Quotes About Confidence

As hard as it is, owning who you are and knowing what you want is the only sure path to affirmation... I want women to know they can get out of any situation if they return to their core source of strength: themselves.

Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves.

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

I think that everyone in this world should be confident in who they are and believe in themselves no matter what.

People who think they're making a fool of themselves on the dance floor usually do.

Most salespeople would like to think of themselves as being rock stars, but they don't display the talent to match their definition.

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

Be always sure you are right - then go ahead.

If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.

If people are making fun of you then you're probably doing something right.

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.

If you like going a certain way, then be bold and do it.

My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it.

I should like to think how we write as theologians would reflect our confidence in the One who makes that writing possible. That is one of the reasons, moreover, that the scriptures remain paradigmatic for how we are to write.

Diane Keaton, I've worked with her as a director, and I think she's a really intelligent woman. I like the fact that the things that make her feel beautiful are more than just her face; it's who she is, and I live by that same theory. There are things I want to achieve in my life intellectually that make me feel beautiful.

Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.

I have this theory- that if we're told we're bad, then that's the only ideal we'll ever have.

I never let people see me without makeup. And it's not an insecurity thing. The perk of being a girl is being able to wear makeup and dress up. It's another artistic outlet. And the 45 minutes it takes me to get ready... is very therapeutic for me. It's hard to start my day without that.

I do think that you can dress yourself out of a problem. The way that a haircut and a new pair of pants can make you feel is better than any therapist, because when you look in the mirror, you see a different person - you are a different person. It's superficial change that can lead to real change.

Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready.

The one thing I really learned, and learned well, in group therapy was that you don't die if someone doesn't like you.

I'm part of a speech therapy programme called the McGuire Programme. It teaches you a new way to breathe, a new way to speak, a brand new way of tackling the mind-sets that come with having a speech impediment. Mainly, it teaches you how to slow things down, and that has really helped me.

The problem is, I don't think I've got too much to offer at the minute. I'm busy working on myself. This sounds like real therapy talk, but it's like, you've got to be happy with yourself before you can go out and get yourself a girl.

I've always had a process that I do before I even get to set or go to the location. I work privately, and it almost feels like therapy between me and who I'm playing. So I have this inner life that's there and it gives me a confidence, too, that when I'm playing the role I know every question.