Quotes About Confidence

As far as working out, I know exactly what I'm doing.

You make your work and you can't ask for approval when you're doing it. Otherwise, it's going to be untruthful in some way.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work.

I've never been nervous. I just wanted to play and have a good time. If it didn't work, then I would get nervous. But, for the most part, I just go for it.

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.

You work for a long period of time and the results don't really show, but at some point everything just comes together and you start to play better, or get more confidence.

Don't let people tell you your ideas won't work.

The first time I tried to sing along with my guitar, everybody in the studio booed. They all said it wouldn't work.

One time I can stand fiddling in front of the mirror for an hour and another time I think: well hack, this is just the best it can get. Only if I have to go to work I really try to look fantastic.

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on.

Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.

I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself.

Every time I work out in the gym, every time I train, I know I'm going to do well. But I like surprising the fans, the critics, the people who doubt me.

The harder you work, the more confidence you get. But you may be working hard on something that is false.

It will work. I am a marketing genius.

Always work on the things you're not good at, because once you develop skills in those areas, you have no more fears.

If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.

When I need to work up my nerve to write a tough column, I try to think of myself as Emma Peel in a black leather catsuit.

That's something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think.

Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.

You have to be around people you trust; otherwise you can't do anything - you're afraid, you're paranoid, and you can't do any work.

The only way we'll ever know what it's like to be you is if you work your best at being you as often as you can, and keep reminding yourself: That's where home is.

The key to personal style is understanding your individual beauty enough to know which looks will work for you and which probably won't.