Quotes About Confidence

But above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough.

But Mum and Dad just loved me, regardless, and that has helped me so much in my life: to have the confidence to just be myself and to go for things.

Think of all the women you know who will not allow themselves to be seen without makeup. I often wonder how they feel about themselves at night when they are climbing into bed with intimate partners. Are they overwhelmed with secret shame that someone sees them as they really are? Or do they sleep with rage that who they really are can be celebrated or cared for only in secret?

The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem.

If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.

Shame makes self-acceptance and self-love impossible.

If we succeed without confronting and changing shaking foundation of low self-esteem rooted in contempt of hatred, we will falter along the way.

without a core foundation of healthy self-esteem we can't practice self love.

He had always been emotionally unavailable and not at all interested in love either as a topic for discussion or a daily life practice, but he was absolutely confident that he had something meaningful to say on the subject.

Faith enables us to move past fear.

It is silly, isn't it, that I would dream of someone else offering to me the acceptance and affirmation I was withholding from myself.

Quando temos de fazer um trabalho que odiamos, por exemplo, isso ataca a nossa autoestima e autoconfiança. O trabalho, quando percebido como um fardo, por se realizar em empregos ruins em vez de aprimorar a autoestima, deprime o espírito

In order to makes these changes she had to make use of another vital aspect of self-esteem, "self-assertiveness," defined by Branden as "the willingness to stand up for myself, to be who I am openly, to treat myself with respect in all human encounters.

I recognized others' abilities as well. But in any career, whether it's that of a TV repairman, a musician, a secretary—or a surgeon—an individual must believe in himself and in his abilities. To do his best, one needs a confidence that says, "I can do anything, and if I can't do it, I know how to get help.

Because he believed in my ability, I was able to believe in it as well.

an individual must believe in himself and in his abilities. To do his best, one needs a confidence that says, "I can do anything, and if I can't do it, I know how to get help.

To do his best, one needs a confidence that says, I can do anything, and if I can't do it, I know how to get help.

Fear is just another word for ignorance.7

Don't be scared, Shroom said. Because you're going to be scared. So when you start to get scared, don't be scared.

I have little confidence even in the ability of analysts, let alone untrained investors, to select common stocks that will give better than average results. Consequently, I feel that the standard portfolio should be to duplicate, more or less, the DJIA.

Without a saving faith in the future, no one would ever invest at all.

Do not let anyone else run your business, unless (1) you can supervise his performance with adequate care and comprehension or (2) you have unusually strong reasons for placing implicit confidence in his integrity and ability.

Have the courage of your knowledge and experience. If you have formed a conclusion from the facts and if you know your judgment is sound, act on it—even though others may hesitate or differ.

Antes de lanzarse a una incursión de ese tipo, el inversor debería estar seguro de sí mismo y de sus asesores, en especial a la hora de determinar si tienen una clara concepción de las diferencias existentes entre la inversión y la especulación y entre el precio de mercado y el valor subyacente.