Quotes About Confidence

Be silent always when you doubt your sense; And speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence: Some positive, persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so; But you, with pleasure own your errors past, And make each day a critic on the last.

He, who supreme in judgment, as in wit, Might boldly censure, as he boldly writ.

No one ever died of cellulite or wrinkles.

Put me down and I'll show you," said Scarlett. Rhett lowered her to her feet. His big hands closed on her shoulders, and he pulled her to him impatiently, then kissed her, briefly, firmly, and let her go. "I'd hate to be shot without getting what I came for," he said. She could hear the laughter in his voice. "Now, Scarlett, get us out of here.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.

I learned the lesson that, even after the revolution, cool, handsome and confident is always going to beat weird-looking and needy.

I am unaware of his plans but I shall never stop believing in them because I cannot fathom them and I prefer to mistrust my own intellectual capacities than his justice.

How well you do things should be incidental, not integral, to the way you regard yourself.

[I]f you are truly a man, sure of yourself and confident of your strength, you may taste of life without fear and without reserve; you may be sad or joyous, deceived or respected; but be sure you are loved, for what matters the rest?

When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.

Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.

There was a joke going around campus when I was at Washington State. It went, 'What's the difference between God and Ryan Leaf?' The punchline was, 'God doesn't think he's Ryan Leaf.'

I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool.

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think, 'What a waste of energy.' If people want to believe in this god or that god, that's fine by me; believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

The good thing about Curtis is he's very confident and secure in himself, so he doesn't waste his energy on any negative comments.

I love being in my own skin, and I hope other women start feeling better about themselves and waste less energy being ashamed of their bodies.

Don't waste even a minute magnifying your perceived inadequacies. You can't do it all. Why berate yourself for not achieving the impossible?

Besides being a prime cause of poor economic growth, poor governance breeds corruption, which cripples investment, wastes resources, and diminishes confidence.

We never waste space saying, 'On the one hand.' We just state an opinion in a Godlike voice.

Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?

I don't worry about who they're putting in front of me. Why would I? That's just nonsense for me to waste my energy.

There was no way I was going to end up in the scrum when I came to rugby - you know, waste my pretty looks.

I don't really worry or waste my energy on where I rank and this and that. I know where I'm at.

I have confidence in how I've trained and prepared myself. I've dreamed about the Olympics for a long time, and it would be kind of silly and a waste to freak myself out.