Famous Quotes & Sayings

Orison Swett Marden

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

Octavia Butler

We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.

Norman Vincent Peale

You do not need to let anything get you down, but if you are down you certainly need not let anything keep you down.

Norman Vincent Peale

The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.

Norman Vincent Peale

The trouble with the average person is that he doesn't trust himself sufficiently to create and deliver ideas.

Norman Vincent Peale

Any action is better than no action at all.

Norman Vincent Peale

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe.

Norman Vincent Peale

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.

Ellen Muth

Oddly, because she has that confidence, the people around her like her more. She becomes more a part of the Reaper family, and she also is able to get along with people more outside of their circle as well.

Ellen Goodman

The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.

Epictetus

We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.

Epictetus

Confident because of our caution

Epictetus

Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process.

Epicurus

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

Emily Dickinson

Fortune befriends the bold.

Ellen Terry

Security is mortal's chiefest enemy.

Ella Maillart

The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.

The developers are spending tens of millions of dollars cutting new neighborhoods. It gives me confidence that they've done their homework.

The consumer confidence (index) this morning was better than expected, and the lack of negative pre-announcements has given people the impression that first-quarter earnings are going to be good.

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.

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.

Jonathan Swift

I shall be like that tree-I shall die at the top.

Og Mandino

If our lives are truly plans of God, someone had better call a meeting soon to remind us, once more, what great miracles we really are.

Pierre Corneille

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Pope Francis

From the peak of Chimborazo (volcano) to the Pacific coast, from the Amazon rainforest to the Galapagos Islands, may you never lose the ability to thank God for what he has done and is doing for you, may you never lose the ability to protect what is small and simple, to care for your children and your elderly, to have confidence in the young, and to be constantly struck by the nobility of your people and the singular beauty of your country.

Reese Witherspoon

Confidence is everything in this business.

Timothy Radcliffe

To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.

Tim Gunn

You have no control over other people's taste, so focus on staying true to your own.

Robert Anthony

Low self-confidence is simply a problem of Awareness. Once you are aware of the Truth about yourself, you will be able to understand why you are the way you are and, most importantly, learn to love and accept yourself.

Sally Field

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.