Quotes About Confidence

I didn't think he would, but I do believe I was right to ask for his discretion.' 'Thank you, Lady Daphne,' Wilson

I have the heart of a man, not of a woman, and I am not afraid of anything…

I have the heart of a man, not of a woman, and I am not afraid of anything… –ELIZABETH I, Queen of England

Without altering my pace or direction, I looked into the chinpira's eyes, my expression obsidian flat. I let him know with this look that I was neither afraid nor looking for trouble, that I'd done this kind of thing many times before, that if he was in search of some excitement tonight the smart thing would be to find it elsewhere.

After about fifteen minutes he walked over to me. "Randori?" he asked, in a tone that was more a challenge than an invitation. I nodded, averting my eyes from his hard stare. In my mind, our contest was already underway, and I prefer my opponents to underestimate me.

Strangeland's confidence in her, the risks she was willing to run . . . it was all producing a roiling mess of emotion she couldn't deal with right now. She managed to push it away and handed

Her fingers were small in my hand but her grip was firm. I tried to place her age. Late twenties, maybe thirty. She looked young, but her dress and mannerisms were sophisticated.

I think women are closer to God than we are. They walk right out there like they know what they're doing.

She ran her own train. She didn't feel she had to get married, she wore her hair and makeup the way she wanted to, she furnished her home the way she wanted to, she did everything the way she wanted to.

Having the opportunity to choose is no blessing if we feel we do not have the wherewithal to choose wisely.

The problem comes when readers take these two accounts and combine them into one overarching account, in which Jesus says, does, and experiences everything narrated in both Gospels. When that is done, the messages of both Mark and Luke get completely lost and glossed over. Jesus is no longer in deep agony, as in Mark (since he is confident as in Luke), and he is no longer calm and in control as in Luke (since he is in despair as in Mark). He is somehow all things at once. Also

Always accept all compliments. Ignore any other remarks."     —Kay Oss

Nerves, he thought, were for people who hadn't entirely made up their minds.

Nope, nothing wrong here.

I don't think anybody can ever be a hundred percent sure of anything in this wicked world, but I wanted to get up to ninety-eight.

Go with your bad self.

Productivity is the only path to confidence.

Inspiration and confidence and conviction and craft and knowledge are not what make writing possible. It's exactly the other way around. Writing makes them possible.

And it all boils down to two simple questions: 1) Do I trust myself? and 2) Am I someone others can trust? With regard to having trust in self, it often begins with the little things.

While there is risk in trusting other people, there's far greater risk in not trusting them.

Self-trust is the first secret of success . . . the essence of heroism.

If you think that would stop her, you don't much about Renata.

The master competes with no one so, no one can compete with her.

As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.