Quotes About Confidence

Hay mujeres tan lindas que no se explica cómo no se desmayan al mirarse al espejo

El hombre que se ríe de todo es que todo lo desprecia. La mujer que se ríe de todo es que sabe que tiene una dentadura bonita

La vida, a pesar de todo, merece la pena solo por la alegría; es entonces cuando el pasado adquiere un relieve comprensivo; el futuro se ve con confianza, y se espera de él todo lo bueno que puede traernos. Entendida

Pero mientras vivás acobardada por la opinión ajena nunca serás libre de verdad. Solo se puede ser feliz de espaldas al mundo.

La gente segura de sí misma sabe muy bien lo que busca en la vida. En cambio yo espero siempre que otros muevan los hilos de la trama donde participo como testigo o comparsa.

Enrique Vila-Matas

algo que me ha llamado últimamente la atención: que haya tantos narradores que se crean preparados para escribir una novela; se sienten tan increíblemente preparados que en su inagotable vanidad están convencidos de que la harán y la harán muy bien

Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.

I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.

Trust me. I'm a genius.

Let us proceed under the assumption that the fairy folk do exist, and that I am not a gibbering moron.

Confident because of our caution

I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.

No necesitamos tanto de la ayuda de nuestros amigos cuanto de la confianza en esa ayuda.

Non abbiamo tanto bisogno dell'aiuto degli amici, quanto della certezza del loro aiuto.

It is not so much our friends help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help when in need.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.

A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses but talks about what he'll do if he wins and a winner doesn't talk about what he'll do if he wins but knows what he'll do if he loses.

If you take away the big words and the solemn face, there is still plenty left, so there is no need to be scared.

The best way to tell a winner from a loser is this: A winner is a person who knows what he'll do next if he loses, but doesn't talk about it; a loser is one who doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll do if he wins.

And if nobody ever hears from me again, It would be okay, And if nobody ever knows where I am, I won't mind, Because I would know where I am, And than is the most important thing.