Quotes About Confidence

She looked as plump and self-confident as the city pigeons outside, and as sure of her place.

So it was that Phryne acquired a skimpy costume of Fugi cotton, with fringes, in a blinding shade of pink known colloquially as 'baby's bottom', a pair of near-kid boots with two-inch heels, an evening bag fringed and beaded to within an inch of complete inutility, stockings in peach, and a dreadful cloche hat with a drunken brim in electric blue plush. Her method in choosing these garments was simple. Anything at which Dot exclaimed, 'Oh, no, Miss!' she bought.

nothing like a few days of people telling you that you are mad and deluded when you know that you are telling the truth to turn the brain.

One can dare a lot if one is Emeritus

I can't afford to spend days in self loathing as everyone expects fat women to do. Self loathing eats your life. Being fat isn't my fault or even my sin, despite what all those TV ads say.

Had she been at all used to blushing, she would have blushed, but she wasn't, so she didn't.

I can't afford to spend days in self loathing as everyone expects fat women to do. Self loathing eats your life.

She wondered, briefly, if she was beautiful, decided she was and blew a kiss to her reflection

Nurture children with a book, it helps to give them confidence and opens up their world.

Did anyone ever tell you that you're unbearably beautiful when you get released from policy custody, girl?" he asked. "I can't say that they have. And I apparently wasn't in custody. Just too ignorant to leave on my own.

A clever woman succeeds in concealing her jealousy. Otherwise we men always feel so sure of ourselves...

There are no shy women,"announced the count. "The modest way they cast thier eyes down merely his their naivety." I was fast coming to the conclusion that there was no need to feel afraid of him. He was only a self-satisfied old git who hated women and liked the sound of his own voice.

No hay mujeres tímidas. Detrás de un parpadeo aparentemente tímido solo se oculta su simpleza

It is quite possible that I have underestimated you, Gwyneth. But that's no reason for you to overestimate yourself.

A veces hay que atacar a la gente con sus propias armas. El truco está en no mostrar ni la más mínima duda mientras se habla y en incluir al menos a un reconocido autor de éxito, preferiblemente a uno del que efectivamente se haya leído algo. Además, cuanto más exóticos y extranjeros sean los nombres, mejor.

Preparada, Gwendolyn? —preguntó finalmente. Le sonreí. —Estoy lista si tú lo estás. [...] El lanzo su bastón de paseo al aire, lo atrapó con destreza y dijo: —Yo estoy listo. ¿Y tú, princesa? —Estoy lista si tú lo estás.

And if I may give you a piece of advice: a clever woman succeeds in concealing her jealousy. Otherwise we men always feel so sure of ourselves.…

Life is a great adventure, darling, and problems are nothing more than opportunities to show what you can do. Show them, darling. You are young and beautiful and full of imagination.

Hör mal, du gehst jetzt da raus und funkelst sie alle in Grund und Boden, okay?

You need never settle for second best. Never.

I know that I can sing. That's the reason I started playing music when I was twelve years old.

I don't have the best body in the world, but I know for a fact that I have a really good voice.

You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool.

I don't read reviews. I haven't read them for probably 30 years. I can't. When they're bad, they're really rough, and when they're good, they're not good enough.