Quotes About Confidence

People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself.

To be a good model, I'd need a lot more confidence... and more confidence to be more bare.

In college, I had a lot of friends who were writers and wanted to be writers and I felt intimidated by it. I just didn't know if I had any gift or voice and I had no confidence about it.

I have the same confidence in the ability of our people to reject noxious literature as I have in their capacity to sort out the true from the false in theology, economics, or any other field.

Today it was win or lose. But my victory yesterday and the downhill globe boosted my confidence. My record in Cortina was also a liberation.

I actually like pole dancing! It gives you so much confidence. I never thought I'd do it, but now I'm really into it.

Just for once I'd like to see all these things sort of straightened out, with each person getting exactly what he deserves. It might give me some confidence in this universe.

No man has greater confidence than I have in the spirit of the people, to a rational extent. Whatever they can, they will.

I think the great thing about theatre, and if you start in theatre, is that it does build a confidence in poetic themes and ideas.

If appearances are deceitful, then they do not deserve any confidence when they assert what appears to them to be true.

Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence. Do not go forth to-day.

Marketing isn't done by computers, it's done by people. And people who sense opportunity and have the confidence to be remarkable will always defeat defensive actions by people who have given up.

We can have confidence in the long-term foundation of our economy ... I think the system basically is sound. I truly do.

There's a real power in collaboration. I've found that in collaborating while making art, it takes you to a place that you wouldn't necessarily have the confidence to go on your own.

The art of a news reporter is to learn how to lull a victim, because all good reporters are confidence tricksters in embryo.

As far as which writers embody this form of gentle power - Tobias Wolff, for sure. His persona and his writing both share an easy, capacious confidence that says he has faith in his readers.

When we are eager to be shy and humble about our accomplishments, we lose confidence in our abilities.

Take a moment each day to focus on the good, and then try to carry that with you throughout the day, because while bangs don't look good on everyone, confidence does.

The need for bold and aggressive federal action to create jobs and restore confidence in our battered economy is clear.

Confidence is something one acquires. It can come early or late but it is impossible to write without it. Mine came late.

On a personal note I want to gain more confidence and give back in any way I can.

Your confidence grows as you get older, particularly when you're in a loving relationship. Everything strengthens.

I had my years of struggling. Some of my shows failed miserably, and I was upset by it and it dented my confidence. But I never stopped. I kept going for it.

Americans are responsible not only for really starting a lot of things in a lot of countries, but also for giving people the confidence to do things they might never have thought to do.