Quotes About Confidence

She had a rear end as big as an open dictionary and a bad attitude.

It was tempting to believe that if you made yourself small and light, beneath notice, you might be allowed to persist nearly anywhere. But meek women were tossed out and forgotten: that was something she had learned from Bertha Truitt herself. What women needed to do was take up space. Become unbudgeable.

I'm a princess and sometimes I'm a fairy, and I'm a mermaid too.' I thought she was marvellous. She knew her own worth, she insisted on it. She knew that no matter how miserable the circumstances in which life placed her, she was better than that. She knew that a part of her was special and remarkable, and she was able to articulate that in her own way.

Louetta had recently decided she would be a wonder instead of a beauty. She had seen beauties go mad in middle age as their beauty turned less live and more monumental. Beauty still, but mostly to mark the space where greater beauty once had been. But wondrous was wondrous, even when you outgrew it.

That's good, to be in the habit of saying sure.

You can't wreck anything. You only make things great.

The rarest thing in the world is a woman who is pleased with photographs of herself.

We'll be all right. Somehow, we will. Trust it is the truth.

It's a dangerous thing to want everyone's approval, Gabriella. You must be willing to stand firm and take the risk of being misunderstood. We must find our approval at the feet of our Master.

You don't need to live up to someone else's standards. If you live up to your own, you will do perfectly well.

What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you is going to support you and teach you and you're going to learn from them. I just feel open to learning from people.

So, your best defense is knowledge. It really is power, as they say...The more you know, the more easily you will develop your own philosophies about child rearing. When you have your facts straight, and when you have a parenting plan, you will be able to respond with confidence to those who are well-meaning but offering contrary or incorrect advice.

Tune out the outside advice or criticism that doesn't fit with your parenting style. There are no absolute rules about raising children and no guarantees for any parenting techniques.

The more you know, the more easily you will develop your own philosophies about child rearing. When you have your facts straight, and when you have a parenting plan, you will be able to respond with confidence to those who are well-meaning but offering contrary or incorrect advice.

Then, when those amateur experts share their advice, you can smile, say "Oh, really?" and then go about your business, with quiet confidence, in your own way.

When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.

I once thought that being liked was important. Now I know that *Loving Myself* is paramount!

INSTEAD OF DOUBTING SOMEONE ELSE'S LOVE FOR ME ... I decided to LOVE myself so much that it became irrelevant whether they did or not!

I only have one tip on how to get someone else to FALL IN LOVE with you. Adore, love, nurture and appreciate yourself so much, that it doesn't matter if they do or not.

I'M NEVER BORED ... I've got a clitoris ;-)

I DON'T CLAIM TO BE A MASTER OF ANYTHING ... I prefer to be a mistress instead, tall black vinyl boots, red garter, tight laced bodice, long flowing hair, wicked smile …

To start loving myself fully, I had to stop criticizing myself completely.

I knew I'd claimed my own power, when I stopped asking others to approve, to endorse or to agree with me about anything.

Don't those girls know that beneath this goofy exterior is someone honost and generally awesome in every way? I'm a winner dammit