Quotes About Confidence

While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear?

No-one can put in his best performance unless he feels secure," Deming wrote,

and secure means without fear, not afraid to express ideas, not afraid to ask questions.

so our customary practice of prayer was brought to mind: how through our ignorance and inexperience in the ways of love we spend so much time on petition. I saw that it is indeed more worthy of God and more truly pleasing to him that through his goodness we should pray with full confidence, and by his grace cling to him with real understanding and unshakeable love, than that we should go on making as many petitions as our souls are capable of.

Seeing ongoing political reforms that have a real impact on people all over the world is extremely satisfying. But we want every person who's having a dispute with their kindergarten to feel confident about sending us material.

Courage is more than standing for a firm conviction. It includes the risk of questioning that conviction.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval.

I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you're having a bad day, if you don't like your hair, if you don't have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can't do anything until you love yourself first.

You have my permission to be completely free." She wondered if he said that to every woman he brought on board. "I don't need your permission to be free.

I need to beat that spiteful little devil down with a big fat Oprah stick.

Life is easier when you know yourself. When you can accept your past and your limitations and recognize your strengths and desires. When you really know who you are and what you want, and you don't try to be something you're not." I let out a breath.

My, aren't we bossy today. Give a girl an army and it goes straight to her head.

Our preteens need for us to remain emotionally connected and stable, because they're so unstable during this period. They need to know that we may not love their behavior but that, despite the fact that they're uncomfortable during their metamorphosis, we aren't going anywhere, and we will continue to love them, confident that, in due time, they will get through this.

I've learned things about myself through singing. I used to have a certain dislike of the audience, not as individual people, but as a giant body who was judging me. Of course, it wasn't really them judging me. It was me judging me. Once I got past that fear, it freed me up, not just when I was performing but in other parts of my life.

I'm more contented and at peace with myself now than I was as a box-office queen. I'm less uptight. I've even reached a stage where it doesn't shatter me if somebody prints something bad about me.

Can I give them what they think they're going to get from me? That's always the big question.

I used to have a certain dislike of the audience, not as individual people, but as a giant body who was judging me. Of course, it wasn't really them judging me. It was me judging me. Once I got past that fear, it freed me up, not just when I was performing but in other parts of my life.

Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.

Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.

I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.

I lacked self-confidence. I don't know why. I was smart and people liked me.

But hell would have to freeze over before I ever wore a dress.

This other male counselor would yell at us on the way out of the mess hall, 'You're losers! You're all losers.' It was supposed to be funny, like that show The Biggest Loser ." But it's not funny. Not to people who've been told they're losers their whole lives and believe they will never be anything else.

It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad.