Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

Yes! you are the ruin--the ruin--the ruin--of me. I have no resources in myself, I have no confidence in myself, I have no government of myself when you are near me or in my thoughts. And you are always in my thoughts now. I have never been quit of you since I first saw you. Oh, that was a wretched day for me! That was a wretched, miserable day!

We were flat. We were cold, didn't hit a shot in the first half -- it just wasn't us out there. They got up on us, got some confidence and just outplayed us.

We were down early, but we didn't lose confidence in our game. We just knew we could make a run and we did a great job of doing it.

While the U.S. economy is still transitioning, and will for some time, data that should be supporting confidence in the recovery have not worked to ease investor concerns. We have to wonder if markets won't derail an otherwise quite healthy recovery in much of the core of the U.S. economy.

She liked me there and that is where I've been ever since. I still didn't have as much confidence as I should have. I'm too much of a worry bug, so I told myself to just go out and play.

Andy Reid

So everybody has a lot of confidence he can kick a football and he does a nice job in practice.

At the end Randy knocked down eight in a row and that was huge. He was very calm, stepped to the line with confidence and it was nothing but net every single time. There was no babying the basketball. It was' I'm going to knock it down, I'm positive and that's what happened.

Mack Brown

At times we didn't even play that good. But we played hard, and we played with confidence.

Kim Gandy

At this time, with the country's leadership in turmoil and confidence in the government steadily declining, now more than ever we need stability.

That's an indication of their confidence in their logistics and fulfillment to get the orders to their customers in time. The last thing you'd want to do is not deliver a gift on time. You will lose a customer for life that way.

That's a good win and definitely a good way to head into the West Frankfort tournament this weekend. That should give the girls some confidence and get our spirits up a little bit.

Fred Moore

That's a significant jump. It means we're getting people interested in our trades. The confidence is there.

The kids put in the work and were rewarded. Our guys expect to win now, and play with a confidence that can be intimidating to other teams.

The kids have so much confidence right now. They really thought they were going to put it to them.

Lisa Stone

Their senior players are just outstanding players. They're playing very, very well. They've got some confidence. The dark-horse (tag) really has come to fruition. I mean, they're playing great defense. ... And they're leaning on great perimeter play and a great post player inside.

Phil Garner

Their pitching is much improved. I think the pitching is why they are where they are. Turnbow's been unbelievable. He's got confidence going now. When I first saw him, I thought he was just throwing. Right now, he looks to me he's throwing with confidence.

Shayne Graham

Their confidence in me helps my confidence in myself. It all pays off in the end.

Their confidence and good play up there should help us here.

The investors find our strategic plan very credible and have confidence in management to put it in place. Our impression is that, under the current terms of the offer, the large majority (of shareholders) is not ready to exchange their shares.

the faith, trust and confidence of the people is restored in this office.

The fact we were one of the youngest teams in the field meant we had to work even harder to overcome this. Our kids didn't let this intimidate them. They just went out and played with the confidence they have for most of the season.

The fact they've turned a low margin operation into a good margin operation demonstrates to me that there is expertise there and gives me some confidence in their New Zealand purchase.

The retail stores are doing well. Consumers remain confident, continue to be out there spending their money, ... A lot of money was created with lower interest rates and refinancing -- things of that nature. So, consumer confidence has stayed very high and retail stores, that have actually done it right, have been doing pretty well.

These numbers confirm the notion that consumer spending, which has been so resilient, is under some threat. With investor sentiment so weak and the labor market continuing to deteriorate, consumer confidence had only one way to go -- lower.

This is a very big win for us. I hope it's a big confidence booster.

Tommy Haas

This is definitely a good victory, not only for my own confidence but the game, and gives me good hopes next week.

This is definitely a confidence booster for us. And, of course, it's always great to win on homecoming.

Once I got the first one, it gave me more confidence. I was in a zone and I just wanted the ball.

Once he got that first one, we knew all that confidence we saw in the first half of the season would come roaring back.

Once Mike got comfortable he started hitting the deep passes, and we started picking them apart. It was definitely a big confidence thing. People saw what we can do.

Not many teams have to come out and play No. 1 and No. 3 and then play on the road. We have confidence in this team. They've got to weather the tough part of this schedule mentally.

Not playing, you lose your confidence. I'm starting to get my rhythm back and starting to get my confidence back.

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