Quotes About Confidence

Mark my words, Jo, you'll go next.

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship

His love and care never tire or change, can never be taken from you, but may become the source of lifelong peace, happiness, and strength. Believe this heartily, and go to God with all your little cares, and hopes, and sins, and sorrows, as freely and confidingly as you come to your mother.

Never mind being bashful, it won't last long if you keep going

I am not afraid of storms, for I'm still learning to sail my ship

She felt comforted at once by the sympathy and confidence given her; the knowledge that her mother had a fault like hers, and tried to mend it.

Only when you are secure enough not to fear immediate survival can you display creative intelligence in anything you do.

When women age into their power, no wind can upset them, no hand turn aside their knowledge; no fact can deflect their point of view.

John's judgment' on any question was to her always right and the last word.

Because she confided in him and gave him adult responsibilities, he matured rapidly and acquired unusual confidence;

John D. Rockefeller was not only self-made but self-invented and already had unyielding faith in his own judgment.

As he put it, "I know that in my own case I have been greatly helped by the confidence imposed in me since early boyhood."22 Of course, this boyhood responsibility took its toll on John D., who experienced little of the spontaneous joy or levity of youth.

reassure worried investors

he didn't feel threatened by talented men of his own age

Not surprisingly, he had trouble delegating authority and low regard for the intelligence of other people.

always inner-directed and indifferent to the approval of others

This refusal to truckle, bend, or bow to others, this insistence on dealing with other people on his own terms, time, and turf, distinguished Rockefeller throughout his career.

Gates humbly told him early on, "but I beg you not to place any confidence in me (I have little in myself)

If she is right we will not gain anything by answering, and if she is wrong time will vindicate us.

Rockefeller refused to publicize such sensitive information.

One morning, James burst into his office and started swearing violently at Rockefeller, who put his feet up on the desk with imperturbable poise and showed no sign of upset; a fine actor, he always had masterful control of his facial muscles. When James finished, Rockefeller said evenly, "Now James, you can knock my head off but you might as well understand that you can't scare me.

By remaining silent in the face of criticism, he thought he would seem confident and secure in his integrity—in fact, he seemed guilty and arrogantly evasive.

If you think you can - you can!

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