Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jack Welch

Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence. Legitimate self-confidence is a winner. The true test of self-confidence is the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source. Self-confident people aren't afraid to have their views challenged. They relish the intellectual combat that enriches ideas.

And our kids' confidence has just grown and grown.

All the teams were played are pretty decent. We gain confidence from this tournament mostly because of who we played against.

The girls just played with more confidence and as a team.

The girls have confidence knowing that we have a lot of talent on the team. The work that we've been putting in has been paying off.

The girls are up to the challenge. They are going in with a lot of confidence and we will take it one step at a time, just like we have all season.

The girls are gaining confidence with every game.

The general picture in the euro zone is satisfying, but risks are more evident than what we saw in December. The relatively high level of the PMI is exclusively due to confidence in Germany and that confidence depends on exports.

Martin O'Neill

The goals gave us confidence and the tempo was good, but in the second half we over indulged, started playing fancy flicks and our centre-half started trying back-heels which might please the fans, but I'm not sure about the manager.

Dick Thompson

The genetically modified food industry recognizes that they need to have consumer confidence in order to push ahead. The failure of GM foods in Europe was directly linked to the consumers' lack of faith in their government food regulators.

The economy is compounding saturation issues in the installed base, ... So I think until we see consumer confidence improve and the general economic situation improve, then we should not expect the upturn.

Fernando Alonso

The drivers' championship is over now. But we have confidence we can win the constructors' championship too. I think we have a little advantage.

The durable goods made it look like the market was ready for a jump, but confidence knocked it back down. We're also in the worst of the summer doldrums. Then, Intel is also putting a damper on things. Markets tried to rally earlier, but couldn't because of Intel. The stock could probably hit its 52-week low soon.

The fund interest is still very strong, probably also encouraged by the latest CFTC data that shows a fall in the net length, giving speculators more confidence to extend their long positions.

The country's better growth prospects are largely a result of significant and sustained improvement in domestic security that has, in turn, led to renewed domestic confidence and double-digit growth in private investment.

The court finds that it is necessary to grant (Moody) a new trial because it finds the jury misconduct undermined the integrity of the jury deliberations and public confidence in their verdict,

Joe Crede

The first time you come into the league and face guys here and there and then you start facing them three or four times again, you kind of know what to expect. You kind of get a confidence factor going.

The first thing is to find out what kind of pitch the pitcher has confidence in throwing. He must be confident in what he is throwing to make it a good pitch.

The first three minutes of the second half was key, because they picked up a couple of turnovers and got their confidence back. That was the momentum shifter right there.

The first stage this morning was great fun because there was a lot of snow and ice - but then I really hated the dry sections! I pushed hard in that stage because I had good confidence in those conditions, and not quite so hard in the other two. Once I moved into seventh, then I knew I could hold that position. It was a hard weekend and a good one, but it could have been better for me. Without problems and mistakes, I think fifth could have been possible, but considering all that and the weather, this is a really good result and a great start to the season.

The Carmichaels game was back and forth the entire game and Jesse was kind of passive through most of it. But he went to the hole and hit a shot that gave us the lead and the guys got a lot of confidence from it.

These figures reinforce the slowdown view, ... The weakness in confidence increases the odds that a sustained soft landing is moving into place.

Bob Graham

These problems raise the fundamental issue of a citizen's confidence in the voting process,

Aubrey Huff

This is our playoffs. We're a good team right now. Confidence is high right now. Hopefully we can keep this team together and see what happens next year.

Bruce Bochy

This is a good lineup, and it's going to score some runs. I don't know who would have scored runs tonight (off Webb). But I have all the confidence in the world that this offense will get going.

This is a good lift for us. We're getting there. It's on-the-job training, but we're getting there. The kids have some confidence now.

This is a great game for us to get our confidence back.

This is a good team that works hard and I think we're still getting better. I think we can win our conference's tournament and go to the NCAA Tournament if we play our best. We've got confidence in each other and we won't back down.

Stephen Harper

This House has lost confidence in the government.

This horse has been unlucky a few times and this will probably have done his confidence good.

This has given us the degree of confidence that our plan is right.

This is a huge step forward in demonstrating confidence in online distribution by the studios.

This is a confidence-builder for us. We've had some tough times on the road and this might be a good turnover for this team.