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Quotes About Self-confidence

Whether you believe you can or whether you believe you can't, you're right!
~ Kim Michaels
An ass lift? At eighty-two? I plan on proudly letting my ass drag when I'm eighty-two. I sure as hell wouldn't—
~ Kristan Higgins
I don't get it, guys, I continued. I'd want to date me. Why is it so hard for me? I'm wicked fun, I dress nicely, I'm friendly... I'd love to date me. Wouldn't you?
~ Kristan Higgins
The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.
~ Carlos Castaneda
True self-confidence is "the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source." Real
~ Carol S. Dweck
You are whatever and whoever your self-confidence allows you to be
~ Carolyn Brown
You know, you're not so bad when you try to be nice." "It's not easy." He looked down as he brought the end of the towel around his hip. "Damn thing's pink." The corner of her mouth twitched. "You're man enough to carry it off. Or are you afraid you aren't pretty in pink?" "Baby, I'm so pretty in pink, I'm worried you won't be able to help yourself.
~ Carolyn Jewel
There is no room for demons when you are self-possessed.
~ Carrie Fisher
The lack of confidence of the Negro in himself and in his possibilities is what has kept him down. His mis-education has been a perfect success in this respect.
~ Carter G. Woodson
Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you.
~ George R.R. Martin
To be a good soldier a man must have discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and in his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to his comrades and to his superiors, and self-confidence bom of demonstrated ability.
~ George S. Patton Jr.
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
~ Alexandre Dumas
You are all you will ever have for certain.
~ June Havoc
You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.
~ William J. H. Boetcker
Success doesn't necessarily make you a happy person ... but without the confidence and security that comes from being totally happy, I believe you cannot achieve your true potential and ultimate success.
~ Jinger Heath
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. The way to keep young is to keep your faith young. Keep your self-confidence young. Keep your hope young.
~ Luella F. Phean
They are able because they think they are able.
~ Virgil
It gives me great strength to know that half the people I meet are below average.
~ Anonymous
When it comes to betting on yourself ... you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
~ B. C. Forbes
Peabody, am I an ass-kicker? Are you asking to see my scars, or is that a trick question? Shut up, Peabody
~ J.D. Robb
Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof.
~ J.R. Ward
I respect you far too much to think that empty pride is the only motivator you could call on. I think what you call pride is something much more than that. Belief in yourselves, perhaps, or perseverance in the face of adversity. Those are things to be proud of. That's not the same as being proud.
~ Jack Campbell
I don't raise my daughter differently than her twin brother, to the point where she only wanted to wear his clothes - sweatpants, baggy T-shirts, and high-tops - for a year straight. She claims it's because she needs to be 'comfortable and functional,' and who can blame her? I would wear a tracksuit seven out of seven days if I could.
~ Amanda de Cadenet
I was disappointed in everything - my start and the team's start. People got down on me, but I never got down on myself. I still believed I could be the type of player everyone, including me, thought I was going to be.
~ Eric Davis