Quotes About Confidence

The lucky of successful person has learned a simple secret. Call up, capture, evoke the feeling of success. When you feel successful and confident, you will act successfully.

There are "standard" convictions which are strongly held by nearly everyone. These are (1) the feeling or belief that one is capable of doing his share, holding up his end of the log, exerting a certain amount of independence, and (2) the belief that there is "something" inside you which should not be allowed to suffer indignities.

Remember, above all, that the key to any crisis situation is you.

If you can remember, worry, or tie your shoe, you can succeed.

Jesus expressed the same thought when he told us not to hide our light under a bushel, but to let our light shine "so that your Father may be glorified." I cannot believe that it brings any glory to God when his children go around with hangdog expressions, being miserable, afraid to lift up their heads and "be somebody.

You are not "inferior." You are not "superior." You are simply "You.

I have found that an easy-to-remember picture of the successful personality is contained in the letters of the word "success" itself. The success-type personality is composed of: Sense of direction Understanding Courage Compassion Esteem Self-Confidence Self-Acceptance

Nothing can work me damage except myself," said St. Bernard.

The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one. —Elbert Hubbard

God sees us as men and women in whom and through whom He can do a great work. He sees us as already serene, confident, and cheerful.

All your actions, feelings, behaviors—even your abilities—are always consistent with this self-image. In short, you will

The self-image can be changed.

Who are the scholars who get 'rattled' in the recitation room?" asked William James. "Those who think of the possibilities of failure and feel the great importance of the act. Who are those who do recite well? Often those who are most indifferent. Their ideas reel themselves out of their memories of their own accord.

If you want really to do your best in an examination, fling away the book the day before, say to yourself, 'I won't waste another minute on this miserable thing, and I don't care an iota whether I succeed or not.

Self-fulfilled persons have the following characteristics: 1. They see themselves as liked, wanted, acceptable, and able individuals 2. They have a high degree of acceptance of themselves as they are. 3. They have a feeling of oneness with others. 4. They have a rich store of information and knowledge.

1. All your actions, feelings, behaviors—even your abilities—are always consistent with this self-image. In short, you will "act like" the sort of person you conceive yourself to be. Not only this, but you literally cannot act otherwise, in spite of all your conscious efforts or willpower.

Positive thinking" cannot be used effectively as a patch or a crutch to the same old self-image.

your mental picture of yourself "the strongest force within you.

List here an experience from your past that is explained by the principles given in this chapter:

God sees us as men and women in whom and through whom He can do a great work. He sees us as already serene, confident, and cheerful. He sees us not as pathetic victims of life, but masters of the art of living; not wanting sympathy, but imparting help to others, and therefore thinking less and less of ourselves, and full, not of self-concern, but of love and laughter and a desire to serve. . .

Just say to yourself: "I am going to imagine myself acting this way now

The self-image is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self-image and you change the personality and the behavior.

one that is vividly imagined. If we picture ourselves performing in a certain manner, it is nearly the same as the actual performance. Mental practice helps to make perfect.

Positive thinking" does indeed "work" when it is consistent with the individual's self-image. It literally cannot "work" when it is inconsistent with the self-image—until the self-image itself has been changed.)