Quotes About Confidence

Some women fight and others do not. Like so many successful guerrillas in the war between the sexes, Georgia O'Keeffe seems to have been equipped early with an immutable sense of who she was and a fairly clear understanding that she would be required to prove

Just so. I am what I am. To look for "reasons" is beside the point.

I never felt poor; I had the feeling that if I needed money I could always get it. I could write a syndicated column for teenagers under the name "Debbi Lynn" or I could smuggle gold into India or I could become a $100 call girl, and none of it would matter.

there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home.

She did not want to court further appraisal by asking anyone for anything.

People who respect themselves are welling to accept the risk…they are willing to invest something of themselves; they may not play at all, but when they do play, they know the odds.

People who respect themselves...are willing to invest something of themselves; they may not play at all, but when they do play, they know the odds. That kind of self-respect is a discipline, a habit of mind that can never be faked but can be developed, trained, coaxed forth.

We're officially girl magnets, god-dude. Face it." And

I'm not a girl. I'm a genius.

it, I just did it. I don't know if I

Drunkeness, she told us in a rare moment of confidence, is a sin against the fruit, the tree, the wine itself. Wine, distilled and nurtured from bud into fruit; it deserves reverance. Joy. Gentleness. (Page 194.)

If I'm going to die today, the least I can do is look fabulous while I'm doing it.

And yes,I was fabulous.

There's no such thing as magic," I said. "Then call it something else." She shrugged. "Call it attitude, if you like. Call it charisma, or chutzpah, or glamour, or charm. Because basically it's just about standing straight, looking people in the eye, shooting them a killer smile, and saying, fuck off, I'm fabulous.

You're really that good? he said at last. Loki shrugged. I'm Loki.

You make yourself strong because it's expected of you. You become confident because someone beside you is unsure. You turn into the person others need you to be.

If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were?

What's the difference between spending your life trying to be invisible, or pretending to be the person you think everyone wants you to be? Either way, you're faking.

Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one.

you're not a bad person because you want to be yourself.

Men don't traipse. We... Swagger

I have learned to have pride in what I do.

I'm really very self-confident when it comes to my work. When I take on a project, I believe in it 100%. I really put my soul into it. I'd die for it. That's how I am

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.