For me, beauty is me at the top of my game, going as hard as I can, without fear of what anyone else thinks. Believing in yourself when nobody else is believing in you is half the battle about anything.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow

One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is actually with you and helping you. This is one of the simplest teachings in religion, namely, that Almighty God will be your companion, will stand by you, help you, and see you through. No other idea is so powerful in developing self-confidence as this simple belief when practiced. To practice it simply affirm "God is with me; God is helping me; God is guiding me.

Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Throw your heart over the bar and your body will follow.

Winston Churchill expresses it well. He says, "Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Basil King once said, "Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.

A man who is self-reliant, positive, optimistic, and undertakes his work with the assurance of success magnetizes his condition. He draws to himself the creative powers of the universe.

God is with me; God is helping me; God is guiding me." Spend several minutes each day visualising His presence. Then practise believing that affirmation. Go about your business on the assumption that what you have affirmed and visualised is true. Affirm it, visualise it, believe it, and it will actualise itself. The release of power which this procedure stimulates will astonish you.

You need be defeated only if you are willing to be.