Top 100 Quotes About Confidence In Self
#1. There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
Seneca The Younger
#2. If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
Marcus Garvey
#3. If you haven't confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
Marcus Garvey
#4. The foundation of self-confidence, the basis of boldness and self-assertion, is a deep inner trust, based on living a life of perfect integrity, and disciplining yourself to live consistent with your highest values in every situation.
Brian Tracy
#5. Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#6. A woman stood in front of her with the peculiar poise that comes before the discovery of age and after the loss of innocence.
Donald Kingsbury
#7. One can never rack up his goals mere through hard-work, there is a thing in this world which is known as self-confidence.
M.H. Rakib
#8. You need to have confidence in your people, and enough self-confidence to let them identify a better way.
Eric Schmidt
#9. If a woman says, I am getting these breast implants to gain self confidence, then I have to ask, What kind of a society do we live in where a woman's self-confidence depends on having a dangerous, expensive and painful operation on a perfectly healthy body?
Katha Pollitt
#10. In the Raphael Room, the secret turned out to be that only some of the paintings were made by the great master; the rest were made by students. I had liked the ones by Raphael. This was a big jab for my self-confidence in my ability to appreciate art.
Richard P. Feynman
#11. To turn your dreams into reality, all your resources, efforts and concentration should be aligned in the same direction.
Roopleen
#13. It's so important to believe in yourself. Believe that you can do it, under any circumstances. Because if you believe you can, then you really will. That belief just keeps you searching for the answers, and then pretty soon you get it.
Wally Amos
#14. Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.
Sarah Dessen
#15. Self-confidence can be defined in two sentences. (1) I trust myself to face life's challenges and (2) I trust myself to follow my dreams and goals.
Gudjon Bergmann
#16. Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.
Byron Katie
#17. The confidence we have in God and in ourselves, gives us the courage to dare great things.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#18. Seems a lot of men never saw one such as me. A girl what could keep up and fight and ride and curse with the best of them. A girl what ain't trapped in some dress or some house or some bed. A girl what ain't waiting on some man to do what she ought to her own damn self.
J.D. Jordan
#19. Self-confidence is apt to address itself to an imaginary dullness in others; as people who are well off speak in a cajoling tone to the poor.
George Eliot
#20. I thought I'd take style to its limit ... My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
Grace Jones
#21. A person has to be comfortable in his or her own skin.
Fennel Hudson
#22. An external locus of identity is unhealthy and yet the very thing that social media encourages in those with low self-esteem.
Sam Owen
#23. Winners in life visualize their success and look forward to reaping and enjoying the rewards of their accomplishments. They revel in their hard-earned victory, and that reinforces their superior level of self-confidence.
Lorii Myers
#24. The only man meant to be in your life is a man that knows your worth.
Shannon L. Alder
#25. The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity.
Nikki Giovanni
#26. If, like me, you suffer from lack of self-confidence you'll know that the term is made up of two conflicting words, and that confidence isn't easily found in the self.
Fennel Hudson
#29. We cannot rely on ourselves, for we have learned by bitter experience the folly of self-confidence. We are compelled to look to the Lord alone. Blessed is the wind that drives the ship into the harbor. Blessed is the distress that forces us to rest in our God.
Charles Spurgeon
#30. Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.
Lao-Tzu
#31. When the world does its level best to devalue me in ways that are nothing short of brutal, all it does is evidence my value. For why would it expend such massive amounts of energy attempting to destroy something that's not there?
Craig D. Lounsbrough
#32. Maybe the supreme self-confidence I envied in Pepe was nothing more than cleverly masked insecurity.
Megan McCafferty
#33. His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan. To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg.
Hans Christian Andersen
#34. The only one that believes in you, is you. Don't lean on how others see you to find belief in yourself.
Anthony Liccione
#35. On any day - in any given event - you have to believe in yourself and back yourself 100%
Rasheed Ogunlaru
#36. How a man handles himself in defeat is more important than how he handles himself in victory.
T.A. Uner
#38. Be thou what thou singly art and personate only thyself. Swim smoothly in the stream of thy nature and live but one man.
Thomas Browne
#39. In rare moments of self-doubt, Dexter had once worried that a lack of intellect might hold him back in life, but here was a job where confidence, energy, perhaps even a certain arrogance were all that mattered, all qualities that lay within his grasp.
David Nicholls
#40. So many people are able to do something in life, but when they compare what they have done to their larger environment, they feel they have not done anything!
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
#42. The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind. Such a man is not malleable; he may be mistaken, he may be fooled in a given instance, but he is inflexible in regard to the absolutism of reality, i.e., in seeking and demanding truth.
Ayn Rand
#44. The most important point to remember in developing self-confidence is to take responsibility for who we are. This empowers us. We can change anything, do anything, and be anything when we assume full responsibility for ourselves.
Rachael Bermingham
#46. All that is needed for the majority of labors to go well is a healthy, pregnant woman who has loving support in labor, self-confidence , and attendants with infinite patience.
Sheila Kitzinger
#47. I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.
Ed Skrein
#48. He found his voice in the silences, where he could sing as loud and as long as he wanted with no one to complain of it.
Geraldine Brooks
#49. It is in the center of a stable self-love that you will find the confidence and safety you want.
Bryant McGill
#51. I was lucky I was raised by parents who gave me a lot of sense of self and a lot of confidence in myself.
Sprague Grayden
#52. Confidence in the natural world is self-reliance; in the spiritual world, it is God-reliance.
Oswald Chambers
#53. I've studied the lives of the 20th century's great businessmen and concluded self-confidence was instrumental in all their success.
Alex Spanos
#54. We are such lovers of self-reliance, that we excuse in a man many sins, if he will show us a complete satisfaction in his position, which asks no leave to be, of mine, or any man's good opinion.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#56. You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe in spite of it, you never seem to need a second opinion.
Alice Walker
#57. Confidence comes from within. You teach people how to perceive you, by your own example of how you perceive yourself. If you believe in yourself that confidence shines through and others will believe in you too.
Lindsey Rietzsch
#58. Be honest with who you are, what you want and how you want to be treated. Boundaries only scare off the people that were not meant to be in your life.
Shannon L. Alder
#59. The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
Mencius
#60. Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live!
William Wordsworth
#61. We've gotta restore the American people's confidence in the ethics process by ensuring that political self-interest can no longer prevent politicians from enforcing ethics rules.
Barack Obama
#62. Self confidence plays an important part in every aspect of man's life.
Dalai Lama
#63. I was born with confidence in myself and who I am. Even when I was a little kid, I felt that, and I carried it all through my years. I'm 26 now, and I'm still that person. I think every woman needs to have that self-love.
Ricki-Lee Coulter
#64. It's great to be self confident, but some people are very egotistical. Once you realize the world doesn't revolve around you and change your attitude, you'll truly walk in your purpose.
Amaka Imani Nkosazana
#65. Our success at friendship, business, sports, love
indeed, at nearly every enterprise we attempt
is largely determined by our self-image. People who have a confidence in their personal worth seem to be magnets for success and happiness.
Alan Loy McGinnis
#67. I want you to believe in yourself, and take chances, even if it is scary and even if you don't know what you are doing yet.
Auliq Ice
#68. Although I enjoy digging through the library to help students find books, my aim is to help them develop self-confidence in choosing books for themselves.
Donalyn Miller
#69. The difference between the university graduate and the autodidact lies not so much in the extent of knowledge as in the extent of vitality and self-confidence
Milan Kundera
#70. Always trust yerself, lass. There's not a soul in this world that has a heart like yers. Plenty o' smart people here, aye, but logic ain't always the best way to a decision. Can ye remember that? -Alban Dewberry
E.S. Lowell
#71. It's a new stage and a new moment in my life. I'm moving forward. It feels quite inspiring, fun, and positive. As I get older, I find a greater sense of self-confidence. I've learned that it's fine to not try to be anything else but myself.
Jessica Biel
#72. Time spent worrying - about anything - provides no emotional or physical benefit to us; such things only weaken us for the fights we must endure in our lives.
A.J. Darkholme
#73. I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.
Edgar Allan Poe
#74. How was I able to live alone before, my little everything? Without you I lack self-confidence, passion for work, and enjoyment of life
in short, without you, my life is no life.
[Written to his wife, Mileva]
Albert Einstein
#75. The Great Wall of Facebook:
Having just visited the Great Wall of China, I'm thinking about the walls we build on FB. They are real. They keep people in and others out.
Build your wall carefully by answering this question:
What are you building your wall around?
Richie Norton
#76. The profound paradox is that the great man became more confident in his approach to others, including the man of his own Cabinet, but he recognized that his major confidence was not himself but in Another.
Elton Trueblood
#77. My films do have a big following among young girls, and I want to instill confidence in them, a sense of self-appreciation - to make them feel they can be spirited and say what they feel.
Gurinder Chadha
#78. Your level of self-confidence in life is determined by the whole quality of your life".
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
#79. The glory of God is upon you.
Arise in great might and chase your dream.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#80. If you're in business, all the content in the world will do you no good unless it leads to a sale.
Richie Norton
#81. Confidence and empowerment are cousins in my opinion. Empowerment comes from within and typically it's stemmed and fostered by self-assurance. To feel empowered is to feel free and that's when people do their best work. You can't fake confidence or empowerment.
Amy Jo Martin
#82. I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame.
Laurie Halse Anderson
#83. I believe the ultimate source of blessings is within us. A good motivation and honesty bring self-confidence , which attracts the trust and respect of others. Therefore the real source of blessings is in our own mind.
Dalai Lama
#84. His mother's favorite, he possessed the self-confidence that told him he would achieve something worth while in life, and the ambition to do so, though for long the direction this would take remained uncertain.
Ernest Jones
#86. It's well-documented that stress and low self-confidence are detrimental to productivity, especially on tasks requiring creative thinking. Maintaining a healthy exercise routine saves time, creativity, and energy in the long run.
Timur Zhiyentayev
#87. My school friends thought I was outgoing and bubbly, but that masked a lot of insecurities, and maybe that's the reason I chose drama - to build a bit of self-confidence. I had a great teacher, and I won a few speech and drama competitions and just fell in love with it.
Deborah Mailman
#88. Your self-confidence is directly connected to how much you feel you are making a difference in the world.
Brian Tracy
#89. Self-confidence is not pride. Just the contrary: only a person or a nation that is self-confident, in the best sense of the word, is capable of listening to others, accepting them as equals, forgiving its enemies and regretting its own guilt.
Vaclav Havel
#90. Writing is the perfect balance between self-confidence and self-doubt, with a bit of self-delusion thrown in.
Judith Kelman
#91. Consider for a moment that when you see someone as being 'gifted', it is out of a belief that whatever it is that they do, would be impossible for you to do. You should also consider that maybe their 'gift', is nothing more than an undeveloped skill in you.
Gary Hopkins
#92. True self-confidence never needs to degrade the confidence of others in order to grow and survive. If it does, it's not confidence at all ... it's ego.
Charles F. Glassman
#93. I don't need him to comfort me or tell me it's okay.
I can make it okay, myself.
Maybe that was what happened when you faced the very worst thing in the world.
She'd lost her family and her old life and maybe even her childhood, but she'd found herself.
And that would have to do.
L.J.Smith
#94. Ignore any loss of nerve, ignore any loss of self-confidence, ignore any doubt or confusion. Move on believing in love, in peace, and harmony, and in great accomplishment. Remember joy isn't a stranger to you. You are winning and you are strong. Love. Love first, love always, love forever.
Anne Rice
#96. There is no doubt that the reason for my awful oversight was over-confidence that sapped my sense of danger. So that is where to look for the cause of bad blunders - in the exulting feeling of self-congratulation.
Alexander Kotov
#97. We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.
Thomas A. Edison
#98. Focusing on who you are, and pursuing opportunities to improve your abilities, allows you to be in acceptance of yourself. This makes you a beautiful person who could care less about what others think of you.
Ellen J. Barrier
#99. Your self-confidence is simply the part of your brain that tells you whether or not you should try something different or new or believe in yourself, and just as a Jedi truly believes that it is within their power to control their thoughts and stay in the Light, so can you.
Stephen Richards
#100. I respect everything in change and the solemn beauty of life and death ... and therefore, while man is amidst the immense beauty of objective bodies, he must possess the capacity of self-perfection and must observe and represent his world with full confidence.
Ansel Adams
