Quotes About Confidence

PRONOIA: The irrational belief that people like you

I've never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy... I've always had friends and loved ones and everything, so it wasn't like, 'Oh man, I gotta fill some void that was left by high school.' I had a great high-school experience.

she thinks she's going to force me out of the race like this, she has another thing coming to her.

Millions of Americans would still despair in the eight long years of the Depression that lay ahead and many of their individual dreams would be dashed on the rocks of economic hardship. But collectively, the country was in a new place, with a new confidence that the federal government would actively try to solve problems rather than fiddle or cater to the rich. Hope was no longer for Pollyannas; the cynics about the American system were in retreat.

It's time for America to move and to speak, not with boasting and belligerence, but with a quiet strength—to depend in world affairs not merely on the size of an arsenal but on the nobility of ideas—and to govern at home not by confusion and crisis but with grace and imagination and common sense.

The minute I stopped trying to find the right girl, and started trying to become the right guy...the girl came.

By the way, once you get over your dependence, you may actually find, as this client did, that it feels good to be self-sufficient; your resourcefulness will then build your self-esteem and give you confidence.)

faith is the subsistance of things not seene;

I just said I'm the greatest; I never said I was the smartest," he told reporters.

who was never seen drunk, a man whose power rested in quiet confidence and calm deliberation

I am America," Clay will proudly declare. "I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me

Eventually, Martin persuaded Clay to fly. "But then he went to an army supply store and bought a parachute and actually wore it on the plane

If you want your children to grow up to be healthy and independent, you should hold them, hug them, cuddle them, and love them. Give them a secure base and they will explore and then conquer the world on their own.

Experiment participants asked to pick which politician looked more confident in a photograph picked the winner of the race two thirds of the time. This phenomenon held up even when they only glimpsed the photographs for a 10th of a second.

The advantage which disciplined soldiers have over undisciplined hordes follows cheaply from the confidence which each man feels in his comrades. Charles Darwin

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us. Virginia Satir, psychotherapist (1916-1988)

Focus on mastering the music as deeply as you can, and worry less—or not at all if it's possible—about impressing others

Okay?" "Okay." "Really," said Nancy. "Everything's going to work out okay.

I'm more of a man then you'll ever be, I'm more of a woman then you'll ever get.

You look good. Not because of that designer bag you carry, That designer bag looks good because of you.

Povinností velitel? je ob?tovat N?mecku své pochybnosti.

He that would keep a secret must keep it secret that he hath a secret to keep.

I got this," said Nix, raising her bokken.

She had a pretty name but she knew she wasn't pretty.