Quotes About Confidence

Few liberals have the confidence to say that free speech, like sexual freedom, would not create a terrible society, because they do not trust their fellow citizens.

Show me a motherfucker who's relaxed and I'll show you a motherfucker that's afraid of success.

black writers across the world need to connect. All writers, but especially writers of colour, suffer a crisis of confidence about their work.

Most people who are inexplicably confident despite being talentless and more than a little stupid have warm, affectionate parents.

In a period when everyone was being cool in a very adolescent, self-conscious way, Syd was unfashionably outgoing; my enduring memory of our first encounter is the fact that he bothered to come up and introduce himself to me.

recognize certain traits that seem to be in every champion: passion, commitment, confidence, pride in performance, high standards of excellence, relentlessness, perseverance, and the ability to perform in adverse circumstances.

Psychologist Dr. Terry Orlick has been studying excellence in sports, business, and life for decades. He is world renowned for his motivational and mental approach to peak performance. Orlick has determined that there are seven components of excellence: commitment, focus, confidence/trust/belief, positive imagination, mental readiness, controlling distractions, and constant learning.

The difference between belief and trust can be monumental. We may believe in others, but do we really trust them? To firmly trust people means putting your own successes and health in their hands.

Those are the right and left facing pages of a printed book. And what's in the middle?" Silence around the table. Zingano offered, "A book?" "Interstellar One?" said Norton. "A SPINE," she yelled, banging the table with a fist for emphasis. "A goddamned spine. Lesson number one. Show your spine, or they'll eat you up and shit you out like the little turds you are.

My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge.

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I am like, 'This is a high-top day' or 'This is a bob day ' but when I get my clothes on that's when I see.

It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around. I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business. There's really no gray area.

When I get up in the morning and put on a pink or a green wig, I see myself as a piece of animation. It lets me be the person I want to be, a person who's not embarrassed to have fun.

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words and your faith stronger than your feelings.

The mome rath isn't born that could outgrabe me!

Exposed meant conspicuous, different, not fitting in, not feeling at home, at least not until you learn that your self is your home and no one can take it away.

I am the light, she thought. I am not a maid. I am the light. Cold as a sword. I will show no weakness.

I am Aud Torvingen. Aud, rhymes with crowd.

In my Armani suit I cut through the crowd like a hammerhead among trout.

Dornan gave me a wink, as if to say he saw I was glowing under a bit of flattery as much as anyone else in the room.

I have a strange kind of face; people trust me. More than that, they see in my face what they want to be there.

Act as though there is nothing wrong, and you can make it true, for a while.

Here on her own turf she looked different: more whole and competent; denser somehow.

Mother and daughter were both so rarely wrong they thought they could never be.