Top 100 Confidence Is Quotes
#1. I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing
tightrope walking comes immediately to mind
but it's difficult for me to think of anybody producing much writing if his confidence is completely shot.
Calvin Trillin
#2. Courage and confidence are practical necessities, that courage is the practical form of being true to existence, of being true to truth, and confidence is the practical form of being true to one's own consciousness.
Ayn Rand
#3. Confidence is not a guarantee of success, but a pattern of thinking that will improve your likelihood of success, a tenacious search for ways to make things work.
John Eliot
#5. But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confidence is the key to prosperity. Insecurity spreads like contagion. So people crave stability and order.
Tony Blair
#6. Confidence is like a contagious virus. It may be rare and short-lived, but spreads quickly when it arrives.
[Daughter Mother Woman Chapter 24]
Arya Basu
#8. Having talent is fantastic. Having confidence is even more important.
Robin Sharma
#9. To be successful in reaching goals, the right attitude is to never quit. Confidence is to keep the vision alive, by seeing a victory ahead that is worth fighting for.
Ellen J. Barrier
#11. Stop comparing yourself with others. If they are good at something, you too are good at something else. Self-confidence is not measured by your own capabilities versus that of others, but by your own needs.
Stephen Richards
#12. I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
Francois Rabelais
#14. We shall not be afraid of their terror. Our confidence is in the Lord Almighty and not in man.
Leo Tolstoy
#16. The foundation of all our confidence is found in the Blessed Virgin Mary. God has committed to her the treasury of all good things, in order that everyone may know that through her are obtained every hope, every grace, and all salvation. For this is His will: That we obtain everything through Mary.
Pope Pius IX
#17. I think confidence is the most appealing quality in any human being or any artist; that's what really attracts us to people.
Marilyn Manson
#18. Insecurity is a toxin and confidence is a tonic, so make the choice not to dwell on the worst possible case.
Emily Yoffe
#19. You don't appreciate confidence?" "I don't appreciate arrogance. There's a difference." "And what is the difference?" "Confidence is arrogance without an asshole
Larissa Ione
#20. Confidence is the most important quality in all athlete-coach relationships.
Franz Stampfl
#21. Lack of strength is alright, lack of confidence is what we should be worried about.
Sarvesh Jain
#23. The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.
John F. Kennedy
#24. Because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it. (P.220)
Mindy Kaling
#25. Self-confidence is built from the inside out and has little or nothing to do with outside circumstances.
Gudjon Bergmann
#26. Bucko?" A softening of his features told me he was amused. "Confidence is sexy on you." "Yeah, well." I ducked my head to hide my tingling cheeks. "Fake it 'til you make it.
Hailey Edwards
#27. Confidence is subtle. Insecurity is brash.
Sam Owen
#29. Confidence is this: Wearing your triumphs with humility, and wearing your scars with pride. Many of us do precisely the opposite.
Umair Haque
#30. Confidence is the key to virtually everything. It's just deciding that you're qualified because once you decide you're qualified, everything else becomes very easy.
Eugene Mirman
#31. That an entire industry could float in a mist of illusion and false confidence is depressing but true, and better to learn earlier than later.
Jason Kelly
#32. Confidence is preparation in action.
Ron Howard
#33. Confidence is overrated. It's when we're uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
Barbara Corcoran
#34. Confidence, is like a belt worn around the waist. Wear it too tight, you come off cocky and arrogant, wear it too loose, you come off timid and a walk over, but wear it fit and snug, it will uphold you in every step of the way.
Anthony Liccione
#35. Confidence is the number one thing I find attractive.
Ronda Rousey
#36. The confidence is really driven by the woman - whether she can have the confidence that there will be enough earning or income to finance all the domestic spending - but also by the middle-income class, which for many Asian countries has become the growth power for the economy.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
#38. Taking the obedience of the soldier for the consent of the nation--such a confidence is the destruction of thrones.
Victor Hugo
#39. Self-confidence is not a fixed way of being. People are not born with certain levels of self-confidence, it can be acquired, and it can be lost.
Gudjon Bergmann
#40. The secret of confidence is focusing on what you can control, not on what you can't.
Mira Kirshenbaum
#41. I think confidence is a true form of beauty.
Becky G
#42. To a man whose confidence is in his own strength, the gospel will be foolishness. But God shows his children things when it is imperative - when it is important for us and when it serves his purpose.
Jose Henriquez
#43. The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that's needed.
Charles Rosen
#44. Developing confidence is like watching the sun rise. First it seems very feeble and one wonders whether it will make it. Then it shines and shines.
Chogyam Trungpa
#46. I have a lot of social engagements, and I like to dress up for them. I try to wear what I feel comfortable in, as self-confidence is so much about how you look. Generally, I love to wear long dresses; they make you feel special.
Marie-Chantal Claire
#47. Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. Confidence is important, determination is vital, certain personality traits contribute to success, but they all come into focus in goal setting.
Paul J. Meyer
#48. Confidence is very important - even pretending to be Confident. If you make a Mistake but do not let your Opponent see what you are thinking then he may overlook the Mistake.
Viswanathan Anand
#49. Confidence is instrumental to those climbing out of poverty.
Ann Cotton
#50. You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
Chris Evert
#51. I think confidence is the sexiest thing to have.
Jessie J.
#52. If we feel secure In the depths of our heart, We shall not challenge anybody, For inner confidence Is nothing short of Complete satisfaction.
Sri Chinmoy
#53. Leaders thrive when they feel creatively empowered, when they trust the people around them, when their confidence is swelling. Leaders make mistakes when they lose that same confidence, when they're fretting about their power base, when they're reacting instead of acting.
Bill Simmons
#54. I think confidence is very important, as well as a positive attitude; you should never give up; just maintain a positive mentality whenever you perform; you should go for it.
Jasmine Trias
#55. Anxiety might be contagious, but confidence is also contagious
Henry Marsh
#56. Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.
Jack Nicklaus
#57. Confidence is a resolute state of mind by which you believe nothing is impossible.
John Eliot
#58. The best way to develop rational, well-balanced confidence is to go after a few victories immediately following a failure.
John C. Maxwell
#60. Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion.
Tina Fey
#61. Confidence is your most powerful asset; knowledge is your most powerful weapon.
Marissa Carmel
#62. Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.
Eoin Colfer
#64. The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches.
Greg Rusedski
#65. There has to be a reform within the government that is tangible, that we can actually measure and that we have confidence is going to provide some of the differences that I think are essential to our troops to be able to carry out their mission and to the longer- term interests of our country.
Rahm Emanuel
#66. At times, my confidence is rock bottom, although I try for it to be sky high, thanks to the people that are always there with me and support me.
Javier Hernandez
#67. Confidence is everything, but a little makeup can't hurt.
Bobbi Brown
#68. Yet so often it seems that victory eludes us. It is when our self-confidence is finally destroyed and is replaced with dependence upon God that we have victory.
K.P. Yohannan
#69. Confidence is the stain they can't wipe off.
Lil' Wayne
#70. The only result of a horse race which historians can tell us with absolute confidence is one that has already been run.
Eric Hobsbawm
#71. My mind may be sober, but my confidence is high!
Habeeb Akande
#72. Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's children.
Phillips Brooks
#73. Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing.
David Duval
#74. The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.
Swati Sharma
#75. Lack of confidence is what makes you want to change somebody else's mind. When you're OK, you don't need to convince anyone else in order to empower yourself.
Jada Pinkett Smith
#76. To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.
Abraham Verghese
#77. Confidence is something you acquire in yourself by believing in self ability with courage and conviction.
Anil Sinha
#78. Just be confident. Confidence is the most attractive part of a person. Because if they're not confident enough to show you who they are, you don't even know who they are.
Curtis Jackson
#79. Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
Jack Welch
#80. The naked pinch hitter takes only one thing to the plate: his raw, and somewhat irrational, confidence in himself. That this confidence is so unreasonable adds to its dignity.
Thomas Boswell
#82. Confidence is being sure even when you don't have all the answers. It's a gut feeling. A sensibility that doesn't always have proof going into the situation but most nearly always has evidence on the way out.
Wheston Chancellor Grove
#83. I hit the ball really well ... had a lot of good looks at birdie all day, it's firm but you could control your golf ball, for sure. Today I controlled my ball very well. The confidence is definitely there. I feel really good about where I'm at and going into tomorrow.
Dustin Johnson
#84. Having interests translates as confidence to do and be things on your own without expecting a man to do and be for you. And confidence is attractive. Not to mention independence.
Belle De Jour
#86. There is so much pressure to be thin, and you constantly compare yourself to others. But confidence is something that comes with age and experience - it has to be earned along the way.
Cherie Lunghi
#87. Confidence is simply knowing what you're able to do.
Lolly Daskal
#88. Our confidence ... is not in the competence of our own knowing, but in the faithfulness and reliability of the one who is known.
Lesslie Newbigin
#89. It is the parent's job to see how their child learns and to make sure that the children's self confidence is buoyed at all times, or they will plummet like a stone.
Henry Winkler
#90. Confidence is highly overrated when it comes to creating literature. A writer who is overly confident will not engage in the struggle to get it exactly right on the page - but rather, will assume that she's getting it right without the struggle.
Dani Shapiro
#91. See what I mean? Your confidence is so strong it's obnoxious.
Stacy Kramer
#92. At this point in my life, beaming confidence is largely a matter of mind over bladder control
Josh Stern
#94. I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice. And if you're always the new kid, you never get a chance to adapt, so your confidence is just zilch.
Eminem
#95. Drunkeness, she told us in a rare moment of confidence, is a sin against the fruit, the tree, the wine itself. Wine, distilled and nurtured from bud into fruit; it deserves reverance. Joy. Gentleness.
(Page 194.)
Joanne Harris
#96. Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts
John Dryden
#97. Put another way, to be more confident you need to give a whole lot less of a shit about what other people think of you. Confidence is not something you feel or possess; it's something others use to describe what they see when they look at you.
Augusten Burroughs
#98. Our confidence is not in what we have, but He who freely gave us what we have. If God's will is in your little stones, they will surely bring down giant Goliaths ... but you have to make the throw!
Israelmore Ayivor
#99. Confidence is closely linked to how well our perceptions match reality
Matthieu Ricard
#100. If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.
Benjamin Disraeli
