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Quotes About Confidence

Many people are bowled over by the chance remark of a friend, such as "You do not look so well this morning." If they are rejected or snubbed by someone, they blindly swallow the so-called fact that this means they are an inferior person. Most of us are subjected to negative suggestions every day. If our conscious mind is working and on the job, we do not have to accept them blindly. "It ain't necessarily so" is a good motto.
~ Maxwell Maltz
I failed once in the past, so I will probably fail in the future" is neither logical nor rational. To conclude "I can't" in advance, without trying, and in the absence of any evidence to support the inevitability of failure, is not rational. We should be more like the man who was asked if he could play the piano. "I don't know," he said. "What do you mean you don't know?" he was asked. "I have never tried," he replied.
~ Maxwell Maltz
Get a New Mental Picture of Yourself
~ Maxwell Maltz
afraid of making
~ Maxwell Maltz
if you would picture the end result—see the ball going where you wanted it to go—and have the confidence to know that it was going to do what you wanted, your subconscious would take over and direct your muscles correctly.
~ Maxwell Maltz
He succeeded in replacing the negative belief with a positive belief that he had a message of extreme importance that he alone could deliver, no matter what he looked like.
~ Maxwell Maltz
In fact, it is literally impossible to really think positively about a particular situation as long as you hold a negative concept of your "self.
~ Maxwell Maltz
When your self-image is adequate and one that you can be wholesomely proud of, you feel self-confident. You feel free to "be yourself" and to express yourself. You function at your optimum.
~ Maxwell Maltz
Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there.
~ May Sarton
We all need to have confidence in how we look and who we are. God made us in his image. Who are we to judge his work?
~ Unknown
Fashion helps people...Fashion...makes us better people. The right clothes can make you feel great. They can transform you...
~ Unknown
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I am with you kid. Let's go."
~ Maya Angelou
I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.
~ Maya Angelou
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
~ Maya Angelou
Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.
~ Maya Angelou
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'
~ Maya Angelou
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
~ Maya Angelou
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size But when I start to tell them, They think I'm telling lies. I say, It's in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.
~ Maya Angelou
You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
~ Maya Angelou
Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
~ Maya Angelou
I'm not stubborn. My way is just better.
~ Maya Banks
Well, 'I'm sorry' is just a thing to say, you see. I'm trying not to be so apologetic and obsequious all the time. It's just such a habit ...
~ Unknown
Like I am struck by my own brilliance?" "I was going to say maniacal," Harriet replied.
~ Unknown
Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.
~ Maynard James Keenan