Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas a Kempis

Whoever puts his confidence in men or in any creature is very foolish.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Sigmund Freud

If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.

Susan Lucci

I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn't know how tough the business is.

Susan L. Taylor

Imagine how free we would feel and what we could accomplish if we could live without fear.

Susan Jeffers

The knowledge that you can handle anything that comes your way is the key to allowing yourself to take risks. ... security is not having things; it's handling things.

Sue Grafton

Poise and indifference so often look the same.

Steven Tyler

I just pretended I was someone else until that someone else became me.

T. Harv Eker

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

T. Harv Eker

Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don't let these feelings stop them.

Julius Caesar

As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.

Kamisese Mara

Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs.

Kanye West

Come on now! How could you be me and want to be someone else?

Joyce Meyer

Sadly, if we are not confident about our choices, we can easily let other peoples' comments make us feel guilty and ruin the joy we need to experience in life through doing the little things that mean a lot to us.

Katy Perry

If you're presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are such lovers of self-reliance, that we excuse in a man many sins, if he will show us a complete satisfaction in his position, which asks no leave to be, of mine, or any man's good opinion.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do the thing and you will have the power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self trust is the essence of heroism.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A great man is always willing to be little.

Lee Haney

But you can't just sit around the fireplace and sip Cokes and eat pretzels and get an attitude of confidence. You have to put in hard work.

Tony Robbins

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.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Confidence is the sweet spot between arrogance and despair-consisting of positive expectations for favorable outcomes.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Those enjoying winning streaks thus win twofold. They win not only the game but also the right to greater self-determination. They become masters of their own fate. That feeling of efficacy, of being in charge of circumstances, is the essence of confidence. Winning once or twice is encouraging, but winning continuously is empowering.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Winning becomes easier over time as the cornerstones of confidence become habits.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Confidence is the bridge connecting expectations and performance, investment and results.

Thomas Jefferson

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

Tacitus

There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

We must believe in ourselves or no one will believe in us.

Rosalynn Carter

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.

Steve Marriott

When we first went there we completely lacked confidence. Our manager told us our act was too long, and told us to drop certain numbers and concentrate on the exciting stuff. And he was right.

Steve Largent

When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.

Sophocles

In a just cause it is right to be confident.