Quotes About Confidence

I donned my smartest, blackest clothes and brushed my hair until it gleamed like jet. I put earrings of obsidian into my ears, and brushed the skin around my eyes with a kiss of charcoal. My mirror showed me the image of an aloof young man of glacial beauty. I was a black and white creature, even my lips were without colour, and my eyes were the darkest grey. It was as I desired.

If a woman knows secret richness touches her flesh, she walks taller.

Calling them creatures merely assists them to intimidate you.

Almorante's fey mystic was gone for good. He remembered how he was that time in Recolletine with Khaster and how it seemed now as if that boy had never lived. He'd believed he was clever enough to guide Khaster and himself through dangerous waters to safety, but he'd been careless, too confident. He still had his shine, but it was the radiance of a black sun now, full of poison.

Don't think me a mouse, she thought, or even a little wren. I will discover for myself what kind of animal I am.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is acting in spite of fear.

To believe in God starts with a conclusion about Him, develops into confidence in Him, and then matures into a conversation with Him.

One of the most important lessons she'd recently learned was that looking strong and confident was sometimes all the people required of you.

Put her in any situation that was even vaguely new and personal and she was lost; her pale, almost translucent skin and auburn hair seemed to signal everything she was feeling. She may raise her chin in proud disdain and even curl her lip in an emergency, but nobody was likely to be fooled if she glowed the colour of a midsummer sunset.

My, aren't we bold with well-aged whiskey?

I'd never been one to believe in my powers of intuition. I always thought it was more like guessing and a certain amount of the time you were right, and other times, you weren't.

Steel squared her shoulders. "Ladies, and gentlemen, are are no' at home to Mr Fuckup today. Who are we no' at home to?" The response wasn't much more than an embarrassed murmur. "Mr Fuckup." "I CAN'T HEAR YOU! WHO ARE WE NO' AT HOME TO?" Better this time: "Mr Fuckup." "ONE MORE TIME!" They bellowed it out: "WE ARE NOT AT HOME TO MR FUCKUP!" "Damn right we're no'." She smiled, nodded. "Now get out there and catch me those bloody killers.

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I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks.

Trust, which is a virtue, is also a habit, like prayer. It requires exercise.

If I could identify one core problem about the world, it's that we've been taught to distrust ourselves. SHAKTI GAWAIN

It's so important to break the pattern of looking outside ourselves for self-esteem.

To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.

You can go home again, and you can also leave again. Once more, with confidence, into the world.

The stars are in your favor, darling, you can't be horrible. Nope, they won't let you.

People are taken aback by a confident, pretty girl who knows what she wants in life and isn't going to let anyone get in her way. And you know what it's all about? Jealousy.

know yourself and you will win all battles

Grant your heart the courage to speak words of wisdom always and you will never lack those wisdoms.

You are stronger than you think. Believe me.