Quotes About Confidence

Isaac Bell slowly laid his cards on the table one by one. "A straight flush

If Pitt tells you there's a Santa Claus, hang your stocking on the mantel, because you better believe it.

Kauf nie ein Buch um der Bewunderung anderer wegen.

I have found my voice again and the art of using it...

Colin could have been offended or irked by her presumptive attitude, but sharp women didn't threaten him. In fact, he enjoyed watching them work. And, of course, there was the fact that he'd married one.

There are people who trick you and deliver emptiness with a smile, while others rob you of your self-respect. You need to remember who you are.

Well, imagine you are alone in a room....Are you the best, most special person in the room right now? Yes. That's the gift of being alone.

Don't be afraid: you have a best seller on your hands.

must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness.

Know your value and you know your place in the order.

We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are wonderful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness

the con men never betray the game.

Sleep the sleep of the successful because somehow you made it through the day without anyone finding out that you are a complete fraud.

And I suddenly think, as I look across the table at him, that these are the days as they will be. This is the future as we see it. The swerve and the static. The confidence and the doubt.

When I was seventeen I had a body that Adam woulda dropped Eve for. Hot-potato time. It was prime, no lie. Nothing in the wrong place. I had legs a hundred miles long and a booty to die for. Adam woulda said to Eve, Eve, I'm leaving you, honey, and Jesus himself woulda been in the background saying, Adam, you're one lucky motherfucker.

And I was fairly certain that my strong-enough-for-King-Kong-but-made-for-a-woman deodorant had utterly failed. --Doom with a View

My motto is: When in doubt, just keep lying. Even if you're terrible at it.

Holding up my credit card so Gilley could see, I snipped it in half. 'You act like I don't have the numbers, expiration date, and security code memorized,' he mocked.

You give up on what you need to be doing because you forget that you're worth it. This is why most people aren't leading exemplary lives...You have to believe in yourself so much that you're willing to do what's uncomfortable, time-consuming, inconvenient, and on occasion seemingly impossible. When you don't believe in yourself this much, pretend.

That is the one eternal education; to be sure enough that something is true that you dare to tell it to a child."11

shave daily, stand and walk smartly, and you'll look fit for work

he also discovered a correlation between their opinions and the conviction with which they stated them. It seemed that the less someone knew, the more forcefully he tried to state his case.

secure with his 9-mm Beretta. Anyone

Kennedy stood her ground, like a predator trying to decide if this was worth the physical exertion. After an uncomfortable silence, she said, "I find that hard to believe.