Quotes About Confidence

And you know the darkness beyond despair, just as intimately as you know the soaring heights. Because in this and all universes, there is balance. You can't have the one without facing the other. And sometimes you think you can take it because the joy is worth the despair, and sometimes you know you can't take it and how did you ever think you could? And there is the dance; strength and weakness, confidence and desolation.

No puedes dejar tu huella sin cribar unos cuantos egos por el camino

Citra slumped in her chair. I don't fail, she said.

Good morning," Citra said groggily—then realized it sounded far too weak for a scythe. Even one who was currently incognito. She cleared her throat and spoke with more confidence. "Good morning," Anastasia said.

And I have faith that you will shine in your final test.

Baby, I said, I'm a genius but nobody knows it but me.

I never met another man I'd rather be. And even if that's a delusion, it's a lucky one.

I knew I was strong, and maybe like they said, crazy. But I had this feeling inside of me that something real was there.

When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My contest is only with myself, to do it right, with power, and force, and delight, and gamble.

I always started a job with the feeling that I'd soon quit or be fired, and this gave ma a relaxex manner that was mistaken for intelligence or some secret power.

I feel no grief for being called something which I am not; in fact, it's enthralling, somehow, like a good back rub

since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid one are full of confidence.

How are his poems? He's not as good as he thinks he is, but then most of us feel that way.

Baby, I said, I'm a genius but nobody knows it but me. She looked down at me. Get up off the floor you damn fool and get me a drink.

I've never met another man I'd rather be.

A man who can beat the horses can do anything he makes up his mind to do.

Zemër, i thash, Unë jam një gjeni por askush nuk e di këtë, përpos unë.

I walk over and fill her drink: "you got class, doll, you're not like the others…" she likes that and I like it too because to make a thing true all you've got to do is believe.

often it takes a lifetime to learn how to react to certain critical situations. it's worth waiting for the arrival of maturity and confidence. try it sometime and see how delightful it is to feel powerful and alive.

Faith is all right for those who have it. Just don't load it on me. I have more faith in my plumber than I do in the eternal being. Plumbers do a good job. They keep the shit flowing.

I had a cigar in my mouth and whiskey on my breath. I felt like money. I looked like money.

The truth, however, was that there was very little greatness. It was almost nonexistent, invisible. But you could be sure that the worst writers had the most confidence, the least self-doubt. Anyway, writers were to be avoided, and I tried to avoid them, but it was almost impossible. They hoped for some sort of brotherhood, some kind of togetherness. None of it had anything to do with writing, none of it helped at the typewriter.

Style is the answer to everything.