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Quotes About Confidence

We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.
~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy
You will be getting a haircut, won't you?" Halt ran his hand through his hair. It was getting a little long, he thought. I'll give it a trim," he said, his hand dropping unconciously to the hilt of his saxe knife. This time, Pauline did look up. You'll get a haircut," she said. Her gaze was steady and unwavering. I'll get a haircut," he agreed meekly.
~ John Flanagan
You may believe you're an excellent rider," he called, "but there are a score of Temujai back there who actually are.
~ John Flanagan
Would you trust him with your life, Halt?" Gilan interrupted, and Halt looked up at him. "Yes," he said quietly. Gilan patted his shoulder once more. "Then trust him with his own," he said simply.
~ John Flanagan
She knew more about these situations than she realized, he thought. She'd spent years at Duncan's side. "When in doubt," he added, "be pompous.
~ John Flanagan
Now I know that if you wait until you think you are ready, you'll wait your whole life
~ John Flanagan
Stig: 'Of course, she'll sail rings around Wolfswind,' Hal: 'Then why didn't you tell him that?' Stig: 'I like my head where it is.
~ John Flanagan
Think of a positive outcome, and you will achieve it. Allow doubt to enter your mind, and the doubt will become self-fulfilling.
~ John Flanagan
Now I know that if you wait till you think you are ready, you'll wait all your life.
~ John Flanagan
Face your fears, Halt had always thought him, and more often than not they fade like mist in the sunshine
~ John Flanagan
Allow doubt to enter your mind, and the doubt will become self-fulfilling.
~ John Flanagan
Self-doubt is a disease. And if it gets out of control, it becomes self-fulfilling.
~ John Flanagan
What if Halt were wrong?
~ John Flanagan
People will think what they want to...Never take too much notice of it.
~ John Flanagan
Self-doubt is a disease. And if it gets out of control, it becomes self-fulfilling. You have to learn from what happened...Use the experience to make you stronger.
~ John Flanagan
I don't plan to miss," she said. Will shrugged. "Nobody ever does.
~ John Flanagan
If you worry that you'll lose, you probably will.
~ John Flanagan
Maddie thrust her jaw out pugnaciously. "You mean to tell me you're scared of my mother?" she challenged. Will met her gaze very evenly. "You'd better believe it," he told her.
~ John Flanagan
I'll be fine. I'm a big boy now, you know.
~ John Flanagan
Nobody can shee me," she cackled. "Trusht the cloak." Which profound witticism set them all off once more. "What the blistering blazes do you think you're doing?
~ John Flanagan
Although I'm sure you're not an impostor.
~ John Flanagan
Here we go again . . . There's nothing wrong with the way I smell,' he said. 'I've got a mature smell, I have.' 'So has cheese,' Stig told him.
~ John Flanagan
That might be a bit of an exaggeration,' she said. 'I can really only knock the head off a gnat. We don't do eyeballs until fifth year.
~ John Flanagan
Malcolm doesn't know everything," he said shortly. Will couldn't help grinning. "And you do?" "Of course I do," Halt replied. " That's a well-known fact.
~ John Flanagan