Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Thomas Carlyle

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

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.

Kim Novak

As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.

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.

Janet Reno

ensure the American public has confidence and faith in whatever that investigation reveals.

Employment gains are rising at a slower rate, retail sales are decelerating somewhat, the stock market is going through some turmoil and the Middle East situation is also probably having a dampening impact on consumers' willingness to spend, ... So I think the Michigan confidence report is consistent with an overall picture in which consumers are doing well, but probably taking a breather for a while.

Jonathan Demme

Each year, Cognac makes its mark with enthusiasm, style and confidence and it's wonderful to be taking part in this year's edition.

Giulio Tremonti

Each time it's possible, and whenever there is an occasion, we will repeat that the government does not have confidence in Fazio,

European economies are picking up. The German economy in particular is expanding, shown in yesterday's confidence figures, supporting the euro.

Jussi Jokinen

First of all, we have seven big points in those shootouts. I think my confidence in shootouts is pretty high now.

Fewer people are worried about jobs right now, more people think that jobs are easy to get, and I think that's supporting confidence despite the high energy prices.

Kevin Cosgrove

Everything we do, we're playing a lot faster than we ever have. We have a better understanding of our zone concepts, our man concepts, our pressure game. Everything just goes a lot faster. The kids have confidence in what they're doing, and if you have confidence, you're able to play fast and you're able to execute.

Every year since I've been here, we've had a strong girls team. I think we've got a group of girls that go out there with the confidence that they know they can do it, and they get it done.

Cole Hamels

Every day, waking up, I feel good and have that confidence and reassurance that everything I'm doing is positive.

Billy Tauzin

As soon as one or more of these major corporate figures is indicted and convicted for the thievery that occurred at the expense of the American investor, I think confidence will gradually come back.

At the moment we're estimating it will be mid-2006 before we see any kind of pick-up. There's the impact of consumer confidence and the housing market,

Confidence should remain healthy well into 2006 given robust trends for employment, income, and consumer spending.