Quotes About Confidence

Montaigne: "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." PART 1

The self-confidence of even the consistently successful is never absolute. They are never sure that they know all the ingredients which go into the making of their success. The

And we all know when a sistuh gets mad, a sistuh gets athletically creative.

I let my towel drop to the carpet. Nakedness stared at nakedness, and nakedness smiled.

There are some nasty bitches out there. If they don't dab the front end, they probably don't wipe the back end. That's women of all colors and races. Guess what? I'm not one. I smell nice at all times.

I looked at him, at the debonair man in the suit of all suits . . . . I wasn't in clothes on the level of his, but I wanted the hotel staff to regard me with respect. I grabbed my bag, hoping he wouldn't say anything about me carrying so much, but. I wanted it to look like I was arriving as a guest, not as rented coochie.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.

There's nothing good about being ordinary. People don't respect you for it. People run after people who are different, who have confidence in their own taste, who don't run with the herd. There is nothing gained by giving in to the pressures of group vulgarity.

Blush like you mean it

Who were my fictitious witches and what did they mean? Never ask that of yourself while writing. It may stop you cold. Just trust that if you believe in your characters, others will too. ... Whenever I thought too critically about my work, I couldn't write.

The greatest freedom I have now is that I no longer believe that anyone else can save my life. --Erica Jong, quoted by bell hooks in Communion The Female Search for Love

It was clear to me that thinking yourself superior was a sure sign of being inferior and that thinking yourself extraordinary was a sure sign of being ordinary.

Well, if you ever decide to try, just concentrate. And don't let anyone tell you you can't do it. -Mrs Peachtree

Moi, je n'ai pas peur, Momo. Je sais ce qu'il y a dans mon Coran.

La soddisfazione gli affinava il tiro, le sue lettere sarebbero state altrettante armi destinate a colpire tutti quelli che non avevano saputo credere in lui. Provava un piacere feroce a esistere. Quella sera stava bene, è vero, ma il giorno dopo sarebbe stato ancora meglio facendo del male agli altri. Vivere è un po' uccidere

Le persone temono di morire perché hanno paura dell'ignoto. Ma per l'appunto, che cos'è l'ignoto? Ti propongo, Oscar, di non aver paura, ma fiducia. Guarda il viso di Dio sulla croce: subisce il dolore fisico, ma non prova dolore morale perché ha fiducia. Perciò i chiodi lo fanno soffrire meno. Si ripete: mi fa male ma non può essere un male. Ecco. È questo il beneficio della fede.

Un homme certain, c'est un homme armé. Un homme certain que l'on contredit, c'est dans l'instant un assassin. Il tue le doute. Sa persuasion lui donne le pouvoir de nier sans débat ni regret. Il pense avec un lance-flamme. Il affirme au canon.

Why should anyone be so grateful for acceptance unless he doubts that he is acceptable, and why should a young, educated and successful couple have such doubts, if not due to the fact that they cannot accept themselves because they are not themselves.

It is desirable to avoid trivial and evil company altogether—unless one can assert oneself fully, and thus make the other doubt his own position.

She'd been doing the same things for so long: auditioning, seducing, preening. What if she turned it around, and let the world try to win her for a change?

Never trust a man with another's secret," she is reputed to have said, "never trust a woman with her own.

Unfortunately, no one had been able to do much with her hair. It formed a very unfashionable, slightly frizzy halo around her head.

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