Quotes on Confidence

Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

I don't like to gamble, but if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself.

Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence.

The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

Compassion instills a sense of calm, inner strength, and a deep confidence and satisfaction

When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.

The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.

Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how can we generate this imponderable quality most quickly? By thinking that other people are inferior to oneself.

If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

I wrote "Bootylicious" because, at the time, I’d gained some weight and the pressure that people put you under, the pressure to be thin, is unbelievable. I was just 18 and you shouldn’t be thinking about that. You should be thinking about building up your character and having fun and the song was just telling everyone just forget what people are saying. You’re bootylicious. That’s all. It’s a celebration of curves and a celebration of women’s bodies.