Quotes About Confidence

Now I am being called upon for some purpose. I answer the call determined to observe the right limits; to act with restraint, but also with confidence, devoid of desire or aversion towards externals.

When you have him as your leader, and conform your will and desire to his, what fear of failure can you have?

Do not worry if others criticize or laugh at you, for their opinions are not your concern.

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going

In time, you will grow to be confident that there is not a single impression that you will not have the moral means to tolerate.

If you decide to do something, don't shrink from being seen doing it, even if the majority of people disapprove. If you're wrong to do it, then you should shrink from doing it altogether; but if you're right, then why worry how people will judge you?

If you want to be respected, start by respecting yourself.

Jos joku kertoo sinulle, että se ja se panettelee sinua, älä ryhdy puolustautumaan panetteluja vastaan, vaan sano: Hän ei nähtävästi tiennyt muita vikojani, sillä muutoin hän ei olisi tyytynyt mainitsemaan vain noita.

if you know you are in the right, why fear those who misjudge you?

You are invincible if nothing outside the will can disconcert you.

Be confident in everything outside the will, and cautious in everything under the will's control.

When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn't have to look outside themselves for approval.

Be sure to foresee whatever can be foreseen by planning. Observe and avoid, long before it happens, anything that is likely to do you harm. To effect this your best assistance will be a spirit of confidence and a mind strongly resolved to endure all things. He who can bear Fortune, can also beware of Fortune. At any rate, there is no dashing of billows when the sea is calm. And there is nothing more wretched or foolish than premature fear. What madness it is to anticipate one's troubles!

Chicks dig me because I rarely wear underwear, and when I do, it's usually something unusual." Tending

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor. (Eric Hoffer 1902-1983)

We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs subordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.

One thing I know beyond doubt. Had [Babbage] overheard someone he respected praise him highly it would have sweetened life for him for more than a day. We are starved for praise. It reconciles us with life. . . . Self-doubt is at the core of our being. We need people who by their attitude and words will convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are. Hence the vital role of judicious praise.

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves. [...] The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed.