Quotes About Confidence

Without a saving faith in the future, no one would ever invest at all." P 535

victory does not come to men who listen to their fears.

I had the arrogant confidence of a man born to battle. I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred, son of another Uhtred, and we had not held Bebbanburg and its lands by whimpering at altars. We are warriors.

I had no idea what I was speaking of, but only knew I must sound confident. Fear might work on a man, but confidence fights against fear. Odda

Instinct is a strange thing. You cannot touch it, feel it, smell it, or hear it, but you must trust it, and that night, as we listened to the slap of the waves and the creak of the oars, I was as certain as I could be that my fears were justified.

Fear might work on a man, but confidence fights against fear.

An enemy sees his attackers laughing? It is better than all the insults. A man who laughs as he goes into battle is a man who has confidence, and a man with confidence is terrifying to an enemy. "For the whore!" I shouted.

Doubt weakens the will.

Take a man who has failed at everything, give him a final chance, show him trust, lead him to one success, and there is a sudden confidence that will lead to the next success. Soon they will believe they are unbeatable, and become unbeatable

Just what do you plan to do, Sharpe? the Lieutenant asked. Don't know, sir. Won't know till we get there. You're going to the mine? Aye, sir. There'll be guards. Like as not. And only two of us. I can count, sir. Sharpe grinned. It's reading I find hard. But my letters are coming on, aren't they?

Arrogance is all in a young warrior

I ignored Waldhere and still spoke

I was arrogant that day, arrogant and confident, because there are times when men need to see arrogance

I gazed at the far woods and knew our enemies were also sharpening their blades. They had to be confident. They knew the dawn would bring them a battle, victory, plunder, and reputation.

victory does not come to men ho listen to their fears.

It never occurred to me that they might not accept it, yet looking back I am astonished that the battle of Cynuit was fought according to the idea of a twenty-year-old who had never stood in a slaughter wall. Yet I was tall, I was a lord, I had grown up among warriors, and I had the arrogant confidence of a man born to battle. I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred, son of another Uhtred, and we had not held Bebbanburg and its lands by whimpering at altars. We are warriors.

J'ai perdu assez de temps à me justifier, à vouloir convaincre, à tenter d'expliquer qui je suis et ce que je fais et pourquoi je le fais. Maintenant il faut agir. Et je me fous de ce qu'en pensent les autres.

her morning mantra in the bathroom mirror I am highly presentable, likeable, clubbable, relatable, promotable and successful

One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.

Your writing is never as good as you hoped; but never as bad as you feared.

At the age of eleven, I began Euclid, with my brother as my tutor. ... I had not imagined that there was anything so delicious in the world. After I had learned the fifth proposition, my brother told me that it was generally considered difficult, but I had found no difficulty whatsoever. This was the first time it had dawned on me that I might have some intelligence.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so sure of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts.

When a man tells you he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring he is an inexact man.

tener fe, es decir, tener una convicción que no puede ser debilitada por la evidencia contraria.