Quotes About Self-assuredness

A lot of fighters are cocky.

I want to be a woman who has a little bit more figured out, who doesn't have so many doubts.

I was that guy who you point the finger at, but I was fine with it. I could take it.

I'll just let my tennis talk.

I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.

For the first time in my life, I realized that a man doesn't need to yell to be heard. A man doesn't have to throw a punch to make a point. And a man who is comfortable in his own skin doesn't need to constantly prove his worth to the world.

The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: strength.

Mire, mi querido amigo, sólo hay una forma de hablar bien desde la tribuna, y consiste en estar plenamente convencido, al llegar a ella, de que se es el hombre más inteligente del mundo».

A woman who acts as if she knows what she's doing gets what she wants.

I've always felt a confidence in what I do from the simple fact that I know I represent my own life.

Judge me all you want, just keep the verdict to yourself.

The more you know, the less you need to show.

Say your thing and get out of here. And if they profit, that's fine, and if they don't, too bad!

Doris Lessing really doesn't care what the critics say. In fact, she orders her publishers not to send her the reviews and gets cross with them if they do because she doesn't want that in her head. She's going where she's going, and that's where she wants to go.

I don't feel I'm thrown around by the winds of taste and fashion.

I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.

I've said all along I've never competed with 'The Simpsons.' Not in my own mind.

It might've been nice if he'd awakened her to say, "I'm getting naked to wash now, so if you don't want to be embarrassed, close your eyes." But then, no—Ian wouldn't do that. It was his cabin. And he was a man. It had always intrigued her the way men could stalk around naked, proud as lions, completely unconcerned about being seen, judged. They

Don't be a person who feels you can and feels smart, but be a person who can and is smart to feel

She didn't use any makeup but lipstick, a bright carmine red that emphasized everything she said.

No me importa lo que puedan opinar. No tengo interés en verme como me ven los otros. Phillipa Gordon. Ana la de la isla.

As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.

I didn't care that they snickered when I answered yes, or spoke in hushed tones. Because now, I didn't care what they thought. It wasn't new, this realization that I would never be like them. What was different now was that I was glad.

Good ideas do not need to be shouted. They can take care of themselves.