Quotes About Confidence

Don't let people's compliments go to your head, and don't let their criticisms go to your heart. The degree to which you do either of these things is the degree to which you'll be ruled by what other people think of you.

I can rest in the fact that God is in control.

The more we really believe the truths God calls us to believe, the more we will take chances with God.

doesn't it all come down to that? Trust. Trading our will for "Thy will," because we know He will.

Negative self-talk was a rejection from my past that I had allowed to settle into the core of who I am. I talked about myself in ways I would never let another person.

But the way they love is from a full place, not from an empty desperation. As we talked about in the last chapter, they are living loved. But

God will handle this, and even if you never see how God handles it, you know He will.

We don't need to understand God to trust Him.

I am made for more than a vicious cycle of eating, gaining, stressing...

Some church-raised young adults experience similar self-doubt when it comes to making spiritual judgments. Instead of equipping them to make thoughtful, prayerful decisions and then to trust God for the outcome, the church has instilled a debilitating fear of sin or "stepping out of God's will." How can we expect the next generation to move forward with confidence into God's future when they are scared of making a misstep?1

Negative self-talk was a rejection from my past that I had allowed to settle into the core of who I am.

Only by being filled with authentic soul food from Jesus — following Him and telling others about Him—will our souls ever be truly satisfied. And breaking free from consuming thoughts about food allows us to see and pursue our calling with more confidence and clarity.

On the other hand, when I change to a growth mind-set, I don't chain my identity to my insecurity.

We must let our identity, not our insecurity, be the first thing that walks into every situation we face—every decision we make.

No that relationship didn't work out. But that doesn't mean you'll never find love. It also doesn't mean you aren't capable, likable, and lovely.

am a Jesus girl who can step on the scale and see the numbers as an indication of how much my body weighs and not as an indication of my worth.

it is clear the opposite of trusting God is leaning on our own understanding—trying to figure out things all on our own. And the evidence of whether or not I'm trusting Him is shown by where I place my focus. After all, we steer where we stare.

No, that relationship didn't work out. But that doesn't mean you'll never find love. It also doesn't mean you aren't capable, likable, and lovely.

This wasn't really about the scale or what clothing size I was; it was about this battle that raged in my heart.

I was made to be set free, holy, new, loved, and confident.

1The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?

Rather than insist that a situation must prove itself flawless before we commit ourselves, we should assume that a good opportunity is very possibly one we should choose.

Being insecure - I'm a master, a virtuoso - they can be handing me the keys to the kingdom and all I can think is, I hope I don't drop the key.

I am not in the mood to have my underwear examined.