Quotes About Confidence

The guy with the biggest stomach will be the first to take off his shirt at a baseball game.

In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." After

By contrast to the above views, people with self-esteem believe they are neither more or less than human. Knowing their faults and rough edges, they still are deeply and quietly glad to be who they are (Briggs 1977). They are like the good friend who knows you well and likes you anyway because they recognize the goodness, excellence, and potential that coexist alongside imperfections.

To be German is simply the way we live; it is a love of government and orderliness, for one thing, and confidence in ourselves and in each other.

I'm not interested in dating. I like being with my own best friend, me. Certain women, particularly older women, cannot believe I like going to a social event by myself. But I do.

Never Let anyone tell you that you can't; show them that you can.

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it

Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form.

I think we each come out of the womb with some unique way of looking at the world and if we don't express it, we loose faith in ourselves.

Basically, I feel different from most other women. I feel I don't have to put on an act. If I'm not feminine enough for someone, I don't care, because femininity is different in everyone's mind.

As always, self-esteem had created an ability to be generous.

Your problem is that you should like yourself better." Of course, he was right—but how could she like herself when she felt she had no self ?

There is a healthier self within each of us, just wating for encouragement

If feminism means anything, it means taking responsibility for ourselves: for our own lives and actions. It is not "women as victims" but women refusing to be victims. What we need, as adults or children, is just one person who has confidence in us, so we can have confidence in ourselves.

The best thing about self-defense is knowing there is a self worth defending.

What our bodies can do is way more important than how they look. Sports help young women realize that our bodies are instruments, not ornaments.

We are the women our parents warned us about - and we are proud!

Secrets have power only as long as they are secret.

I began to understand that self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it.

The best thing about self-defense is knowing there is a self

The nature and specifics of the negative depend on the part of the country and the year, but the common thread is: self-doubt.

I'm beginning to realize the pleasure of being a nothing-to-lose, take-no-shit older woman.

Everytime a woman looks in a mirror and criticizes her body, a girl is watching.

If I had one piece of advice to give to young girls, I would say, "Don't listen to my advice. Listen to the voice inside." It's not important that they know who I am, it's important that they know who they are.