Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lionel Blue

If a dish doesn't turn out right, change the name and don't bat an eyelid. A fallen souffle is only a risen omelette. It depends on the self-confidence with which you present it.

Lindsey Vonn

I never felt sidelined, I was supported by my friends, my family and my team. I always knew I could do it. I had confidence in myself.

Lindsey Vonn

Today it was win or lose. But my victory yesterday and the downhill globe boosted my confidence. My record in Cortina was also a liberation.

Leo Tolstoy

Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.

Lester B. Pearson

We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.

Joseph Wood Krutch

Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.

Karl Rove

You may be right that people say: You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.

John Malkovich

I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.

John Lothrop Motley

Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.

Jim Rohn

To have an incredible increase in self esteem, all you have to do is start doing some little something. You don't have to do spectacularly dramatic things for self esteem to start going off the scale. Just make a commitment to any easy discipline. Then another one and another one.

Lauren Bacall

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.

Laurell K. Hamilton

Confidence is a fine trait. Over-confidence isn't.

Lord Byron

As soon seek roses in December, ice in June, Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff Believe a woman or an epitaph Or any other thing that’s false Before you trust in critics.

Lord Mountbatten

The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.

Lord Chesterfield

We are as often duped by diffidence as by confidence.

Major Taylor

I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering.

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.

John Dryden

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

John Dryden

For they conquer who believe they can.

John Churton Collins

No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it.

You could see the confidence out there. We knew we were going to get it done.

You could see in his eyes the confidence he had. You could tell he wanted to be here.

Todd Bertuzzi

You can't explain the chemistry, ... It just happens. We were meant to play together. It's something you build. It's a trust factor and it's a confidence in each other, knowing where each other is. It just fell into place.

Wally Buono

You can't put a value on the confidence (Miles) gives the (Tony) Tillers and (Ryan) Philips and Sam Youngs.

You can say that maybe his first two years he got the short end of the stick playing wise. But never once did he complain. Never once did he stop working. And guys like that you tend to have confidence they can step up.

May Sinclair

if you don't believe in yourself, you'll have some difficulty in making other people believe in you.

The fashions did not appeal. They were not sufficiently exciting to sweep consumers into the stores, ... translates into a lack of confidence that there will be strong consumer demand in the second half.

The countdown one gives confidence to people, especially elderly, that they will not get stuck in the middle of the crosswalk.

David Byrne

The consumers' trust has been eroded and the EU must restore public confidence in its food science and controls,

The core of the whole issue is to restore voter confidence in Missouri's elections.