Quotes About Confidence

19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

Dress is important. It's part of being human. It might as well be a thing of beauty, something you take real pleasure in doing. And maybe in the process, give other people pleasure. Though that's secondary.

counted my money and reckoned my total worth at something less than fifty dollars. Although, as I said, I was without real fear in my plight, I could not help feeling a trifle insecure, especially

Most attackers are looking for easy victims. They're not looking for a fight, not even a verbal one. Saying No makes you a less attractive target. Submitting and being nice to attackers in the hope that they will be nice to you in return is not the safest strategy." Saying "No!" helps you gather your energy, reminds you of your right to say No, draws attention, and expresses your power.

If you talked to your friends the way you talk to yourself, you wouldn't have any.

Saying No is a way for you to communicate with yourself. It forces you to breathe, which breaks the freeze response. It gathers your energy. It gets your adrenaline going. It reminds you of the [self-defense] class, your muscle memory, the support of the line [your peers], and the fact that you have the right to fight for your own safety.

You need confidence to stand up for yourself in the face of the other's reaction. You need power to be able to follow through on your No if the other refuses to respect it.

If you are refusing an alcoholic drink, for instance, you don't need to justify your refusal. A simple respectful "No thanks" will do. You know your Yes—that is essential—but sometimes you keep it to yourself, because it is your business and not theirs.

Doubts [can] be swept away only by deeds.

I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial... I thought I knew a good deal about it all, I was sure I should not fail.

Of course I'm an egoist. Where do you get if you aren't?

When we face with a steady eye the difficulties which lie before us, we may derive new confidence from remembering those we have already overcome.

Thus far then have we travelled along the terrible road we chose at the call of duty. The mood of Britain is wisely and rightly averse from every form of shallow or premature exultation. This is no time for boasts or glowing prophecies, but there is this: A year ago our position looked forlorn, and well nigh desperate to all eyes but our own. To-day we may say aloud before an awe-struck world: 'We are still masters of our fate. We are still captain of our souls.

Marnie, I won't say, Make him happy, but I will say, Be happy yourself. I think you're capable of much more than you think

On all counts I've let these people down. I came among them a stranger and a physician. I have met with nothing worse than suspicion and much that's been better than kindness. Eggs that could be ill spared pressed on me in return for some fancied favor. Little gestures of goodwill even from people who are Choake's people. Confidence and trust. In return I have helped to break up the life of one of their number. If I went now I should go for good, a cheat and a failure.

We are all worms, But I do believe that I am a glow worm.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.

Bueno, por lo menos siempre habrá una cosa que no le podrán negar: la flota estaba preparada»

Attlee is a modest man who has a great deal to be modest about.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and he is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Dicen que es ciego. ¿Ciego? Tiene el ojo certero del francotirador y él, sólo él, mira al futuro confiado.

Girls can do anything these days.

Fryderyk, asymiluj?c z niezwyk?? skwapliwo?ci? tego ducha arystokratycznego, zacz?? tak?e wysoko si? nosi? — udziela? si? od czasu do czasu rozmowie, ale jak kto?, czyje milczenie by?oby dla wszystkich niezas?u?on? katastrof?. I oto naraz jego l?k przed niepoprawno?ci? sta? si? w nim wy?szo?ci? i dum?!