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Quotes About Self-assurance

I hypnotized myself so in my subconscious, I believed I couldn't get hurt. And I don't mean 'believe' - I mean believe believe believe.
~ Jake LaMotta
I always feel like you should walk into a room or walk down the street, like you belong. That's the philosophy that I always try to subscribe to.
~ Robert Parish
Pretentiousness was probably my substitute for actual confidence.
~ David Hogg
I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.
~ Phil McGraw
In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.
~ Nikos Kazantzakis
From the time I was a student, I think I was very confident in my raw abilities. I would think that, given a problem, I was as likely to solve it as anybody. But that's not enough in science to succeed, really.
~ Alan Guth
The most important characteristic that has allowed me to succeed is confidence. I have always been comfortable in my own skin, and even when I was just starting out in my career, had the strength and self-assurance to ask tough questions and push for answers.
~ Heather Bresch
I love the confidence that makeup gives me.
~ Tyra Banks
Confidence is the companion of success.
~ Unknown
If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win
~ Unknown
Confidence is the hinge on the door to success.
~ Unknown
I must emphasize and explain repeatedly the moral dimensions of all social life, and point out that morality is, in fact, hidden in everything. And this is true; whenever I encounter a problem in my work and try to get to the bottom of it, I always discover some moral aspect, be it apathy, unwillingness to recognize personal error or guilt, reluctance to give up certain positions and the advantages flowing from them, envy, an excess of self-assurance, or whatever.
~ Vaclav Havel
I have preserved my identity, put its credibility to the test and defended my dignity. What good this will bring the world I don't know. But for me it is good.
~ Vaclav Havel
Just believe in yourself. Even if you don't just pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.
~ Venus Williams
Just believe in yourself even if you don't, pretend that you do and, at some point you will.
~ Venus Williams
Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
~ Marlene Dietrich
You just have to prove to yourself that you can go out there and be the best that you can be and not prove anything to anyone.
~ Serena Williams
The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to believe that you're a mentally tough runner
~ Ryan Hall
The reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.
~ Michael Jordan
You have to feel you're the best at what you do. You don't have to come out and say it. But you have to know it within yourself.
~ Dan Marino
The moment you feel like you need to prove yourself, is the moment you need to be silent and walk away.
~ Rachel Wolchin
If anybody asks, 'Can you do this job? Can you handle it?' you tell 'em 'Absolutely.' By the time they find out that you can't, you'll have already learned, and the job'll be yours. And who knows, it might just turn out to be the opportunity of a lifetime.
~ Philip Roth
I look for that confirmation that if I didn't have you, I'd still be a person someone would want.
~ David Levithan
Speed eliminates all doubt. Am I smart enough? Will people like me? Do I really look all right in this plastic jumpsuit?
~ David Sedaris