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Quotes About Confidence

przecie my Swoje wychwala? musiemy, bo nas zjedz?!
~ Witold Gombrowicz
I have extremely little courage myself, much less than you; but I have found that whenever, after a long struggle, I have screwed my courage up to do something I always felt much freer & happy after it.
~ Unknown
Yes, but I wasn't running around asking other people how to do it.
~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The only thing standing between me and greatness is me.
~ Woody Allen
In order to be a writer, Maugham continues: one must take chances and not be afraid to look foolish. I wrote The Razor's Edge while wearing a paper hat….
~ Woody Allen
And then I started to think, that the less I know about what people think of my work, the better off I am.
~ Woody Allen
I disagreed. I disagreed with the unquestioning confidence of the truly ignorant
~ Woody Allen
I, like a fatuous dunce who didn't realize how bad I was, jumped right in with the confidence of a true know-nothing. I practiced
~ Woody Allen
After all, would the world really miss this fatuous little suppository, with his preening self-confidence and emetic cuteness?
~ Woody Allen
Whenever you meet someone or walk into a room or consider taking on a new project, it is Who-You-Think-You-Are who walks into the room, who introduces himself, and who considers the new project. Who-You-Think-You-Are determines how you stand, whether you hold yourself proudly erect or whether you slouch.
~ Wu Wei
Los senos son como el dinero, ninguno acepta que los necesita pero ninguno deja de pensar en ellos. Un mujer con el escote en su lugar tiene todas las armas para mover el mundo.
~ Xavier Velasco
Los tímidos somos capaces de cualquier cosa
~ Xavier Velasco
Pasa uno tanto tiempo junto la miedo que le agarra confianza
~ Xavier Velasco
por si las moscas salgo a la calle con pantalones nuevos, chamarra de cuero, cien gramos de The Dry Look y mi playera favorita. California is for Lovers. ¿Qué tal que me la encuentro?
~ Xavier Velasco
Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
~ Xenophon
On his youth, Yoshiro had prided himself of always having an answer ready when someone asked who his favorite composer or designer was, or what kind of wine he preferred. Confident in his good taste, he had poured time and money into surrounding himself with things that would show it off. Now he no longer felt any need to use taste as the bricks and mortar fora structure called «individuality».
~ Y?ko Tawada
The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing. The champion racks up the games. But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he becomes relaxed again, insouciant, daring. Suddenly he's playing like the devil and the champion must work hard to get those last points.
~ Yann Martel
Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark.
~ Yann Martel
The events of the last forty years have inflicted such a blow to the self confidence of Western civilization and to the belief in progress which was so strong during the nineteenth century, that men tend to go too far in the opposite direction: in fact the modern world is experiencing the same kind of danger which was so fatal to the ancient world--the crisis of which Gilbert Murray writes in his Four Stages of Greek Religion as "The Loss of Nerve.
~ Unknown
Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.
~ Christopher Hitchens
My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my ass.
~ Christopher Hitchens
George smiles to himself, with entire self-satisfaction. Yes, I am crazy, he thinks. That is my secret; my strength.
~ Christopher Isherwood
If you as a woman don't have respect for yourself don't expect for a man to respect you.
~ Unknown
You are not lost. You never shall be lost.
~ Unknown