Quotes About Self-assurance

When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care.

When you're a mom and you have three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.

I don't have to defend what I do for a job. Who cares what people say? If people don't see the humor in it, too bad.

It's nice to know that whoever I walk out on court against, I feel comfortable.

A little thing, like children putting flowers in my hair, can fill up the widening cracks in my self-assurance like soothing lanolin.

Whenever I've had a wig fall off, I've just played it off like I meant it to happen. Just keep a good sense of humor about it.

Everybody I grew up with has incredible self-confidence and self-assurance. We were all loud, outspoken, wild kids and were celebrated for it.

After 'Where the Wild Things Are,' I guess I felt more confident as a writer.

You need to gain the confidence that you're doing enough on film. You must resist the temptation to do too much.

As far as feeling like I need to prove myself or this or that, I don't feel that way anymore. I've been in this business for ten years, so I'm kind of past all that. I was there where, as a female, you always feel like you have to prove yourself; you have to outwork them. But all I worry about now is being prepared.

You may not be playing your best tennis or having your best match; sometimes it's just not your day. The important thing is to believe in yourself, which starts with being confident in your abilities.

I certainly don't lose any sleep if I lose a tennis match.

In terms of self-esteem and confidence I think I'm generally quite healthy.

You can't convince someone else - whether it's a potential employer, a loan officer at the car dealership, or someone you've been crushing on - that you're amazing and terrific if you don't actually think you are.

I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to test each sentence over and over to be sure that it's right, that I haven't introduced some element that isn't English.

The Australian is forcefully loquacious, until the moment of expressing any emotion. He is aggressively committed to equality and equal-opportunity for all men, except for black Australians. He has high assurance in anything he does combined with a gnawing lack of confidence in anything he thinks.

Her nakedness was not vulnerability, but armour.

You can't make someone feel good about themselves until you feel good about yourself.

What the society thinks is of no interest to me. All that's important is how I see myself. I know who who I am. I know the value of my work.

Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.

Don't think on what they say, because you don't have to get yourself right with them. You have to get yourself right with you.

he didn't feel threatened by talented men of his own age

If you think you can - you can!

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.