Quotes About Confidence

If you think you can, or if you think you can't, you are right.

My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped. – Psalm 28:7

Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You. – John 21:17

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. – Hebrews 10:22

So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God." – Mark 11:22

Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. – Psalm 56:3

If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. —William James

In summation, if someone feels the psychological need to hold court, that's his business. Your job is to mind your business. Don't allow yourself to be intimidated by someone else's knowledge—or apparent knowledge. What another person knows or doesn't know will not affect your success one way or another, so from your standpoint it's an irrelevancy

My attitude was unyielding, solidly backed by the wisdom of the Bluff Theory, which states: The secret to bluffing is to not bluff.

Driving over the bridge separating downtown Kansas City from the old airport, my commission check safely locked away in my briefcase, my attorney looked over at me and asked, "Well, how do you feel?" Without hesitating, I looked at him and replied, "Deserving.

During the ensuing heated discussion, he said two things that would ring in my ears for the remainder of my days at Screw U. First, he said, "You have a lot of nerve trying to earn $15,000 on one deal. I mean, you're only a broker." Wham—right between the eyes. Talk about painting a clear picture of how I was perceived by a lender.

By contrast, a real positive mental attitude can play a major role in one's success, but such an attitude is a result of being prepared. In other words, a true positive mental attitude is possible only through one's having the ammunition to back it up.

Stated in theory form, what I'm talking about here is the Theory of Intimidation, which states: The results a person achieves are inversely proportionate to the degree to which he is intimidated.

Sentir la necesidad de convencer a los demás de que uno tiene razón es algo que procede de la religión. Yo simplemente me contento con saber que tengo razón, aunque los demás no lo sepan.

That is fine. Feeling a need to convince others that you are right also is something that comes from religion, I think; I am simply content to know that I am right, even if others do not know it.

One reason why the human race as a whole has not measured up to its possibilities, to its promise; one reason why we see everywhere splendid ability doing the work of mediocrity, is because people do not think half enough of themselves. We do not realize our divinity; that we are part of the great causation principle of the universe. We do not know our strength and not knowing we can not use it.

did miss with the first shot, I'd be able to get off at least three shots before you get more than four hundred yards out on your horse," Jess replied bluntly. "What if you miss with all three shots?" Jess finally put the cartridge back into his front pocket. "I'd feel bad about it, but

He noticed his voice shook a little, and he didn't like it. American males have their standards, after all.

As entheos grows, one becomes more decisive and emphatic in saying no!

The cause of the oppressiveness and the precise circumstances are different, but the pervasive oppressiveness is very similar. And the remedy, I believe, is the same: raise the spirit of young people, help them build their confidence that they can successfully contend with the condition, work with them to find the direction they need to go and the competencies they need to acquire, and send them on their way. This is the task that is right for secondary education—and the time is right.

I do not know whether as a child I was really ugly, but I remember well that I was often told that I was and that I must therefore strive to show inward virtues and intelligence. Up to the age of fourteen or fifteen, I was firmly convinced of my ugliness and was therefore more concerned with acquiring inward accomplishments and was less mindful of my outward appearance.

He always wore large jeweled rings on his right hand; sometimes, grasping a welcoming hand so hard that the rings bit and the owner winced, the hand shaker said merrily, "Ha ha! The mailed fist! What!

Many [British politicians] do not know much more of continental conditions than we do of the condition in Peru or Siam. They are also rather naive in their artless egoism. They find difficulty believing in really evil intentions in others; they are very calm, very phlegmatic, very optimistic. The country exudes wealth, comfort, content and confidence in its own power and future. The people simply cannot believe that things could ever go really wrong, either at home or abroad.