Quotes About Self-confidence

For an intelligence service, there is no process more painful and debilitating than an internal hunt for an unidentified traitor. The damage Philby did to MI6's self-confidence was far greater and more enduring than anything he inflicted by spying for the KGB. A mole does not just foment mistrust. Like a heretic, he undermines the coherence of faith itself.

Demonstrating her self-confidence, Janet had pushed the administration to nominate Stan, a choice that I strongly supported. Not every new chair would be comfortable with such a strong number two. The

You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot.

A failure or so, in itself, would not matter, if it did not incur a loss of self-esteem and of self-confidence. But just as nothing succeeds like success, so nothing fails like failure.

And, having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.

When people look at 'Aadai's posters and say that I've attempted something bold, it actually reflects me being secure about myself.

Over the years, I've had to learn how to deal with people who refuse to take me seriously. That's where I learnt the blunt side of my character.

Glamour comes from within. My beauty regime begins with my personality.

Nobody can stop your reign. Nobody can tell you what's good, what's not good, how to talk, or how nasty your song can be. The song can be as nasty as you want to be, if that's what you want it to be.

When my record company rejected 'Full Moon Fever', I was hurt so bad. I was pretty far along in my career at that point. I'd never had anything rejected; I'd never really even had a comment. So when that happened, it was really just a board to the forehead. But then, finally, I picked myself up.

Why did the rejection of the modelling industry get to me so much? I think the answer is that these rejections were based on how I looked and I had always prided myself on a healthy amount of self-confidence which I was now rapidly losing.

I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed performance to the set. Now, I'm learning to let it happen in the moment. American actors are much better at that than British actors. If I knew how to trust myself, I would have been much more relaxed. Maybe I would have less gray hairs today.

I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed performance to the set. Now, I'm learning to let it happen in the moment. American actors are much better at that than British actors. If I knew how to trust myself, I would have been much more relaxed.

But I guess the lesson is this: If you don't have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you can't expect anyone else to.

I stand out a little bit with my hair, so I make sure I wear a hood!

I don't like to toot my own horn, but 'toot-toot.' I'm a lyricist f'real.

I actually think that I'm a genius; not to toot my own horn or anything, but I think I'm a musical genius.

I am not a clothes horse.

Knowing and being secure in yourself keeps you from being held hostage by the approval of others.

I guess I was pretty hot.

I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't.

I'm more a 1950s hourglass shape.

A woman with an hourglass figure can wear almost any type of swimwear and look good.

I'm a huge fan of mine. I go to just about every show I do.