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Quotes About Confidence

Tress thought maybe he was like her Aunt Glorf, who had always fought for the best deals at the market. She'd been afraid of looking silly by being taken advantage of. The guess was as wrong as ending a sentence with a preposition. But it worked anyway. Like ending a sentence with a preposition.
~ Brandon Sanderson
I knew you'd glow
~ Brandon Sanderson
Do not deny your own talents simply because you envy another's.
~ Brandon Sanderson
I am a stick,' he said. He sounded satisfied.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Venli attuned Anxiety, then Confidence, then Anxiety again.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Perhaps that was the advantage to persistently messy hair--he managed to make it go with anything.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Shai's uncle Won had taught her that being bested was a rule of life. No matter how good you were, someone was better. Live by that knowledge, and you would never grow so confident that you became sloppy.
~ Brandon Sanderson
But never try to be who you aren't; you don't have nearly enough practice to pull it off.
~ Brandon Sanderson
He was a man.Just a man. Yet, you always knew he'd succeed. He made you be what he wanted you to be.
~ Brandon Sanderson
A crença certa é como uma boa capa, penso eu. Se lhe servir bem, a manterá aquecida e segura. Se lhe cair mal, no entanto, pode sufocar.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Successful leaders all share one common trait—they believe that they can do a better job than the alternatives. Humility is fine when considering your responsibility and duty, but when it comes time to make a decision, you must not question yourself.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Clothing doesn't really change a man. But it changes how others react to him.
~ Brandon Sanderson
One did not act so cheekily nonchalant by accident;
~ Brandon Sanderson
But Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Steris!" he said. "You'll end up humiliating yourself." She closed her eyes. "Dear Lord Waxillium. Earlier, you spoke of the power of not caring about what others thought of you. Do you remember?" "Yes." "Well, you see," she said, opening her eyes and smiling, "I'm trying to practice that skill." She proceeded to vomit all over the table. *
~ Brandon Sanderson
Nonsense. The sword is worth far more than that. I'll throw in a pair of penis.
~ Brandon Sanderson
You really think you can buy some rope without drawing attention?" Lopen lounged back against the wall. "My cousin's never failed me." "How many cousins do you have, anyway?" Earless Jaks asked. "A man can never have enough cousins," Lopen said.
~ Brandon Sanderson
To be honest, 'arrogant' doesn't feel like quite the right word. It's not specific enough." "And what would be the right word, then?" "I don't know. 'Errorgant,' perhaps." Jasnah raised a skeptical eyebrow. "It means to be twice as certain as someone who is merely arrogant," Shallan said, "while possessing only one-tenth the requisite facts.
~ Brandon Sanderson
When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.
~ Brene Brown
Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.
~ Brene Brown
Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.
~ Brene Brown
Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it's a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.
~ Brene Brown
How can we expect people to put value on our work when we don't value ourselves enough to set and hold uncomfortable boundaries?
~ Brene Brown
UnMarketing: "Don't try to win over the haters; you're not the jackass whisperer.
~ Brene Brown
There's nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen.
~ Brene Brown