Quotes About Confidence

I don't want to fight aging I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested.

We want to encourage the young ones to learn and get some confidence in sports. It's fun and keeps you active and moving.

Elaine said I could stop worrying about how my work was going to turn out.

Justine couldn't see herself, but suddenly she felt as though she had a waist, a bosom, a long neck, slim wrists. She felt like a different person.

In particular, judging one's own confidence in having seen or heard something—metacognition, or "knowing about knowing" (recall the four-point confidence scale in chapter 2)—is linked to anterior regions of prefrontal cortex.

Sometimes you've got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding.

I didn't need to be liked or accepted. I needed to know and to accept myself.

They are narcissists, pumped full of self-esteem, but that self-esteem is always hanging by a thread and once pricked, their egos burst like a balloon.

Simon had the awesome charisma of one who was born for greatness; if accompanied by the detestable arrogance of one who knew it.

There hadn't come a day when she consciously decided, sod it, I'm past caring about clothes and hairstyles and make-up, but the evidence suggested she'd reached that position nonetheless.

I don't compromise in order to fit in, and I'm not giving in to any arsehole who wants to make me feel I don't belong wherever I put myself.

Fear cannot take what you do not give it.

Biblical hope - that confident expectation of a better future - is rooted in the knowledge of God's justice and faithfulness. Because God is the source and champion of justice, and because God is utterly reliable, there is always hope for positive change.

I must tell you I've just been reborn." "Nicholas, you always think you can do things better than your mother. You can be sure you were born quite adequately on the first occasion.

My dear Mother, I didn't knock myself down. Why Should I pick myself up?

MARGARET Do I seem composed, sufficiently placid and unmotherly? ALIZON Altogether, except that your earring Trembles a little. MARGARET It's always our touches of vanity That manage to betray us.

Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles.

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

I used to be as scared of public speaking as I was of sharks. Every time I teach I get an endorphin high off the fact that I did not have a panic attack. I teach and swim in order to measure my improvement as a human. I am no longer terrified of quite so many things.

In my job, people tell you that all the time: 'This shoot was great. You look amazing.' But you never know what they say when you turn away.

Taking the time to watch, listen to, and discern your baby's nonverbal cues won't only make your job of providing care easier, but it'll make your baby's job of taking on the world easier. Knowing that what he or she has to say matters will boost not only your baby's language development, but also his or her confidence, sense of security, and emotional maturity, not only now, but in the lifetime that lies ahead.

High spirits and a good time need trust, that's what they're built upon.