Quotes About Confidence

I mean, really: what kind of person could possibly dislike me?

And as we should all know by now, anytime you predict failure you have an excellent chance of being right.

I was good at being charming, one of my very few vanities.

How bad could things be if my hair was neat?

Still, it's always nice to be around somebody who thinks I am wonderful. It confirms my low opinion of people.

I had done it all right, all the same, all the way it had to be done. It would be right . Now.

The elevator thumped to a stop. The doors slid open and a dozen people began to stampede inside. "Walk me to my car," Alana said above the crowd, and she moved forward through the pedestrians with absolute confidence that they would melt away at her approach. Somehow, they all did. Deborah

Not with me there," I said, and although I admit it sounded rather boastful, not at all my usual style of modest self-effacement, I really did believe it. "Really, Jackie, this guy is not capable of any real surprises.

I went through my reasoning again, checking it carefully, looking for any indications that I had added things up wrong, and found none. I was as sure as I could be, and that's always a nice feeling. If I lived through all this, I must remember to have that feeling more often.

It is always nice to see the synapses clicking in a way that lets you know your opinion of yourself is sometimes justified.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, I HAVE NEVER SAUNTERED. TO BE completely honest, I doubt very much that I have even strolled, but sauntering is far beyond me. When I go somewhere, it is with a clear purpose in mind, and although I hesitate to sound boastful, more often than not I tend to stride.

Dammit, you've got a job to do! He tried to pull energy—confidence—from the faces of the others, even from men who had never done this before.

He was not good looking, by any means, nor was he tall but these conditions were not troubling to him. Physical flaws were significant only to those with egos.

I watched Hugo Barrington when he gave his evidence. The same self-confidence, the same arrogance, the same half-truths spouted convincingly to the jury, just as he'd whispered them to me in the privacy of the bedroom.

But he knew that on the day of a general election, every candidate is convinced he is going to win, even the Liberals. Giles

Stop fussing, honey. It won't be the first time James has seen a man's stomach. It's not the first time I've seen that one, thought James.

watched Hugo Barrington when he gave his evidence. The same self-confidence, the same arrogance, the same half-truths spouted convincingly to the jury, just as he'd whispered them to me in the privacy of the bedroom. When he stepped down from the witness box, I knew Stan didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting off.

It was possible to feel superior to other people and feel like a misfit at the same time.

Though at this moment she felt abused, abandoned, and ashamed of herself, Madeleine knew that she was still young, that she had her whole life ahead of her--a life in which, if she persevered, she might do something special--and that part of persevering meant getting past moments just like this one, when people made you feel small, unlovable, and took away your confidence.

Phyllida's hair was where her power resided. It was expensively set into a smooth dome, like a band shell for the presentation of that long-running act, her face.

Who are you, anyway? Just someone who knows, from personal experience, how attractive it can be to think you can save somebody else by loving them. I could have sworn we just met, Madeleine said. And that you don't know anything about me. Henry stood up. With a slightly offended air but undiminished confidence, he said, People save themselves. He left her with that to think about.

Olivia lit a cigarette and said, God, if I worried about running into old boyfriends, I couldn't go anywhere!

You're a stone fox, he said, and took off.

I should also mention, with the vestigial pang of a once flat-chested girl, Desdemona's voluptuous figure.