Quotes About Confidence

There are two approaches to going to a party. One approach is to try to make yourself into someone you're not. The other approach is the one I'm trying to use: instead of trying to be someone you're not, you can simply try to emphasize who you really are.

It's hard being in the body of someone you don't like, because you still have to respect it.

How the things that hold us are only as strong as the faith we have in them-you go on the bridge because you trust it will not fall the fingers will clasp because we trust them to.

I knew you better than anyone else. I was sure of it.

Don't let anyone make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.

But I have lived myself for too many years. I know exactly how hard I am.

Failure is always louder than success. But there is an accumulation of all the things you don't do wrong, and that becomes your confidence. You can even get to the point where that confidence lasts longer than the dance. Seconds at first. Then minutes. Then maybe it'll be there when you're walking into a party, or meeting people after a show. You know you have something desirable, and you know you can move.

It is too easy to be ignored in this world, so you've gotta put yourself up front if you want to be counted, and to count.

She must be in eighth grade--maybe seventh. She's old enough to wear make-up, but she hasn't figured out yet how to wear it well.

I thought I was smart," I said all of a sudden. "I really thought I was smart. But after the last couple of months, I'm not sure. And that's paralyzing, isn't it? to discover you're bad at the one thing you thought you had going for you?

Chuck is a short guy but he works out a lot, so as a result he's built like a fire hydrant. Most of the time he acts like a fire hydrant, too.

Its hard for her. Every answer starts with the phrase I don't know. But most of the time she does know...

Dude, nobody puts baby in a corner.

The thing about a spotlight is that you have to step into it. You have to get onto that stage.

Adults can talk all they want about youth feeling invincible.

The thing about a spotlight is that you have to step into it. You have to get onto that stage. I haven't been ready for a lot of things, but from early on, I was ready for this.

But this is what losing most of your friends does: It makes you unafraid.

am always happiest when I am just attractive enough. Meaning: other people won't find me unattractive. Meaning: I make a positive impression. Meaning: my life is not defined by my attractiveness, because that brings its own perils as well as its own rewards.

Some boys—not many, but a few—are like that, getting their own strength from finding your weakness and poking it. There's something weirdly transfixing about their confidence, like even as they're condescending to you, you're secretly hoping that their strength will rub off and suddenly you'll be as confident as they are.

And how devastating would it be to confide in someone and have the confidence disappear?

It's just nice to see you out from his shadow. Because things don't grow from shadow, you know? So it was frustrating to see you standing there...and really cool to see you step out of it. I don't know who this new guy is, but make sure when you're with him, you're not standing in his shadow. Stand where everyone can see you. -Ben

It's just nice to see you out from his shadow. Because things don't grow in shadows, you know? So it was frustrating to see you standing there... and really cool to see you step out of it. I don't know who this new guy is, but make sure when you're with him you're not standing in his shadow. Stand where everyone can see you.

I don't believe in fairy tales, but I believe in you

It's just nice to see you out from his shadow. Because things don't grow in shadows, you know? So it was frustrating to see you standing there...and really cool to see you step out of it. I don't know who this new guy is, but make sure when you're with him, you're not standing in his shadow. Stand where everyone can see you. -Ben