Quotes About Confidence

Do I look like a Jonas Brother? Then why is everyone waiting for me to lose it?

Stiletto, I look at it more as an attitude as opposed to a high-heeled shoe.

I need that aggressive attitude to play my music and more men have that attitude than women.

It never occurs to Arnold that the ball won't go in the hole, but I'm always surprised when it does.

If there is something one wants badly, one must often be bold.

If the Almighty directs our steps, we've no need to look back over our shoulders.

Lord, what an honor it will be to start the day with you. Give me the strength to lift my head, the courage to lift my heart, the joy to lift my spirits, and the confidence to lift my eyes and see you rising and shining in me.

Mr. Beeston took a step forward and cleared his throat in his I-know-you-work-for-Neptune-but-I'm-clearly-the-most-important-person-here kind of way.

Mr. Beeston gave Dad one of his I'm-very-important-and-I-know-a-lot-more-than-you looks.

I wear clothes that most people in the Midwest would probably deem inappropriate at my age. And I rock a bikini all summer long. I know that it's not normal, but I just don't care. I live once.

Could my problem have been that I was looking for validation in the wrong places all along?

There are a few things as heartbreaking to me as seeing a person swimming in a T-shirt. And I can speak with the authority of someone who did it for years. It is conspicuous. It bogs you down. When you get out of the water, you take half the lake with you. It takes the fun out of swimming and puts a visual metaphor to the burdens of a negative body image.

I knew that girls made fun of each other, but talking about someone's body like that seemed so wrong. You can't choose your body! I was suddenly aware that I was under-performing in ways I didn't even know existed. From then on I always showered in my swimsuit, changed clothes in the outhouse (which defeated the purpose of showering), and worst of all, I developed the habit of swimming in a t-shirt.

One of the best parts of growing older? You can flirt all you like since you've become harmless.

And there is something great about knowing that my only job is to be as happy as I can be about my life, and feel as good as I can about myself, and to lead as full and eventful a life as I can, so that it doesn't ever feel like I'm just waiting around for some guy to ask me out. And most importantly, it's good for us all to remember that we don't need to scheme and plot and beg to get someone to ask us out. We're fantastic.

I think we are going to have to love ourselves. Fuck.

I may believe I'm not up to snuff, but Jill? Jill thinks I can date the Great Gatsby.

didn't it ever occur to me that what got me here could be the same thing that would make me do well?

While I may hate that I was once fat, I am absolutely thankful that I grew up relying on something other than beauty.

I play the "Guess Who's on a First Date" game. Which ninety-seven-pound girl is eating her weight in pasta, thinking the best way to ensnare a man is by acting like you're an effortlessly sexy robot who doesn't sweat, poop, diet, or nag?

Dreams are nervy things—all it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die.

The best way for you to gain confidence is to prepare so well on something ... that there can be little chance to fail.

What do you believe is worse? Living life alone, lacking in popularity or changing yourself to be accepted by others? I think the latter is worse, and I believe it is much more important to think for yourself than to allow others to control you with their opinions. I think it's a sign of weakness to allow others to think for you just to be accepted.

I'd rather be pissed off then pissed on.