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Quotes About Confidence

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead.
~ Gwendolyn Brooks
Pessimism is a losing strategy. Leadership demands both confidence and optimism in abundance.
~ Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Leadership is the self-confidence of working with people smarter than you.
~ Azim Premji
Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.
~ Marva Collins
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
~ Zig Ziglar
It's alright to be Goliath but always act like David.
~ Phil Knight
Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility
~ John McCain
Confident and courageous leaders have no problems pointing out their own weaknesses and ignorance.
~ Thom S. Rainer
You could wait for the world to invite you to the banquet and the ball. Or you could just show up in your red dress and your headdress ready to boogie.
~ Tama J. Kieves
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
~ Henry C. Link
All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.
~ John C. Maxwell
Leadership is not about being nice. it's about being right and being strong
~ Paul Keating
Trust is the essence of Leadership.
~ Colin Powell
I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb.
~ Hyman George Rickover
Girls are twice as likely as boys to avoid leadership roles for fear of being deemed 'bossy' by their peers.
~ Anna Maria Chavez
Aviation seems almost a gift from heaven to those Western nations who were already the leaders of their era, strengthening their leadership, their confidence, their dominance over other peoples.
~ Charles Lindbergh
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.
~ Laozi
Part of the challenge with leadership is that it's very driven by gut instinct in most cases - and even worse, everyone thinks they're really good at it. The reality is that very few people are.
~ Laszlo Bock
I'm a shepherd, not a sheep, and I've always prided myself on being a leader and not a follower.
~ Dustin Diamond
The main characteristics of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence.
~ James Fisher
I used to say, "Go boldly in among the English," and then I used to go boldly in myself.
~ Joan of Arc
We live our lives based on who we think we are.
~ Myles Munroe
Perhaps the true mark of a leader is that she or he is willing to stand alone.
~ Laurie Beth Jones