Sure Of Yourself Quotes

#1. The last time anyone did anything wrong in this town, Hades's men found those responsible and dragged them back here in chains. You would have to be insane to actively want to piss that man off." "Insane or very sure of yourself," I said.

Steve McHugh

#2. You're very sure of yourself. And you mistakenly seem to think you can be very sure of me" She pouted. "How sad for you."
He gave her a pointed look. "I will have you in my bed, Harper. I always take what I want. Right now, that's you.

Suzanne Wright

#3. You are, madame, so perfectly armoured, so completely sure of yourself.'

'Now I wonder, if I am to take that as a compliment?'

'It is, perhaps, a warning--not to treat life with arrogance.

Agatha Christie

#4. You seem damn sure of yourself for a man your age?"
"I am as old as I can be at my age. I don't know very much, but I know the water.

Howard Fast

#5. I think you have to feel comfortable with your car. You have to go into turn one, every lap, with confidence. You have to be sure of yourself and your equipment.

Danica Patrick

#6. You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.

Napoleon Hill

#7. [I]f you are truly a man, sure of yourself and confident of your strength, you may taste of life without fear and without reserve; you may be sad or joyous, deceived or respected; but be sure you are loved, for what matters the rest?

Alfred De Musset

#8. For awakened human beings, there was no obligation - none, none, none at all - except this: to search for yourself, become sure of yourself, feel your way forward along your own path, wherever it led.

Hermann Hesse

#9. Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.

Jeanette Winterson

#10. Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you.

Stewart Edward White

#11. I'm not sure that I want to be without some lack of confidence. If you are too sure of yourself, you don't grow. You may feel confident in some things, but other fields come up as a challenge. And if you don't anticipate trouble, you will be in trouble.

Lucille Ball

#12. Well, I wouldn't be so sure of yourself. I can tell that it's taking you as much self control to not touch me as it is for me to not touch you.

J.B. McGee

#13. I don't want to see you. I don't like you. I don't like your face. You look like an insufferable egotist. You're impertinent. You're too sure of yourself. Twenty years ago I would have punched your face with the greatest of pleasure.

Ayn Rand

#14. When you can't be sure of anything else in this crapped- on world, you have to be sure of yourself.

Larissa Ione

#15. I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing.

Jodi Picoult

#16. Is it true that when you love a woman you are never sure - never sure of her because you aren't sure of yourself? I

John Steinbeck

#17. Be sure of yourself, don't let anyone bully you, be a strong and independent woman or boy.

Nicole Polizzi

#18. Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'

Paloma Faith

#19. You seem very sure of yourself, Daniel.'
I, who was never even sure what the time was, nodded with the conviction of the
ignorant.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#20. It is one thing to be sure of yourself. It is another to have someone tell you to quit dancing, look them in the eye, and tell them the truth even if it hurts your pride.

Rick Bragg

#21. Anytime you get out of your comfort zone and you have to do something that you're not comfortable doing and that you're not real sure of yourself in, there's an exhilaration that comes along with that. I get off on it, so that's why I enjoy making movies.

Trace Adkins

#22. Maybe
maybe love makes you suspicious and doubting. Is it true that when you love a woman you are never sure
never sure of her because you aren't sure of yourself?

John Steinbeck

#23. Motherhood is a choice you make everyday, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you're not sure what the right thing is ... and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong.

Donna Ball

#24. It's nice to establish yourself as an actor first and a singer second. Proof is such a tremendous piece of work, and I'm incredibly lucky to be a part of it. I'm sure that the musicals will happen in the future, though.

Neil Patrick Harris

#25. Iron can only be destroyed by rust, and rust is a slow process which is caused by the hydrogen ion from water in the environment. Coat yourself against negative thoughts and be careful what you feed your mind because your mind is your greatest asset, make sure you are not using it against yourself.

Uzoma Nnadi

#26. Well, God does not mean for us to be passive. He means for us to fight the fight of faith - the fight for joy. And the central strategy is to preach the gospel to yourself. This is war. Satan is preaching for sure. If we remain passive, we surrender the field to him.

John Piper

#27. I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

Joan Allen

#28. Thinking you knew something was a sure way to blind yourself. It was not growing up that slowly applied brakes to learning (Mentats were taught) but an accumulation of "things I know." New

Frank Herbert

#29. Just make sure you're staying true to yourself, and do what you think is good in that craft or field [of yours] and then let everything else fall where it falls.

Brian Regan

#30. Forgetting who you are is so much more complicated than simply forgetting your name. It's also forgetting your dreams. Your aspirations. What makes you happy. What you pray you'll never have to live without. It's meeting yourself for the first time, and not being sure of your first impression.

Jessica Brody

#31. I mean that if you are not absolutely sure of a thing, it is so difficult to commit yourself to a definite course of action.

Agatha Christie

#32. You look up for a moment and you're not sure which life is real. You've split yourself into so many honeycombed parts that they barely notice each other---all of them pacing, concurrently, parallel streams of though, and each one thinks of its self as me.

Dan Chaon

#33. Let every dawn of the morning be to you as the beginning of life. And let every setting of the sun be to you as its close. Then let everyone of these short lives leave its sure record of some kindly thing done for others; some good strength of knowledge gained for yourself.

John Ruskin

#34. Do you think I would want to live under a government that you ran or set up? It's all very nice to say you're an anarchist, but you only want anarchy for yourself. For the rest of us, you want to make sure we do what you say, think how you think, and remember you're the boss.

Jane Smiley

#35. I know for sure that appreciating whatever shows up for you in life changes your personal vibration. You radiate and generate more goodness for yourself when you're aware of all you have and not focusing on your have-nots.

Oprah Winfrey

#36. There is no sense talking about "being true to yourself" until you are sure what voice you are being true to. It takes hard work to differentiate the voices of the unconscious.

Marion Woodman

#37. I am not quite sure of being a man: I never found it very difficult. It seemed to me that you had only to let yourself alone.

Jean-Paul Sartre

#38. The week preceding the game is just as important, if not more important, to prepare yourself mentally to make sure you know the ins and outs of the opposition. It's all about getting ready for Jacksonville. It's a one-game season.

Tedy Bruschi

#39. Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you.

Michael Korda

#40. I certainly very much enjoy acting, but I am open to anything really. I think it's important when you have those moments in life when you are not attached to something, and you are not quite sure what the next phase of your journey is going to look like, that you don't pigeon-hole yourself.

James Scott

#41. Make sure the government treats others the same as you would want the government to treat you ... Once you consent to the government ignoring the Constitution, you deny yourself the protection of the Constitution.

Charley Reese

#42. When you notice yourself desperately trying to think of an excuse to avoid a new experience out of FEAR, ANXIETY or INSECURITY, make the decision to say: "sure, I'll do it" , and see how your life improves.

Miya Yamanouchi

#43. Cooking for yourself is the only sure way to take back control of your diet from the food scientists and food processors, and to guarantee you're eating real food rather than edible foodlike substances, with their unhealthy oils, high-fructose corn syrup, and surfeit of salt.

Michael Pollan

#44. A complete waste of time - doubting yourself. If you make the slightest mistake, someone else is sure to let you know about it.

Katarina Bivald

#45. The world always makes sure that you cannot fool yourself for long about who you really think you are by showing you what truly matters to you. How you react to people and situations, especially when challenges arise, is the best indicator of how deeply you know yourself.

Eckhart Tolle

#46. The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.

Bobby Jones

#47. Do what makes you feel good. Remind yourself of what you're good at and make sure you do that.

Jessie J.

#48. Test your talents, pursue your passions, and let those experiences lead you to a sure sense of who you are. Build a strong core for yourself so that almost nothing and no one can shake you from that foundation. Don't be afraid to know what you want and go after it.

Mary Esselman

#49. You are the master of your environment. You've got your own head, your own mind. So once you figure out what you want for yourself, you have to create the proper environment to make sure you can live out all the things you want.

Tyrese Gibson

#50. You sure have a high opinion of yourself, thinking it's going to happen again.

Richelle Mead

#51. Know thyself." Sure, of course,
you must. But afterwards,
the project is to make yourself
a stranger to yourself once more.

John Brehm

#52. It is puzzling why anyone would want to (become governor of California). It's like vying to become Roseanne Barr's next husband. Sure you'd get your name in the paper, but look at the mess you'd be getting yourself into.

Ann Coulter

#53. It was so easy to disown what you couldn't recognize, to keep yourself apart from things that were foreign and unsettling. The only person you can be sure to control, always, is yourself. Which is a lot to be sure of, but at the same time, not enough.

Sarah Dessen

#54. Control yourself every passing second and make sure that no unit of time is being wasted

Sunday Adelaja

#55. You are here and you are allowed to be here and therefore you are allowed to make decisions about yourself and the people in your life; rather than sort of backing up and making sure it's okay with everybody at every turn.

Elizabeth Gilbert

#56. You'll survive, mu Tara. We'll make sure of it. (Nykyrian)
You can't guarantee that. You said it yourself. Even you're living on borrowed time, waiting for one of them to kill you. (Kiara)
And you said I was scaring her? Damn, bud. You're socially awkward to the extreme. (Syn)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#57. Don't beat yourself up, son. I'm sure there is a culture on this spinning ball of dirt where you can be pretty. If not, do rock 'n roll, or practice words. That shit's pretty as well.

R.X. Bird

#58. Film is an incredible way to express yourself and your vision, as is fashion, but you have to make sure [to] be confident and honest and true to yourself and say something that means something, because that is really the point of any art.

Tom Ford

#59. Love enmeshes you in your partner's unique set of karmic complications, so make sure you're very interested in his or her problems. Love is a laboratory where you can uncover secrets about yourself that have previously been hidden, so be ravenously curious.

Rob Brezsny

#60. Surround yourself with music. Just be sure to turn the radio on.

Lisa M. Cronkhite

#61. But when you know for sure that your separate ego is a fiction, you actually feel yourself as the whole process and pattern of life. Experience and experiencer become one experiencing, known and knower one knowing.

Alan W. Watts

#62. Before you touch anybody you have to make sure that you are as pure as possible. If you don't purify yourself of all the inner duality, negativity can prevail through the flow of the psyche.

Harbhajan Singh Yogi

#63. Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself - and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure.

Eric Allman

#64. Can you actually go through life without labeling what happens to you as good or bad? Sure you can. You have to train yourself to do this. You have been conditioned to think of things as bad or good. You can de-condition yourself. It is neither easy nor fast but it is possible.

Srikumar Rao

#65. As you go through your list of things to do for the day, make sure to remind yourself that you are a cool, hot, unique and wonderful human being, as loving as you are lovable, and that your place in this world makes many, many, many people smile. In short, you rock!

Scott Stabile

#66. It was clear to me that thinking yourself superior was a sure sign of being inferior and that thinking yourself extraordinary was a sure sign of being ordinary.

Erica Jong

#67. Sure, and that's the cool thing about DVD: you can pack stuff on the disc that would've been too much for the big screen because actually it would've only interested yourself and a bunch of fanboys, who wanna know everything.

Quentin Tarantino

#68. It is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor.

Niccolo Machiavelli

#69. You got to be real with yourself and not just let yourself pass on things that tend to become a bad habit. Make sure you stay on top of practicing well and preparing the way you always do.

Champ Bailey

#70. Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it

William Hazlitt

#71. My mum was a wonderful mother. She died, aged 80, of Alzheimer's disease, which was dreadful to watch. I remember she said to me: 'Believe in yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.' I'm sure a lot of my success is due to her words of advice.

Bonnie Tyler

#72. I think sometimes it's too hard to believe in yourself. You just do the things you're not sure you can do. You just act, in spite of not being certain. I don't believe I can change the world - it sounds stupid to even talk about it - but I'm going to try.

Cassandra Clare

#73. The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

#74. It is always necessary to jump up and down on the scaffold of knowledge to make sure it is solid. If you are skeptical about a scientific claim, then jump up and down on it as hard as you can until you expose a weakness or convince yourself that it is solid.

David Sloan Wilson

#75. Romance is important to me, and to have a romance with your husband takes a bit of doing. The key is to make sure your partner misses you. That means you have to take yourself away.

Tori Amos

#76. You see, you need to make sure you compare yourself to the right person. An elephant passes tons of waste but will never run as fast as the rabbit.

Raghavan Rajendran

#77. The only sure way of avoiding these evils [vanity and boasting] is never to speak of yourself at all. But when, historically, youare obliged to mention yourself, take care not to drop one single word that can directly or indirectly be construed as fishing for applause.

Lord Chesterfield

#78. Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.

Benjamin Walker

#79. Gastronomic boredom leads to lots of unhealthy eating. If you don't make improvisation and experimentation part of your eating life, you are sure to find yourself in an eating rut.

Mireille Guiliano

#80. Burnout occurs when your body and mind can no longer keep up with the tasks you demand of them. Don't try to force yourself to do the impossible. Delegate time for important tasks, but always be sure to leave time for relaxation and reflection.

Del Suggs

#81. Making conclusions about life is a sure way to deny yourself the possibility of a human being transforming himself into the Divine.

Jaggi Vasudev

#82. You will have to experiment and try things out for yourself and you will not be sure of what you are doing. That's all right, you are feeling your way into the thing.

Emily Carr

#83. Just be careful. Passion is a bridge that connects love and hate. When you're standing in the middle of that bridge, don't let yourself get turned around. You've got to make sure you know which direction you're heading. Watch yourself.

Jay Bell

#84. You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.

L. Frank Baum

#85. There's no such thing as normal. There is no definition of normal. Normal is subjective. You can't - and shouldn't - force yourself to want something 'normal' and stop wanting what you truly want. It's a sure way to make your life miserable.

Alessandra Hazard

#86. Ready to come harder than you've ever come in your life?" I ask solemnly, lifting one of his knees up. He smiles. "You sure you want to put that much pressure on yourself, dude?" "No pressure. Just fact. Science has proven it.

Sarina Bowen

#87. You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I don't know how to pray!" you can be sure you have already begun."

Josemaria Escriva

#88. Do not strive in your own strength; cast yourself at the feet of the Lord Jesus, and wait upon Him in the sure confidence that He is with you, and works in you. Strive in prayer; let faith fill your heart-so will you be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.

Andy Murray

#89. You need that pride in yourself, as well as a sense, when you are sitting on Page 297 of a book, that the book is going to be read, that somebody is going to care. You can't ever be sure about that, but you need the sense that it's important, that it's not typing; it's writing.

Roger Kahn

#90. Are you sure you can prevent yourself from falling in love one of these days? Such things do happen, you know, even to the most prudent men.'
Simon gave him a strange, one might even have thought a hostile, look.
I should tear it out of my heart as I'd wrench out of my mouth a rotten tooth.

W. Somerset Maugham

#91. If you can write (and don't kid yourself that you can, if you can't) and you have ideas that are commercially viable and will engage the reader's interest, go for it. Make sure you have something unique to offer. I enjoy the work of writers who give you something you won't find anywhere else.

Joel McIver

#92. The important thing is that, whatever rubbish the world throws at you, you don't lose heart, and you make sure you always find a way to rid yourself of the bad stuff.

Corina Bomann

#93. Android is a new form of the other, but you can parallel the other to so many different types of people. Even if you don't consider yourself to be the other, at one point in time I'm sure you felt like that.

Janelle Monae

#94. I'm not sure why the saying goes ... "be careful what you wish for" ... it should be, "prepare yourself for your wishes". We need to know ahead of time to prepare for what we wish for, so that when our wishes come true, we don't regret the wish or have them turn into nightmares.

C. Nzingha Smith

#95. Isn't it the most blissful thing in the world to be away from everything you have ever known
to be so far away that you don't even know yourself anymore and you're not sure you ever want to come back to all of the things you're a part of?

Jamaica Kincaid

#96. As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.

Joe Torre

#97. I do think it's important not to be absolutely sure, so sure that you can't reinvent yourself in some way, or at least rediscover the truth of why you think what you think, and not just take it as an assumption.

Stephen Fry

#98. And I'm sure everyone else would too if you only allowed them to see more of who you really are, rather than pretending to be someone you're not!

Adele Rose

#99. Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense.

Austin O'Malley

#100. I turned around to see Jim standing in the aisle with a smirk and a box of tampons in his hand.
Very funny asshole. Looks like you're on the rag this week. Make sure to get yourself some Midol and a copy of Terms of Endearment so you can have yourself a good cry.

Tara Sivec