Quotes About Confidence

I don't like people who speak or think in terms of gaining anybody's confidence. If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others, only their rational perception. The person who craves a moral blank check of that kind, has dishonest intentions, whether he admits it to himself or not.

And here, over the portals of my fort, I shall cut in the stone the word which is to be my beacon and my banner. The word which will not die should we all perish in battle. The word which can never die on this earth, for it is the heart of it and the meaning and the glory. The sacred word: EGO

It's said that the worst thing one can do to a man is to kill his self-respect. But that's not true. Self-respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.

I refuse to apologize for my ability—I refuse to apologize for my success—I refuse to apologize for my money.

You don't have to see through the eyes of others, hold onto yours, stand on your own judgment, you know that what is, is–say it aloud, like the holiest of prayers, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

If you want my advice, Peter, you've made a mistake already. By asking me. By asking anyone. Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know?

You don't have to see through the eyes of others, hold onto yours, stand on your own judgment, you know that what is, is—say it aloud, like the holiest of prayers, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

A truly selfish man cannot be affected by the approval of others. He doesn't need it.

The sacred word: EGO

Only if one feels immensely important she had told him, can one feel truly light.

For our face and body were beautiful. Our face was not like the faces of our brothers, for we felt not pity when looking upon it. Our body was not like the bodies of our brothers, for our limbs were straigth and thin and hard and strong. And we thought that we could trust this being who looked upon us from the stream, and that we had nothing to fear with this being.

Well, whose opinion did you take?" "I don't ask for opinions." "What do you go by?" "Judgment." "Well, whose judgment did you take?" "Mine." "But whom did you consult about it?" "Nobody.

If you want my advice, Peter," he said at last, "you've made a mistake already. By asking me. By asking anyone. Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know?

Francisco could do anything he undertook, he could do it better than anyone else, and he did it without effort. There was no boasting in his manner and consciousness, no thought of comparison. His attitude was not: "I can do it better than you," but simply: "I can do it." What he meant by doing was doing superlatively.

Most people feel that they rise in their own eyes, if others want them." "I feel that others live up to me, if they want me...

It's very uncomfortable to be a hero, Joel, and you don't have the figure for it.

Those who wish to deal with me, must do so on my terms or not at all. I do not make terms with incompetence.

Even In The Most Difficult Situations, When You Focus On What Is Right In The Present Moment, It Makes You Happier, Today. And It Gives You The Needed Energy And Confidence To Deal With What Is Wrong.

la seguridad que Hem y Haw tenían en sí mismos se fue convirtiendo en la arrogancia propia del éxito.

Qué harías si no tuvieras miedo?

There are no limits to what you can believe!

No hay necesidad alguna de supercomplicar las cosas o de confundirse uno mismo con temerosas creencias.

After a while Hem's and Haw's confidence grew into the arrogance of success. Soon they became so comfortable they didn't even notice what was happening.

The Most Common Reason You Leave A Peak Too Soon Is Arrogance, Masquerading As Confidence. The Most Common Reason You Stay In A Valley Too Long Is Fear, Masquerading As Comfort.