Quotes About Confidence

All this means in fact that one believes oneself to have such sureness of intelligence that acknowledging an inability to understand calls in question the clarity of the author and not that of one's own mind.

When you step out onto the ineffable fabric of your own invention, it is key, essential to act just like that character in the cartoons who steps off the cliff onto the absolute air. Do not look down. You wrote it; you can stand on it to reach for the next thing.

When someone asked if he had ever doubted the North's final victory, he shot back, "Never for a moment." He quoted Seward, saying "that there was always just enough virtue in this republic to save it; sometimes none to spare, but still enough to meet the emergency, and he agreed with Mr. Seward in this view.

Hamilton, wanting the bank to remain predominantly in private hands, advanced a theory that became a truism of central banking—that monetary policy was so liable to abuse that it needed some insulation from interfering politicians: "To attach full confidence to an institution of this nature, it appears to be an essential ingredient in its structure that it shall be under a private not a public direction, under the guidance of individual interest, not of public policy." 18 At

Emergencies seemed to fortify his confidence even as they introduced doubt or terror in others.

When rebuffed by a bank officer for a loan, he shot back in anger, "Some day I'll be the richest man in the world.

He was respectful toward his superiors but never awed by them and was always aware of their shortcomings.

Once he had made up his mind, however, he was no longer troubled by doubts and pursued his vision with undeviating faith.

Rockefeller did not show any anxiety about the absence of security

Tough challenges from Rockefeller might have blunted Tarbell's confidence and made readers question her sources.

He believed there was a time to think and then a time to act. He brooded over problems and quietly matured plans over extended periods. Once he had made up his mind, however, he was no longer troubled by doubts and pursued his vision with undeviating faith. Unfortunately, once in that state of mind, he was all but deaf to criticism. He was like a projectile that, once launched, could never be stopped, never recalled, never diverted.

Though he brushed off his critics as minor irritants and professed faith in his own integrity, it could not have been easy to face such universal opprobrium.

Comfortable with himself, he needed no outward validation of what he had accomplished.

Already contemplating the future, Rockefeller wanted to be surrounded by trustworthy people who could inspire confidence in customers and bankers alike.

McGregor won Rockefeller's absolute trust on all technical matters.

He gravitated toward women who were free and independent, sassy and high-spirited.

his great confidence and trust in me bridged all the difference in age, wealth, and position.

As he abandoned his fearful attitude toward the press, he loosened up, as if liberated by the change.

Testosterone blends easily with your own hormones.… You have no fear of what any woman may think of your bed conduct. You know you are a master. You know they will be thrilled. You can come many times without weariness.… Many women are not capable of pleasure in sex and anything adverse they say or do has no effect whatever upon your pleasure. You have no fear if they conceive. What if they do? You do not care. Pour it into them and let fate decide.

My sex is me as my mind is me, and nobody will make me feel shame about it.

I'm twenty-nine, yes really, I'm from Aspen, Colorado, I'm six feet one, yes really, I've been at Quantico two years, yes I date guys, no I dress like this just because I like it, no I'm not married, no I don't currently have a boyfriend, and no I don't want to have dinner with you tonight.

You could try, Reacher said. But you'd get hurt. You're out of your league. You're up against something you never saw before. You have a mighty high opinion of yourself. Reacher nodded at Neagley. I'm talking about her. I'm just here to clear up the mess.

I checked my appearance, to make sure I was fit for public consumption.

There are a lot of them, all around the wsorld, all built a lifetime ago, during the long and spectacular blaze of American military power and self-confidence, when there was nothing we couldn't or wouldn't do. I was a product of that era, but not a part of it. I was nostalgic for something I had never experienced.