Quotes About Self-assurance

Just the self-assurance that God created you exactly like you are and loves you just the way you are.

the self-assurance that God created you exactly like you are and loves you just the way you are.

Our colleague Roger Fisher captured this phenomenon in a wry reflection on his days as a litigator : "I sometimes failed to persuade the court that I was right, but I never failed to persuade myself!

I did it on a wing and a prayer, and even though I didn't have enough confidence to do the show, I had a theory; if I assume I have the confidence, I'll tell everyone I'm doing it, and then people will come and we'll actually do it. Once we've done it, I'll have the confidence to do it again. It was some sort of weird positive-thinking confidence mantra because I had to get there.

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.

I always watch to see whether people can maintain eye contact because it is a good measure of their confidence.

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.

[I]f you are truly a man, sure of yourself and confident of your strength, you may taste of life without fear and without reserve; you may be sad or joyous, deceived or respected; but be sure you are loved, for what matters the rest?

Insecurity is a waste of time.

I'm a good cook, and I look at something like 'Iron Chef' and think, 'It's a good thing I already know how to cook' - because I would never think I could do it if I watched these shows.

When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go!

If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.

I have high expectations of myself. I always have, always will. That will never waver. I always believe in my talent - always have.

If you're not confident in yourself, you're going to waver. I've wavered, and I've lost.

I think when someone knows who they are and is comfortable and confident with that, I think a lot of the typical, aesthetic things sort of fall by the wayside.

We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.

Show me a highly successful person in any field that has gotten there having a weak ego. You have to believe in yourself, and you have to believe in what you're doing.

I'd like to be more assertive when it comes to confrontation. I'm fine on the pitch, but off the pitch, I'm a bit of a softy.

I'm a bombshell, so I'm going to do me. If I want to go platinum, I'm going platinum.

I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'

I know how good I can be. I'm not being big-headed. I think all players have to have that confidence and self-belief.

Players playing with a lot of confidence can achieve great things.

Please, believe in yourself!

I know at the back of my mind that there's no way I can please everybody, so I still just have to be myself anyway.