Quotes about Confidence

To develop a quality that you lack, act as if you already had that quality in every situation where it is called for. In modern terms, however, we say, "Fake it until you make it".

That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that He would not deceive us.

Always look like you know where you're going, even when you don't

Everything I need is in my head, and no one can take that away.

Be flirty but not too flirty. Be confident but not aggressive. Be funny but in a low-key, quiet way. Eat cheeseburgers, but don't get fat. Be chill, but don't lose control.

Don't you ever get scared?" I ask. "Of what?" She says. "Of not being good enough." "You mean at writing?" L'il asks. I nod. "What if I'm the only one who thinks I can do it and no one else does? What if I'm fooling myself-" "Oh, Carrie." She smiles. "Don't you know that every writer feels that way? Fear is part of the job.

And if our naïve self-confidence is a little undermined in the process, is that altogether such a loss? Is there not cause to welcome it as a maturing and character-building experience?

She was reasonably sure her remarks were not entirely foolish, and did not wish to be ignored, much less ignored and patronized alternately. Part of it—but only a part—she knew was due to the softness of her voice. So she developed a physics voice, a professional voice: clear, competent, and many decibels above conversational. With such a voice it was important to be right. She had to pick her moments

You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.

To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to be yourself.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.