Quotes About Confidence

I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

The sense of being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of tranquility that religion is powerless to bestow.

If the single man plants himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abides, this huge world will come around to him.

As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.

Whatever you do you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there will always be someone to tell you that you are wrong.

Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony.

We are born believing. A man bears belief, as a tree bears apples.

Jangan sia-siakan waktu anda untuk ragu-ragu dan takut. Laksanakanlah pekerjaan yang ada di depan mata, sebab tugas asaat ini yang dilaksanakan dengan sebaik-baiknya akan menjadi persiapan terbaik untuk masa-masa yang akan datang.

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

My life is not an apology, but a life.

Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain

It makes no difference whether the appeal is to numbers or to one. The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

is only as a man puts off all foreign support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail.

Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say I think, I am, but quotes some saint or safe.

It is only as a man puts off all foreign support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

When your center is firm, when your faith is strong and unwavering, then it will not matter what company you keep.

you base your faith on experience, your faith is

The seeds of the ability to be able to confront, and even disagree with, an existing institution and know and trust that inside place that says it's all right. It's something I could never have done without anxiety until that moment—until that day.

Faith is like a forward memory, allowing us to believe as if what is promised has already happened.

In its essence, faith is a confidence in the person of Jesus Christ and in His power, so that even when His power does not serve my end, my confidence in Him remains because of who He is.

Chesterton says, in essence, that there is a dislocation of humility in our times. We have become more confident in who we are and less in what we believe. Our pride has moved us from the organ of conviction to the organ of ambition, when it is intended to be the other way around. In short, our confidence should be in our message and not in ourselves.