Quotes About Confidence

Can you be happy with the movies, and the ads, and the clothes in the stores, and the doctors, and the eyes as you walk down the street all telling you there is something wrong with you? No. You cannot be happy. Because, you poor darling baby, you believe them.

When I do get pregnant, I highly doubt I'll be one of those women who don't look pregnant from behind - I'll be that chick who looks pregnant from her ankles up!

I think a lot of women innately know how to play their hand. I'm not a big one for the rules.

I'm not out burning bras, but I'm very opinionated about women owning their power.

I'm really proud of myself because I've pared my beauty regimen down to a cream blush and berry-tinted lip balm, which has saved me so much time.

Be yourself, it's a tough act to follow.

In his voice resonated the timbre of a man who thinks he has convinced himself of an idea, but masks his own doubt by laboring to persuade others.

resent her, or feel like she was so much smarter than them that it was annoying. She played field hockey well enough that

An illusion of weakness, masking phenomenal strength.

For the first time, really, since beginning her PhD program, Connie felt secure. Validated.

I really feel confident about my dancing now, so I hope there could be a place for me in the West End or on Broadway - maybe a musical, maybe my own show.

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.

To tell a woman who is forty, "You look like sixteen," is boloney. The blarney way of saying it is "Tell me how old you are, I should like to know at what age women are the most beautiful.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing to be able to dare!

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage he won't encounter many rivals.

It is always the secure who are humble.

To be good, you must learn to be yourself at the bargaining table.

Gently push back, at least for one round. Cooperative people are programmed to say yes to the first reasonable proposal someone makes. To improve, you need to practice pushing back a little. A simple question that works well is: "Can you do better than that?

My own experience and a lot of research tell me that you already have what it takes to be a highly competent negotiator.

A man who is always asking 'Is what I do worthwhile?' and 'Am I the right person to do it?' will always be ineffective himself and a discouragement to others.

Good work is no done by 'humble' men. It is one of the first duties of a professor, for example, in any subject, to exaggerate a little both the importance of his subject and his own importance in it. A man who is always asking 'Is what I do worth while?' and 'Am I the right person to do it?' will always be ineffective himself and a discouragement to others.

Her own nose was too long and her facial structure too bony for anyone ever to have asked her hand in marriage. She consoled herself for this by guzzling.

Only me, eh? Is that how you see yourself? Only you is worth a good deal more than you think.