Quotes About Confidence

Zaphod marched quickly down the passageway, nervous as hell, but trying to hide it by striding purposefully.

I have terrible periods of lack of confidence. I just don't believe I can do it and no evidence to the contrary will sway me from that view.

Apart from being extremely good-looking in a blondish, willowyish kind of way, she was dressed well in an "I don't care what I wear, just any old thing that's lying around" kind of way that relies on being extremely careful about what you leave lying around.

He knew that one of the things he was supposed to do as a parent was to show trust in his child, to build a sense of trust and confidence into the bedrock of relationship between them. He had had a nasty feeling that that might be an idiotic thing to do, but he did it anyway, and sure enough it had turned out to be an idiotic thing to do. You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Listen, Ford," said Zaphod, "everything's cool and froody." "You mean everything's under control." "No," said Zaphod, "I do not mean everything's under control. That would not be cool and froody.

When the girl sitting at the next table looked away for a moment, Dirk leaned over and took her coffee. He knew that he was perfectly safe doing this because she would simply not be able to believe that this had happened.

Ä°ki kol, iki bacak ve bir kafa ile orada bir insanm??s?n gibi durma cesaretini nerden buluyorsun sen? Bu davran???n dizanteriye neden olan amipleri bile utand?racak türden. Bahse girerim en alt gruptan bir dizanteri amibi bile, arada s?rada ortaya ç?karak k?z arkada??n? mide çeperinde bir gezintiye falan ç?kar?r.

She had a look at herself in the mirror in the elevator lobby while she was waiting. She looked cool and in charge, and if she could fool herself she could fool anybody.

And you saw yourself, said Gargravarr, in relation to it all? Oh, yeah yeah. But...what did you experience? Zaphod shrugged smugly. It just told me what I knew all the time. I'm a really terrific and great guy. Didn't I tell you, baby, I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox!

The safety of the crew is absolutely assured.

Do not be alarmed, I will not harm you.

Non è un vero scienziato chi ha timore che la gente lo ritenga pazzo.

I freewheel a lot. I get an idea to do something, and, hey, why not, I do it. I reckon I'll become President of the Galaxy, and it just happens, it's easy. I decide to steal this ship. I decide to look for Magrathea, and it all just happens. Yeah, I work out how it can best be done, right, but it always works out. It's like having a Galacticredit card which keeps on working though you never send off the cheques.

And for a while they were happy in their own manner; they had the animal confidence money affords.

You see, when someone says "it's impossible,' I have this very bad habit, I can't help myself, I immediately contradict that person in the most positive terms possible. A very bad habit, but one that I find hard to break.

Gideon," he said, "think for a minute about the qualities that a leader—even a co-leader—is required to have. He's a team player. He's good at inspiring others. He's able to hide his true feelings, put up a false front when necessary. He projects confidence at all times—even if he doesn't feel confident. He can't be a freelancer. And he's certainly not a loner. Now, tell me: do any of these qualities describe you?

to authorize that personally.

The most dangerous people were those who knew they were always right.

They do not fear the men beneath the tree; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.

When a match has equal partners then I fear not.

No argument will give courage to the coward.

Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you're not.

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

There was only one thing about his own appearance which really pleased Hercule Poirot, and that was the profusion of his moustaches, and the way they responded to grooming and treatment and trimming. They were magnificent. He knew of nobody else who had any moustache half as good.