Quotes About Confidence

the value of a unit of currency is not the measure of the value of an object, but the measure of one's trust in other human beings.

We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring.

From the minute I saw you with the match in your hand I thought I could tell you anything on my mind. You'd be my model, but for words.

again, her singing was her only absolute, the only thing that was completely her. a thousand classes hadn't given her this concrete insight: her voice was her place in the world, the home she leaves in the morning and returns to at night, in which she can be herself in her entirety and hope to be loved for all that she is and in spite of all she is.

I'm not the type of person to live in fear. I think positively.

He goes his way Without relying on others And does not pride himself On walking alone.70

Fiddlesticks!" Rall replied. "These clodhoppers will not attack us, and should they do so, we will simply fall on them and rout them."58 (on describing that they had nothing to fear from the COlonists of New Jersey before the night of December 25, 1776; when Washington and his men crossed the Deleware.)

She was more sure of her politics than she was of herself.

The Kennedys demanded loyalty out of confidence, Johnson demanded it out of insecurity.

A legitimate government does not lose face easily, but an insecure government with little in the way of indigenous roots takes its image very seriously.

Gen. Matthew Ridgeway "intended not to impose his will on his men, but to allow the men under him to find something in themselves that would make them more confident, more purposeful fighting men. It was their confidence in themselves that would make them fight well, he believed, not so much their belief in him. His job was to keep them to find that quality in themselves.

Where a woman's faith in herself ends; so too does her joy.

When our identities are tethered to externals, our sense of self-worth is always in danger. In the end, we become hypersensitive, insecure, and discontent, always comparing ourselves to the next parent, the next young professional, the next pastor across town. But

Hear the verbal protestations of all men: Nothing so certain as their religious tenets. Examine their lives: You will scarcely think that they repose the smallest confidence in them.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

We fear being alone if we express our uniqueness because we lack self esteem and inner security.

Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. Remember this, too! Big ideas and big plans are often easier -- certainly no more difficult -- than small ideas and small plans.

Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are. Successful people are not superhuman. Success does not require a super-intellect. Nor is there anything mystical about success. And success doesn't based on luck. Successful people are just ordinary folks who have developed belief in themselves and what they do. Never -- yes, never -- sell yourself short.

We can face whatever circumstances await us with courage if we just reflect on God's faithfulness and place our confidence in His great power and loving purpose for our lives.

Trust is an act of the mind, while obedience is an act of the hands and feet.

I don't need to know. So neither do you." LB snorted. "Funny how the people who say that are never the ones with parachutes on.

You have no fear?" "I don't let it make my decisions for me.

Încrederea exagerat? în propria capacitate ne expune riscurilor ?i ne împiedic? s? evolu?m. Îndoiala de sine joac? un rol decisiv pentru maturitatea noastr? intelectual?.

It's what I fear, which for me is as good as knowing.