Quotes About Confidence

I've never tried to assert my views unless they are self-evident, not reliant on an argument from me to prove or disprove them: Breast-cancer awareness and AIDS prevention are good. Illiteracy is bad. Historic preservation will allow future generations to understand what life used to be like and in so doing will help Americans chart a path forward. The issues and decisions that are more complex I have left to others, to those confident of their own rightness.

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He took his time getting to her, as if he was sure she'd wait, sure of his own strength to hold her, even at that distance. He moved like he thought she was afraid of him, too afraid to run.

She felt funny, strange, making up lies as quickly and smoothly as if she'd been doing it all her life.

And they fear nothing, and they respect nothing, the young don't.

You can't insure against the future, except by really believing in the best bit of you, and in the power beyond it.

Strut' said Ursula. 'One wants to strut, to be a swan among geese

One must strut, like a swan among geese.

He had not the faintest knowledge what it really was, but he would never have sunk so low as to confess that to his womenfolk. They listened and believed him. He believed himself.

You have an independent income, the only thing that never lets you down.

tell your girls, my son, that when they're running after you, they're not to come and ask your mother for you - tell them that - brazen baggages you meet at dancing classes

He had kept the surface of his confidence in her quite serene. And that is how we are. By strength of will we cut off our inner intuitive knowledge from admitted consciousness. This causes a state of dread, or apprehension, which makes the blow ten times worse when it does fall.

It wasn't that I didn't trust Mark's flying, it was just that, okay, I didn't trust Mark's flying.

I cannot say this too strongly: Do not compare yourselves to others. Be true to who you are, and continue to learn with all your might.

Faith is to fear nothing, to stand unswayed, the power to surmount any obstacle.

Aren't you scared? asked Cheryl in a low voice. Not when we're together, said Kirsty, linking arms with her best friend.

Kirsty felt unsure, too. But then she remembered that her best friend always made her feel stronger. She took Rachel's hand, and a little bit of confidence flickered inside her

It never hurts a fool to appear before an audience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: No. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that every-thing will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?

The expression one wears on one's face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one's back.

Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don't think so.

Apply the blacksmith's homely principle when you are speaking. If you feel deeply about your subject you will be able to think of little else. Concentration is a process of distraction from less important matters. It is too late to think about the cut of your coat when once you are upon the platform, so centre your interest on what you are about to say—fill your mind with your speech-material and, like the infilling water in the glass, it will drive out your unsubstantial fears.

Never be bothered by what people say, as long as you know in your heart you are right.