Quotes About Self-belief

Whoever we are here, we might be princesses somewhere else. Or writers. Or scientists. Or presidents. Or whatever the hell we want to be that everyone else says we can't.

In his own mind, it was never a matter of courage. But courage it was.

if I cling to the notion that something's not possible, I'm arguing in favor of limitation. And if I argue for my limitations, I get to keep them.

I am made of awesome." Kaia the Wing Shredder

I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested.

If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through. How else shall I have confidence in myself to do important things?

Above all, never think you're not good enough. Never think that. In life people will take you at your own reckoning.

I didn't expect that anyone would be interested in my kind of writing. I was interested, and this was for me enough.

'Memoryhouse' came out, and there wasn't a single review and zero sales, and after about a year, it was deleted. So I recorded The 'Blue Notebooks' on a little indie label, and my attitude was, 'Well, if nobody is listening, I might as well keep doing what I'm doing'.

If you take the autobiographies of great sports people, they are almost always the same. They start with zero; they are always ambitious, know what they want to do in life, and have the confidence to do it.

I didn't think I would be prime minister, because I didn't consider it. But that's the power of saying yes, because there will be a moment when someone asks you to do something beyond your comfort zone. I am not unique.

Many a man has walked up to the opportunity for which he has long been preparing himself, looked it full in the face, and then begun to get cold feet... when it comes to betting on yourself and your power to do the thing you know you must do or write yourself down a failure, you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself.

To me, I'll always be the skinny, 5-foot-6 eighth-grader on the YMCA court, trying to get grown men to choose me for pickup games. It wasn't always easy. And that's what drives me.

I've always had self-belief, though my sensitive side has never been fully appreciated. For every 'Down in the Tube Station at Midnight,' I've written an 'English Rose.' People forget.

I thought I could never write a proper book; I'd never done it before. But I thought I could write a sequence. Then I had a chapter. The next thing I knew I was turning acting down.

My first review for the TV movie The Bionic Showdown said I was as interesting as a bus ride.

I never thought I would do a TV show, I never thought I could do it, so I was not expecting a really good performance. It was more about building confidence, and good or bad, I was encouraging other people and pushing myself.

It was after sometime that I convinced myself that TV shows run on talent, not people, and then used my talent to the fullest.

Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.

You have to overcome negativity and make your dream reality. Even if your family & friends steer you in another directions, do what you want to do. They can't stop you unless you let them.

Don't listen to anybody who's trying to bring you down. There's so much negativity in the world. If you really want something, then you go for it.

When I'm 75 years old, I want to say that I chased my dream. I didn't let other people's opinions dictate what I have in my book of my life.

I know most people always thank people for believing in them - I actually want to thank people that didn't believe in me.