Quotes About Confidence

For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept that the love of Christ knows no shadow of alteration or change. When Jesus said, "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy burdened," He assumed we would grow weary, discouraged, and disheartened along the way.

The demands of forgiveness are so daunting that they seem humanly impossible. The demands of forgiveness are simply beyond the capacity of ungraced human will. Only reckless confidence in a Source greater than ourselves can empower us to forgive the wounds inflicted by others. In boundary moments such as these there is only one place to go—Calvary.

Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.

How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!

Faith does play an important role in Buddhism, including in Zen: faith as preliminary trust and ultimately faith as true self-confidence.

The general advice is always be yourself, be yourself, which only makes sense if you haven't got an attitude problem.

She encouraged herself to see her very small presence in the world as a good thing, a power, something that a hero might possess.

A life lived in fear is a life half-lived

I remember asking her to tell me the secret of her charm and her growing success. As usual, she laughed. Nobody knows me. I never say what I think or what I'm planning to do. But I let everyone know that I have high expectations. I don't have to settle for less than the best. That way my value goes up, into the clouds!

It is silly not to hope, besides I believe it is a sin. The Old Man and the Sea

Like a beta-blocker, confidence acts as a neurochemical antidote that allows them—allows each of us—to move forward even when we are feeling the physical and psychological manifestations of pressure.

Think of the high-pressure situations you've been in, and the times you've performed well. You were probably enjoying the moment despite the pressure

Acknowledging the experience, skills, and other positive qualities you possess is an effective way to buffer yourself from the pressure you face.

Individuals with a higher degree of confidence work harder, persist longer, are more optimistic and enthusiastic, show more grit and determination, and choose more difficult and higher goals than those with less confidence.

When we engage in what she terms a "high-power pose" where our bodies are more open and expansive—arms open as opposed to closed across our chest, standing straight with shoulders back as opposed to hunched with shoulders folded forward, occupying more space versus less—our brain and body respond by increasing testosterone and decreasing cortisol. Testosterone levels go up by 20 to 25 percent, and cortisol goes down by 20 to 25 percent.

The game had started. Everybody was assuring everybody else how reliable they were. In fact, nobody trusted anybody but themselves

One has to be able to trust people. Or rather, one has to be able to rely on one's own judgement.

A lot of people have to spend so much energy on overcoming their low opinion of themselves that they seldom get round to asking about the purpose of their existence. And if they do, it is often out of fear.

Have courage" therefore means "Let your center speak.

I leave you with the image of the leader with outstretched hands, who chooses a life of downward mobility. It is the image of the praying leader, the vulnerable leader, and the trusting leader. May that image fill your hearts with hope, courage, and confidence as you anticipate the new century.

trust is to allow for hope.

Many students have been for so many years on the receiving side and have become so deeply impregnated with the idea that there is still a lot more to learn, that they have lost confidence in themselves and can hardly imagine that they themselves have something to give, not only to the ones who are less educated but to their fellow students and teachers as well.

We are called to be fearless people in a fearful world.

I need no longer always manage and muster support for my "cause.