Quotes About Confidence

Don't fight the body the gods gave you

There are all kinds of courage, you'll find yours.

All she had was herself. It would have to do.

I do not think I was afraid. There must be substance to breed fear, and I was hollow.

My beauty,' said Althene. 'You must cease running away from yourself. One day you'll catch up. What will happen then?

Why is it," cried the young woman in obvious chagrin, "everyone believes a plain girl will leap at the first man who wants her?

The young woman, who was no one's lady now save her own, pealed with a vibrant and wholesome mirth.

You have a cool effrontery, my friend, that is altogether delightful.

Believe it or not, Dimple–and I would believe it–I am just a regular person who has decided to be who I am in life. That's all. That's how you make your life magical–you take yourself into your own hands and rub a little. You activate your identity. And that's the only way to make, as they say, the world a better place; after all, what good are you to anyone without yourself?

Belief is not a required component of ability.

Old ladies in the Gale family drove like they owned the roads. And the other drivers. And the local police department. And the laws of physics.

I'll send three of Harnet's Di'taken. I have it on good authority that they think the sun shines out of my ass. Pole leaned forwards just enough to bring the major into his line of sight. Pole - All of them? Torrin - Some of them are officers and thus blinded by the sun shining out of their own asses. Pole - Did you just say that? Torrin - Yeah, Torrin offered him her hand. Get over it.

Teachers have their sights set on the real goal: not to produce Ivy League graduates, but to encourage the development of naturally curious, confident, flexible, and happy learners who are ready for whatever the future has in store.

I BELIEVE!!!!!!! - Johnny

my lack of faith was wearing thin

In those days I coerced Oracular assurance In my favour out of every sign.

Education jargon is the language of pedants; it identifies those who have so little confidence in themselves and their work that they seek to create a veil of words to hide them.

The different people are not like other people, but being different is nothing to be ashamed of. Because other people are not such wonderful people. They're one hundred times one thousand. You're one times one! They walk all over the earth. You just stay here.

I'm quaking in my boots," he deadpanned.

A lady must have her own private reserve of secrets and strength

The [Madeira] School is still all girls and still thriving, and I am forever grateful for my time there and what it taught me. Not least of which is how to hold on tight and fake it during those trying stretches when functioning—and finishing—are not necessarily assured. To that end, I will repeat the line from my own senior yearbook page, not from Miss Madeira, but from Andrew Jackson: "You are uneasy; you've never sailed with me before, I see.

In a world where masculinity is respected and femininity is regularly dismissed, it takes an enormous amount of strength and confidence for any person, whether female- or male-bodied, to embrace their feminine self.

I'm not. Certain. About lots of things. I just know where I belong.

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.