Quotes About Self-belief

There's no mystery to turning pro. It's a decision brought about by an act of will. We make up our mind to view ourselves as pros and we do it. Simple as that.

The professional blows critics off. He doesn't even hear them. Critics, he reminds himself, are the unwitting mouthpieces of Resistance and as such can be truly cunning and pernicious. They can articulate in their reviews the same toxic venom that Resistance itself concocts inside our heads. That is their real evil. Not that we believe them, but that we believe the Resistance in our own minds, for which critics serve as unconscious spokespersons.

When you are standing at a crossroads in your life, realize that the greatest block that you can put in front of your Self is the idea that there is a 'right' choice.

When you're unsure of yourself, she said, when you start pulling back into doubt and small living, she's the one inside saying, 'Get up from there and live like the glorious girl you are.' She's the power inside you, you understand? ~August Boatwright

When you're unsure of yourself," she said, "when you start pulling back into doubt and small living, she's the one inside saying, 'Get up from there and live like the glorious girl you are.' She's the power inside you, you understand?

The vision was a promise, was it not, that the light in me would not be extinguished. The largeness in me would not shrink away. I would yet become visible in this world.

My father says my mind is weak, and my tongue, weaker, she'd told me then. It seemed now her tongue was not weak, but the fiercest part of her.

You have to believe in yourself.

anything was possible if only she dared to believe herself worthy.

Don't talk yourself out of it. Talk yourself into it.

I think that anyone can become tremendously success at what they do as long as they approach the learning process in a way that isn't self-paralyzing.

You can not live your life just based on what everyone else thinks.

Tu manques de confiance en toi, et je veux te débarrasser de cette infirmité qui fait boiter ton bonheur

For me to want to be an actor was an improbable idea. I wasn't beautiful or pretty in any conventional way. I wasn't an ingenue at 22. But I was always certain of it and certain of its power. I felt the power when I went to the theater at 9, 10, 12 and 14.

I just was built with an innate ability to not let fear guide me in how I run my life.

I want to encourage all kids to cultivate inner strength.

I'm not insecure, but I'm not like, 'Hi, I'm confident.'

The thing that I mostly get from my parents is 'trust your stuff.' That's what my dad always says. Trust your stuff. I tend to get very insecure and doubt myself, but then I think of that and I say to myself, 'OK, you can do this. You know your material, you know what you have to do, you just have to trust it and have fun.'

I want to inspire people to follow their own dream, not what the world wants for them.

I went to college and I never allowed myself to think for an instant that I would have this chance to do this.

Never do anything that you dont instinctively feel comfortable with. Always trust your instincts.

I am not disturbed by criticism or insults. It's all about having faith in yourself.

At 3 years old, I was telling people that I was going to be a star. I never had a plan B. And I've never compromised my integrity to get what I have.

I believe I am more intelligent than the average person.