Quotes on Confidence

There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

I was thinking of my patients, and how the worst moment for them was when they discovered they were masters of their own fate. It was not a matter of bad or good luck. When they could no longer blame fate, they were in despair.

If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.

Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.

All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.

There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.

It needs courage to be afraid.

A religion that comes of thought, and study, and deliberate conviction, sticks best. The revivalized convert who is scared in the direction of heaven because he sees hell yawn suddenly behind him, not only regains confidence when his scare is over, but is ashamed of himself for being scared, and often becomes more hopelessly and malignantly wicked than he was before.

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees.

Pay no attention to what the critics say; _x000D_ _x000D_ no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.

Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.

Knock the 't' off the 'can't.'

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. _x000D_ _x000D_ Your life will become better by making other lives better.

To come from no voice, no power, and to be able to achieve what I have means that only my own personal vision holds me back.

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, _x000D_ _x000D_ a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that, which we have in others.