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Quotes About Confidence

The lack of confidence of the Negro in himself and in his possibilities is what has kept him down. His mis-education has been a perfect success in this respect.
~ Carter G. Woodson
My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'
~ Cary Grant
As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust, so there are other qualities in human nature which justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence.
~ Cass R. Sunstein
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
~ Cass Sunstein
If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you are now.
~ Cassandra Clare
I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.
~ Cassandra Clare
You're just worried they'll hire a male instructor and he'll be hotter than you." Jace's eyebrows went up. "Hotter than me?" "It could happen," Clary said, "You know, theoretically." "Theoretically the planet could suddenly crack in half, leaving me on one side and you on the other, forever and tragically parted, but I'm not worried about that either. Some things," Jace said, with his customary crooked smile, "are just too unlikely to dwell upon.
~ Cassandra Clare
You're an idiot." "I've never claimed to be otherwise.
~ Cassandra Clare
I suppose you've always been amazing at this stuff."- Clary "I was born amazing." - Jace
~ Cassandra Clare
Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it?
~ Cassandra Clare
The fiercely competitive are fierce because they don't see themselves as competitive.
~ George Hammond
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
~ George Herbert
I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.
~ George Hickenlooper
The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.
~ George Jessel
LET not your heart be troubled; believe in God, and believe in me also.
~ George M. Lamsa
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.
~ George MacDonald
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
~ George MacDonald
To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.
~ George MacDonald
Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.
~ George MacDonald
Courage - and shuffle the cards.
~ George MacDonald Fraser
Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.
~ George McGovern
Perfect simplicity is unconsciously audacious.
~ George Meredith
In England it is bad manners to be clever, to assert something confidently. It may be your own personal view that two and two make four, but you must not state it in a self-assured way, because this is a democratic country and others may be of a different opinion.
~ George Mikes
Nothing is more depressing than the conviction that one is not a hero.
~ George Moore