this and all of that". But then the truth is that most probably, you are a strong, capable, self-confident person because you built yourself brick-by-brick into that person; because you HAD to BECOME that person; because you had determination enough to make yourself into the image that you knew you needed to become. At the heart of many strong, confident people, is a heart most longing of the things that most others simply take for granted. #Quote by C. JoyBell C.

#107. If a superior intimidates their inferiors, the inferiors would end up losing self confidence. #Quote by Saaif Alam

#108. As I create I become. #Quote by Efrat Cybulkiewicz

#109. Here's to everyone who has survived something devastating
something that shattered your self-confidence and distorted your world in one blow. Whether you were fierce in the face of it or fell to pieces or shoved it out of sight for years
I don't care how you got here. Every day you are stronger. Every day you are healing. Every day that you survive, you are telling that event, that person, that illness, that memory: YOU DO NOT DEFINE ME. Keep on.
Acknowledgements #Quote by Tammara Webber

#110. Shyness is born from a lack of self-confidence and fear of ridicule. In my case it latched on to the young boy who didn't have confidence in himself or his abilities after being belittled by his first-grade teacher. Introversion, on the other hand, is a tremendous gift that allows for inquisitive curiosity about life. Introversion created in this young boy a fascination with life, nature, science, creativity, and imagination. #Quote by Joel Annesley

#111. A primary requirement in every enterprise in habit-formation is self-confidence. #Quote by Ralph Alfred Habas

#112. I didn't do very well at school, and I suppose I've always had this sense, you know that, of being average, so I've been a bit low on self-confidence in my ability. #Quote by Peter Hollingworth

#113. Being on stage is about self esteem and self confidence. #Quote by Jake Miller

#114. Trust in God gives self-power. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#115. The ideological man is thus both absolutely suspicious and absolutely enthusiastic. There seems to be no idea under the sun that he would not put into question and make an object of derision, skepticism, or contempt, no idea that he would not reduce to an offshoot of hidden instincts, mundane interests, biological drives, and psychological complexes. Hence he is likely to despise reason as an autonomous faculty, to downgrade lofty ideals, and to debunk the past, seeing everywhere the same ideological mystification. But at the same time, he lives in a constant state of mobilization for a better world. His mouth is full of noble slogans about brotherhood, freedom, and justice, and with every word he makes it clear that he knows which side is right and that he is ready to sacrifice his entire existence for the sake of its victory. The peculiar combination of both attitudes--merciless distrust and unwavering affirmation--gives him an incomparable sense of moral self-confidence and intellectual self-righteousness. #Quote by Ryszard Legutko

#116. The strangest thing was, as beautiful as I found her to be, she admitted that she wasn't always comfortable in her own skin. I found that hard to believe until she explained herself. All of the sudden I was not so much in awe of her but found myself empathizing with her. #Quote by Michele Jennae

#117. Excellence begins in the mind. Discipline yourself to be an excellent person at what you want. Everything big, once started little. #Quote by Mark F. LaMoure

#118. What would you call America's most priceless asset? Surely not its limitless natural resources, not its matchless national wealth, not its unequalled store of gold, not its giant factories, not its surpassing railroads, not its unprecedented volume of cheap power. Is not its most priceless asset the character of its people, their indomitable self-confidence, their transcendent vision, their sleepless initiative and, perhaps above all, their inherent, irrepressible optimism? #Quote by B.C. Forbes

#119. Self-confidence is divine force. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#120. One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals. When we pool our strength and share the work and responsibility, we can welcome many people, even those in deep distress, and perhaps help them find self-confidence and inner healing. #Quote by Jean Vanier

#121. Self worth is not measured by what you have, no matter how full your life is. Rather, it comes from what you are, how authentically you're really living your life, and how much you are willing to give. #Quote by Shannon L. Alder

#122. Sometimes we're all just sad little desserts who just need a little self-confidence. #Quote by Meghan Murphy

#123. Self-confidence is the greatest strength. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#124. Don't back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for yourself builds self confidence and self esteem. #Quote by Oprah Winfrey

#125. Aomame knew that he worked for a corporation connected with oil. He was a specialist on capital investment in a number of Middle Eastern countries. According to the information she had been given, he was one of the more capable men in the field. She could see it in the way he carried himself. He came from a good family, earned a sizable income, and drove a new Jaguar. After a pampered childhood, he had gone to study abroad, spoke good English and French, and exuded self-confidence. He was the type who could not bear to be told what to do, or to be criticized, especially if the criticism came from a woman. He had no difficulty bossing others around, though, and cracking a few of his wife's ribs with a golf club was no problem at all. As far as he was concerned, the world revolved around him, and without him the earth didn't move at all. He could become furious - violently angry - if anyone interfered with what he was doing or contradicted him in any way. #Quote by Haruki Murakami

#126. You are the expert on you. #Quote by Michael Neill

#127. Start dream building. See yourself at you best. Transform yourself with determination. #Quote by Mark LaMoure

#128. Great writing requires great doubt and great self-confidence. One without the other inspires mediocrity. #Quote by Chloe Thurlow

#129. He spoke with such self-confidence that his hearers could not be sure whether what he said was very witty or very stupid. #Quote by Leo Tolstoy

#130. If you stop being afraid of lonely you will never feel lonely because courage will give you the necessary self-confidence to solve this problem! #Quote by Mehmet Murat Ildan

#131. I see a bird carrying me and carrying you, with us as its wings, beyond the dream, to a journey that has no end and no beginning, no purpose and no goal. I do not speak to you, and you do not speak to me; we listen only to the music of silence. Silence is the friend's trust of friend, imagination's self-confidence between rain and rainbow.
A rainbow is inspiration provoking the poet, uninvited, the infatuation of the poet with the prose of the Quran.
Which of your Lord's blessings do you disown?
We are absent, you and I; we are present, you and I.
And absent.
Which of your Lord's blessings do you disown? #Quote by Mahmoud Darwish

#132. Trust your eyes, Trust your tummy, Trust yourself. That's how you know who to listen to. #Quote by Land Before Time

#133. With the greatest force within, you can go farther. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#134. Criticism is just someone else's opinion. Even people who are experts in their fields are sometimes wrong. It is up to you to choose whether to believe some of it, none of it, or all of it. What you think is what counts. #Quote by Rodolfo Costa

#135. I was hoping that perhaps I could roll with you ... "
"You cannot roll with me," said the Big O, "but perhaps you can roll by yourself. #Quote by Shel Silverstein

#136. You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn't determine who you are. You must all realize what you're worth on your own. #Quote by Koushun Takami

#137. She didn't like to think she was so shallow that a mere dress could make her happy, but she had to concede that it gave her a new sense of self-confidence. #Quote by Julia Quinn

#138. I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing
tightrope walking comes immediately to mind
but it's difficult for me to think of anybody producing much writing if his confidence is completely shot. #Quote by Calvin Trillin

#139. Che Guevara taught us we could dare to have confidence in ourselves; confidence in our abilities. He instilled in us the conviction that struggle is our only recourse. He, was a citizen of th free world that together we are in the process of building. That is why we say that Che Guevara is also African and Burkinabe. #Quote by Thomas Sankara

#140. I sweat in tears to get what I want. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#141. But I'll tell you a secret. You know what boys like? A woman who's happy with herself. Who's not making herself miserable with the Jane Fonda videotapes and complaining all the time about whether this part or that one's too big. And you know what else they like? She leaned in close, whispering into her granddaughter's ear. Good food. #Quote by Jennifer Weiner

#142. Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must have strong self-confidence combined with deep humility. #Quote by Henri Nouwen

#143. The greater self-confidence an individual possesses, the less inclined he is to put down others. This says a lot about those who constantly belittle. #Quote by Richelle E. Goodrich

#144. You have a one of a kind gift to offer this world, and you are unique in the entire history of creation. #Quote by Wayne Dyer

#145. Top 10 Reasons to Establish Written Goals for Your Life 10. Written goals strengthen your character by promoting a long-term perspective. 9. Written goals allow you to lead your life as opposed to simply managing it. 8. Written goals provide internal, permanent, and consistent motivation. 7. Written goals help you stay focused - to concentrate on what's most important. 6. Written goals enhance your decision-making ability. 5. Written goals simultaneously require and build self-confidence. 4. Written goals help you create the future in advance. 3. Written goals help you to control changes - to adjust your sails, to work with the wind rather than against it. 2. Written goals heighten your awareness of opportunities that are consistent with your goals. 1. And finally, the most important benefit of setting effective goals is the person you become as a result of the pursuit! #Quote by Tommy Newberry

#146. Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way. #Quote by Ryan Lilly

#147. A Final Word

Now that you have become familiar with social anxiety, you know that it is a common problem, especially for teenagers. You've learned that it affects you physically, mentally, and behaviorally, and that it can have a tremendous impact on all aspects of your life.
Most important, you've learned ways to cope with social anxiety. Now, make the techniques presented in this book part of your daily life. With practice you will be able to calm anxious feelings and develop self-confidence in social situations. Remember that change does not happen overnight. There will be tough times mixed in with the good. It may be necessary to see a professional therapist or to take medication.
There is no reason social anxiety needs to remain a part of your life. If you are committed to lessening your anxiety, you will see great results. With time and hard work, you can become the person you want to be and live a healthy, happy, and productive life. #Quote by Heather Moehn

#148. People will treat you the way YOU treat you. #Quote by Robert Holden

#149. Self-confidence is inseparable from submission to the creedal order, and through that order, to the supreme authority expressed in that order ... Deep individualism cannot exist except in relation to the highest authority. No inner discipline can operate without a charismatic institution, nor can such an institution survive without that supreme authority from a relation to whom self-confidence derives. Without an authority deeply installed, there is no foundation for individuality. Self-confidence thus expresses submission to supreme authority. #Quote by Philip Rieff

#150. My greatest treasure is my thoughts. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#151. Nothing has value without self worth #Quote by Rasheed Ogunlaru

#152. It would be much truer to say that a man will certainly fail, because he believes in himself. Complete self-confidence is not merely a sin; complete self-confidence is a weakness. Believing utterly in one's self is a hysterical and superstitious belief like believing in Joanna Southcote: the man who has it has 'Hanwell' written on his face as plain as it is written on that omnibus." And to all this my friend the publisher made this very deep and effective reply, "Well, if a man is not to believe in himself, in what is he to believe?" After a long pause I replied, "I will go home and write a book in answer to that question." This is the book that #Quote by G.K. Chesterton

#153. I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young. #Quote by Christie Hefner

#154. Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable. #Quote by Coco Chanel

#155. IF YOU CHOKE YOUR POTENTIAL BEFORE IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A POSSIBILITY YOU WILL NEVER REACH YOUR DESTINY #Quote by Mo Stegall

#156. You can develop a positive self image with positive thoughts. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#157. God created you in His own image. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#158. Be thankful for what you capable of being. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#159. We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music. #Quote by Rokia Traore

#160. When you're comfortable and content with who you are, the voices of others who try and define, control or direct you are not important. #Quote by Rachel Robins

#161. It is not important for life to meet your great expectations. What is important is that you hold high expectations of yourself and meet them greatly. #Quote by Roopleen

#162. Blomkvist had indeed had many brief relationships. He knew he was reasonably good-looking, but he had never considered himself exceptionally attractive. But he had often been told that he had something that made women interested in him ... that he radiated self-confidence and security at the same time, that he had the ability to make women feel at ease. Going to bed with him was not threatening or complicated, but it might be erotically enjoyable. And that, according to Blomkvist, was as it should be. #Quote by Stieg Larsson

#163. Sometimes, it's best to let the kids take control - and it's never too early to instill positive eating habits or self-confidence in the kitchen. #Quote by Adam Mansbach

#164. Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it. #Quote by Dorothy M. Neddermeyer

#165. One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. #Quote by Arthur Ashe

#166. Perhaps when you're young you think that something must be profound just because it is difficult and you don't have the self-confidence to say 'this is just nonsense #Quote by Francis Fukuyama

#167. Surrendering to jargon is a sign of journalism's dismal lack of self-confidence in the optimized age of content-management systems. #Quote by George Packer

#168. Be sincere to nobody else, but yourself. #Quote by Abhijit Naskar

#169. Be quietly confident. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#170. He had never been in love. He had not known what it would feel like. He understood what the term meant, but his life had not allowed for exploring its possibilities. There had been few he had really loved. His parents; Michael. That was it. And that was love of a different kind. Less intense, less hungry. What he felt for Simralin went so far beyond anything manageable that it shocked him. He could tell himself it was because he had found her beautiful in a way that transcended anything he had ever known. But his attraction to her was a response to so much more. To her self-confidence and way of speaking. To her smile and the quirky way she lifted one eyebrow when she was amused. To the way she carried herself. To the way she looked at him. #Quote by Terry Brooks

#171. To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive. #Quote by Abraham Verghese

#172. For what can give a finer example of that frankness and manly self- confidence which our great public schools, and none of them so much as Eton, are supposed to inspire, of that buoyant ease in holding up one's head, speaking out what is in one's mind, and flinging off all sheepishness and awkwardness, than to see an Eton assistant-master offering in fact himself as evidence that to combine boarding-house- keeping with teaching is a good thing, and his brother as evidence that to train and race little boys for competitive examinations is a good thing? #Quote by Matthew Arnold

#173. Jedi act with confidence, move with confidence, and breathe with confidence. Jedi possess a confident calmness in their looks, attitude and
behaviour. #Quote by Stephen Richards

#174. Teaching for creativity aims to encourage self-confidence, independence of mind, and the capacity to think for oneself. #Quote by Ken Robinson

#175. The difficulties of life don't stop attacking your self-worth and self-confidence, you just have to repair and fortify every time. Recall and recite it; tell yourself what you are worth. #Quote by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

#176. Nobody ever died of discomfort, yet living in the name of comfort has killed more ideas, more opportunities, more actions, and more growth than everything else combined. Comfort kills! #Quote by T. Harv Eker

#177. Confident is a spirit of faith #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#178. Quick work doesn't mean less serious work, it depends on one's self-confidence and experience. In the same way Jules Guérard, the lion hunter, says in his book that in the beginning young lions have a lot of trouble killing a horse or an ox, but that the old lions kill with a single blow of the paw or a well-placed bite, and that they are amazingly sure at the job... I must warn you that everyone will think that I work too fast. Don't you believe a word of it. Is it not emotion, the sincerity of one's feeling for nature, that draws us, and if the emotions are sometimes so strong that one works without knowing one works, when sometimes the strokes come with a continuity and coherence like words in a speech or a letter, then one must remember that it has not always been so, and that in time to come there will again be hard days, empty of inspiration. So one must strike while the iron is hot, and put the forged bars on one side. #Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

#179. Sometimes our Biggest Nightmare turns out to be our Biggest Gift. And it all comes down to our attitude. Life will throw us curve balls and disappointments, even heartbreak. But ultimately we can choose if we're going to be Bitter or Better for the experience. #Quote by Kathryn Orford

#180. P. 274 ... his trademark decision to surrender power as commander in chief and then president, was not ... a sign that he had conquered his ambitions, but rather that he fully realized that all ambitions were inherently insatiable and unconquerable. He knew himself well enough to resist the illusion that he transcended human nature. Unlike Julius Caesar and Oliver Cromwell before him, and Napoleon, Lenin, and Mao after him, he understood that the greater glory resided in posterity's judgment. If you aspire to live forever in the memory of future generations, you must demonstrate the ultimate self-confidence to leave the final judgment to them. And he did. #Quote by Joseph J. Ellis

#181. How to Build Self Confidence in 5 Easy Steps #Quote by Kimberly Reid

#182. Self-confidence carries conviction; it makes other people believe in us. #Quote by Orison Swett Marden

#183. I have a lot of social engagements, and I like to dress up for them. I try to wear what I feel comfortable in, as self-confidence is so much about how you look. Generally, I love to wear long dresses; they make you feel special. #Quote by Marie-Chantal Claire

#184. Nurturing self-confidence is a daily endeavour. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#185. No one is born with self confidence. Self confidence is learned and earned with experience. #Quote by Denis Waitley

#186. At the level at which I work with people, their great talent is paired with great insecurity. Self-doubt is literally the twin of self-confidence. And I have to be there for both. #Quote by William Ivey Long

#187. It is pleasant to be transferred from an office where one is afraid of a sergeant-major into an office where one can intimidate generals, and perhaps this is why history is so attractive to the more timid among us. We can recover self-confidence by snubbing the dead. #Quote by E. M. Forster

#188. Studies show that girls - especially smarter ones - have severe problems in the area of self-confidence.
They consistently underestimate their own ability. When asked how they think they'll do on different tasks - whether the tasks are untried or ones they've encountered before - they give lower estimates than boys do, and in general underestimate their actual performance as well. One study even showed that the brighter the girl, the less expectations she has of being successful at intellectual tasks. (...)
Low self-confidence is the plague of many girls, and it leads to a host of related problems. Girls are highly suggestible and tend to change their minds about perceptual judgments if someone disagrees with them. They set lower standards for themselves. While boys are challenged by difficult tasks, girls try to avoid them. (...) Given her felt incompetence, it's not surprising that the little girl would hotfoot it to the nearest Other and cling for dear life. (...) As we can see, the problems of excessive dependence follow female children right into adulthood. #Quote by Colette Dowling

#189. Writing is the perfect balance between self-confidence and self-doubt, with a bit of self-delusion thrown in. #Quote by Judith Kelman

#190. The months of being disingenuously friendly and the resulting self-hatred taught me that self-confidence cannot be based on the approval of others. #Quote by Mark Twight

#191. Today I must look in the mirror and be thankful for the person who I find staring back at me. For although the reflection is terribly imperfect, and I know that full well, God created it with enough room that one day it would be perfect. And if there is nothing else I can find to be thankful for, let me begin here. #Quote by Craig D. Lounsbrough

#192. Learn to be brave and adventurous because you'll never discover your place in the world, if you're too afraid to leave your own backyard. #Quote by Nina Guilbeau

#193. A high self-esteem can quickly deteriorate into egotism, arrogance, and an over-confidence that can backfire and turn people off. #Quote by Susan C. Young

#194. Excellence is always the target of champions. #Quote by Mark F. LaMoure

#195. I am no longer tied to the cliffs
Threats don't hold any ground
I have decided to fly high
On the winds of cool complacence #Quote by Balroop Singh

#196. What rendered it all acceptable was that government won the war, in astonishingly short order. Had the war dragged on or ended badly, the trust reposed in government might have been withdrawn. But the greatest conflict in human history was brought to a victorious conclusion for the United States only three and a half years after American entry. America's unprecedentedly large government defeated fascism; America's big government placed the United States at the pinnacle of world power. In the process, big government restored the nation's economic vitality and self-confidence. By 1945 most Americans found big government thoroughly acceptable, even necessary, and they had ample reason for feeling the way they did. #Quote by H.W. Brands

#197. [ New York ] is a place that worships incompetence particularly if it's combined with energy and paranoid self-confidence. Only in a city like New York could Truman Capote have made it, or John Simon. #Quote by Gore Vidal

#198. As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is "AUTHENTICITY".

As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it "RESPECT".

As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it "MATURITY".

As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call it "SELF-CONFIDENCE".

As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it "SIMPLICITY".

As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is "LOVE OF ONESELF".

As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ev #Quote by Charlie Chaplin

#199. A competitive and insecure woman will tell you that "true love" is never giving up on someone you're in love with. A confident and spiritual woman knows that "moving on" doesn't mean you never loved someone. She realizes that letting go is what God needs her to do because both your happiness and hers requires taking different journeys for spiritual growth. Letting go is sometimes the hardest thing, but it is the most "real love" you will ever experience. #Quote by Shannon L. Alder

#200. I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage. #Quote by Arsenio Hall

#201. God's sovereignty does not negate our responsibility to pray, but rather makes it possible for us to pray with confidence. #Quote by Jerry Bridges

#202. You must have the confidence to override people with more credentials than you whose cognition is impaired by incentive-caused bias or some similar psychological force that is obviously present. But there are also cases where you have to recognize that you have no wisdom to add - and that your best course is to trust some expert. #Quote by Charlie Munger

#203. A woman imagines what she wants, and plans mentally for the transition. She gathers strength to prepare for the emotional challenges in her life that lie ahead. Conflicts try to break her stride but although she is filled with pain, she still walks with confidence, and with a smile on her face.
When there is a world of distractions and difficult decisions to make, when a woman finds herself straying off the tracks, she will not feel defeated.
She is courageous!
She is victorious!
She is a pioneer! #Quote by Charlena E. Jackson

#204. We have the whitest kitchens and the most shining bathrooms in the world. But in the lovely white kitchen the average [person] can't produce a meal fit to eat, and the lovely shining bathroom is mostly a receptacle for deodorants, laxatives, sleeping pills, and the products of that confidence racket called the cosmetic industry. We make the finest packages in the world, Mr Marlowe. The stuff inside is mostly junk. #Quote by Raymond Chandler

#205. Creating back doors to hack in to secure devices will not only undermine consumer confidence in technology but most importantly empower cyber criminals and totalitarian regimes. #Quote by Arzak Khan

#206. Knowledge of life brings confidence. Knowledge of death makes you fearless and centered. #Quote by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#207. Imagination is a confident hope. #Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

#208. As cheesy as it sounds, nothing beats a smile and a bit of confidence! As long as you feel good on the inside, you can still look beautiful without any makeup at all. #Quote by Zoe Sugg

#209. A lot of the motivation for doing the 'Make 'Em Laugh' on SNL was because I had just finished shooting 'Inception,' where there were zero-gravity scenes and I got into really good shape and was training and did all these stunts. Coming off of that, that instilled me with the confidence to do 'Make 'Em Laugh.' #Quote by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#210. Confidence is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life. #Quote by John Dewey

#211. Being a child of God means confidence, but it never means complacency. #Quote by Kevin DeYoung

#212. I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more. #Quote by Cathy Freeman

#213. His gentleman's hesitation in the car earlier is gone, replaced with a confidence that provokes. #Quote by K.A. Tucker

#214. Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. 5 z Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but a our sufficiency is from God, 6who has made us sufficient to be b ministers of c a new covenant, not of d the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but e the Spirit gives life. #Quote by Anonymous

#215. For a while I thought I was the dragon.
I guess I can tell you that now. And, for a while, I thought I was
the princess,
cotton candy pink, sitting there in my room, in the tower of the castle,
young and beautiful and in love and waiting for you with
confidence
but the princess looks into her mirror and only sees the princess,
while I'm out here, slogging through the mud, breathing fire,
and getting stabbed to death.
Okay, so I'm the dragon. Big deal.
You still get to be the hero.
You get magic gloves! A fish that talks! You get eyes like flashlights! #Quote by Richard Siken

#216. Take a moment each day to focus on the good, and then try to carry that with you throughout the day, because while bangs don't look good on everyone, confidence does. #Quote by Lauren Conrad

#217. When you do anything from a clear judgment that it ought to be done, never shrink from being seen to do it, even though the world should misunderstand it; for if you are not acting rightly, shun the action itself; if you are, why fear those who wrongly censure you? #Quote by Epictetus

#218. No totalitarian censor can approach the implacability of the censor who controls the line of communication between the outer world and our consciousness. Nothing is allowed to reach us which might weaken our confidence and lower our morale. To most of us nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. #Quote by Eric Hoffer

#219. I had to defend myself because I was tired of hurting and being bullied. #Quote by Charlena E. Jackson

#220. It is only by hearsay (by word of mouth passed down from generation to generation) that whole peoples adore the God of their fathers and of their priests: authority, confidence, submission and custom with them take the place of conviction or of proofs: they prostrate themselves and pray, because their fathers taught them to prostrate themselves and pray: but why did their fathers fall on their knees? #Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

#221. To create an effective envisioned future requires a certain level of unreasonable confidence and commitment. Keep in mind that a BHAG is not just a goal; it is a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. #Quote by James C. Collins

#222. The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only. #Quote by Bob Riley

#223. Buddhists have a long-standing tradition of believing that at some level we always know what the best course of action is in any given situation. We just have to be quiet enough to let that course of action present itself to us. And we need the confidence to act when life shows us what we need to do. #Quote by Brad Warner

#224. [Joy] does not ignore pain in the world, in another's life or in one's own life. Rather, it goes deeper, seeing confidence in God - and for Christians, in Jesus Christ - as the reason for joy and a constant source of joy. #Quote by James Martin

#225. The main misfortune, the root of all the evil to come, was the loss of confidence in the value of one's own opinion. People imagined that it was out of date to follow their own moral sense, that they must all sing in chorus, and live by other people's notions, notions that were being crammed down everybody's throat. #Quote by Boris Pasternak

#226. His work is as it were, a sacred object and the true fruit of his life, and his aim in storing it away for a more discerning posterity will be to make it the property of mankind. An aim like this far surpasses all others, and for it he wears the crown of thorns which is one day to bloom into a wreath of laurel. All his powers are concentrated in the effort to complete and secure his work; just as the insect, in the last stage of its development, uses its whole strength on behalf of a brood it will never live to see; it puts its eggs in some place of safety, where, as it well knows, the young will one day find life and nourishment, and then dies in confidence. #Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

#227. Only reckless confidence in a Source greater than ourselves can empower us to forgive the woulds inflicted by others. #Quote by Brennan Manning

#228. I was afraid to be confident for a long time. I had to quit second guessing everything because I worried so much about being wrong or worse, offending anyone. It was never intentional, but I wasted far too much energy and time holding myself back. #Quote by Emilyann Allen

#229. To tell the truth, I just lost confidence in Joe Hooker. #Quote by Joseph Hooker

#230. Commerce and manufactures can seldom flourish long in any state which does not enjoy a regular administration of justice, in which the people do not feel themselves secure in the possession of their property, in which the faith of contracts is not supported by law, and in which the authority of the state is not supposed to be regularly employed in enforcing the payment of debts from all those who are able to pay. Commerce and manufactures, in
short, can seldom flourish in any state in which there is not a certain degree of confidence in the justice of government. #Quote by Adam Smith

#231. This is better than a romance novel." P.J. said with a wistful sigh.
"You read that stuff?" Cole demanded.
"Why the hell do you ask the question like that?" P.J. said, annoyance evident in her tone and expression.
"You just didn't seem the type," Cole mumbled.
She flipped him the bird, and Shea had to bite her lip to keep from laughing. P.J. was easily half Cole's size but she also looked like she had the confidence to take on the much larger man. She might even kick his ass. The idea intrigued Shea greatly.
"I'm tempted to shove one of my romance novels up your ass." P.J. said sharply. "But I love my books too much to desecrate them like that, I'll settle for my boot."
Cole held up his hands in surrender. "I won't say another word. Romance novels are great. I love romance novels. I think everyone should read them. #Quote by Maya Banks

#232. I think you find your own way. You have your own rules. You have your own understanding of yourself, and that's what you're going to count on. In the end, it's what feels right to you. Not what your mother told you. Not what some actress told you. Not what anybody else told you but the still, small voice. #Quote by Meryl Streep

#233. This may be the fundamental problem with caring a lot about what others think: It can put you on the established path--the my-isn't that-impressive path--and keep you there for a long time. #Quote by Michelle Obama

#234. We move forward by having confidence within ourselves, with hope for a greater purpose. #Quote by Ellen J. Barrier

#235. They say productivity is the key to confidence, and confidence ... to productivity. And they're happy walking back and forth between these two rooms, each the excuse for the other. #Quote by James Richardson

#236. The crisis in Europe has affected the U.S. economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on business and consumer confidence, and pressuring U.S. financial markets and institutions. #Quote by Ben Bernanke

#237. I believe that the market is slowly waking up to the fact that the Federal Reserve is a clueless organization. They have no idea what they're doing. And so the confidence level of investors is diminishing, in my view. #Quote by Marc Faber