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Quotes About Confidence

I'm going to see if Morris has a spare spine lying around you can borrow if you're scared to speak to that high-heeled, smug-ass bitch, Peabody.
~ J.D. Robb
You have to trust or you're only living half a life.
~ J.D. Robb
I have to say you don't look anything like a policewoman. Maxia's perfect eyebrows arched as she gave Eve's dress a quick scan. Leonardo dresses you, doesn't he? No, I usually do it myself.
~ J.D. Robb
You're not perfect, and that makes you just exactly right.
~ J.D. Robb
I like ass-watching." Peabody settled herself in comfortably."When I see one bigger than mine, it makes me feel good. When I see one smaller, it helps me resist eating a whole bunch of cookies. It's a productive hobby, my ass-watching
~ J.D. Robb
Okay." Mavis nodded decisively. "Then you tear it down. You don't take no for an answer. You nag and you pick and you stick until it pops out of him. Whatever it is. Girls are good at this, Dallas." "I'm not good at being a girl." "Sure you are. You're your own kind of girl. Think of it as kicking his ass until he cracks.
~ J.D. Robb
He wore command as he wore his suit—a good fit with clean lines.
~ J.D. Robb
I read this article about how what you wear under your clothes is all about what makes you feel empowered and in control. It's the Under You.
~ J.D. Robb
He coordinated his socks and underwear, she commented when Peabody came back in. Colors and patterns. Who does that, and why? I read this article about how what you wear under your clothes is all about what makes you feel empowered and in control. It's the Under You. If wearing matching boxers and socks make you feel empowered, you're a weenie.
~ J.D. Robb
She didn't hurry as she walked to him. Something told her he was a man too used to people — women certainly — rushing toward him. So she took her time, her long, slow strides flapping her borrowed coat around her chilly legs.
~ J.D. Robb
Some people relax better without the confines of clothes," Peabody said, then flushed when Eve cast a considering glance over her shoulder. "I've heard.
~ J.D. Robb
It's a mistake to be too much one of your own as they'll never see you as fully in charge.
~ J.D. Robb
Listen, pal, I come and go as I please, so check your ego.
~ J.D. Robb
You did good today. I won't have to think twice going through the door with you. As Eve walked away, Peabody gaped after her. It had been simply, even casually said, but it was the finest professional compliment she'd ever been given.
~ J.D. Robb
Perhaps I could-- She snarled at him, hunched protectively over her unit. You just want to show off. Would I be that small? To cut me down on this, you'd shrink to microscopic.
~ J.D. Robb
with an attitude had
~ J.D. Robb
Vicious women are so attractive. Did you say you had a couple of hours?
~ J.D. Robb
A lot of people know they're right, when what they are is wrong. Having doubts keeps you human.
~ J.D. Robb
What the hell does it matter who I am or who I'm with?
~ J.D. Robb
she approached
~ J.D. Robb
Prose, in his experience, calls for many more words than poetry. There is no point in embarking on prose if one lacks confidence that one will be alive the next day to carry on with the task.
~ J.M. Coetzee
La gente que duda de sí misma no tiene alma. Yo estoy haciendo lo que puedo para fabricarme un alma, aunque sea al final de la vida.
~ J.M. Coetzee
Su hijo tiene… ¿cómo llamarlo? Una seguridad en sí mismo nada habitual en alguien tan pequeño. No le dan miedo las aventuras; las aventuras de la mente.
~ J.M. Coetzee
Call me, she whispered to him with a confidence that would fade as the days passed. Qhuinn smiled a little. Take care. At the sound of the two words, Blay relaxed, his big shoulders easing up. In Qhuinn-landia, Take care was synonymous with I'm never going to see, call or fuck you again.
~ J.R. Ward