quotations about confidence
Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom; youth is the season of credulity.
WILLIAM PITT
speech, Jan. 14, 1766
I never seek to defeat the man I am fighting.... I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Two men are equals - true equals - only when they both have equal confidence.
ARTHUR GOLDEN
Memoirs of a Geisha
Once men's confidence is thoroughly aroused it is likely to run riot.
GEORGE E. PUTNAM
The American Economic Review, Mar. 1920
Ours is the one ever-present voice in our lives. Therefore, it is crucial that our self-talk instill confidence within us and is supportive, not submerging, and that our attitudes toward ourselves help keep our spirits afloat through acceptance and trust. We are our own most important and influential buoy.
SUE PATTON THOELE
The Woman's Book of Confidence
For the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.
KING SOLOMON
Proverbs 3:26
False confidence is the precursor of disaster.
DAVID NOONAN
Aesop & CEO
Having confidence is like having the keys to the kingdom.
DAG ALBRIGHT
How to Meet and Pick Up Women
Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence. Legitimate self-confidence is a winner. The true test of self-confidence is the courage to be open--to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source. Self-confident people aren't afraid to have their views challenged. They relish the intellectual combat that enriches ideas.
JACK WELCH
Jack: Straight from the Gut
Confidence is a good name for what is intended by the term directness. It should not be confused, however, with self-confidence which may be a form of self-consciousness -- or of "cheek." Confidence is not a name for what one thinks or feels about his attitude it is not reflex. It denotes the straightforwardness with which one goes at what he has to do. It denotes not conscious trust in the efficacy of one's powers but unconscious faith in the possibilities of the situation. It signifies rising to the needs of the situation.
JOHN DEWEY
Democracy and Education
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
VINCE LOMBARDI
attributed, Run to Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership
If you never struggle with confidence, you obviously are not stretching yourself far enough. You are not pressing to the edge of your abilities. In other words, the only way to never struggle with confidence is to play it safe. Play it known. Play it in a way that you achieve stability, but lose opportunity.
TIMOTHY URSINY
The Confidence Plan
Low self-confidence is simply a problem of Awareness. Once you are aware of the Truth about yourself, you will be able to understand why you are the way you are and, most importantly, learn to love and accept yourself.
ROBERT ANTHONY
The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-Confidence
So my confidence doesn't come from not having any fear. It comes from trusting that in spite of my fear, I'm going to act; I'm going to take one step after another toward my goal.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS
Confidence
No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy.
PARIS HILTON
attributed, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
Quiet confidence is like having your very own spotlight.
CHERYL KIMBALL
Horse Showing for Kids
Confidence is a fine trait. Overconfidence isn't.
LAURELL K. HAMILTON
Obsidian Butterfly
The best way to develop rational, well-balanced confidence is to go after a few small victories immediately following a failure. Whatever you do, do not allow yourself the luxury of wallowing in self-pity.
KEITH JOHNSON
The Confidence Makeover
When you lack confidence, you will see dreams fall by the wayside, goals go unmet, and all the things you don't want happening.
CHRISTINE SMITH & ROCK BANKOLE
Captivating Confidence
Confidence is the mark of a hopeful disposition.
ARISTOTLE
Nicomachean Ethics
Does everyone feel this way? When I was young, I was perpetually overconfident or insecure. Either I felt completely useless, unattractive, and worthless, or that I was pretty much a success, and everything I did was bound to succeed. When I was confident, I could overcome the hardest challenges. But all it took was the smallest setback for me to be sure that I was utterly worthless. Regaining my self-confidence had nothing to do with success...whether I experienced it as a failure or triumph was utterly dependent on my mood.
BERNHARD SCHLINK
The Reader