Motivational Quotes

Confidence

He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.

- Auerbach, Red

Best Quotes about Confidence

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Addison, Joseph

Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure. In the assurance of strength there is strength, and, they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.

Paterno, Joe

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

Lincoln, Abraham

Confidence awakens confidence.

Sachsen, Friedrich Von

My intent is simply to know my material so well that I'm very comfortable with it. Confidence, not perfection, is the goal.

Scott Berkun

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

Maurois, Andre

Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.

Oprah Winfrey

Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.

West, Jerry

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Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge. To show that I could.

Polanski, Roman

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Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's children.

Brooks, Phillips

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Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn't get anyone else to listen to.

Adams, Franklin P.

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There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

Johnson, Samuel

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Confidence is courage at ease.

Maher, Daniel

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If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.

Nastase, Ilie

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Who ever does not respect confidence will never find happiness in their path.

Proverb

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Confidence is the result of hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

Staubach, Roger

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If I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle.

David Nicholls

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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.

Unitas, Johnny

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A decent boldness ever meets with friends.

Homer

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The values of the Walt Disney company: The four C s: Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, Consistency, and the greatest of these is Confidence.

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The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.

Hasidic Saying

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Show me a man with head held high and I'll show you a man who can't get used to bifocals.

Morse Telegraph Newsletter

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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.

John of the Cross, St.

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I don't feel any pressure. I just try to stay calm, follow my game plan and try not to overthrown.

Gooden, Dwight

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Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.

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I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

Anna Freud

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You can't connect the dots looking forward you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well worn path.

Steve Jobs

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Confidence in another person's virtue is no light evidence of your own.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Penn, William

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Assurance is two-thirds of success.

Proverb, Gaelic

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One who has lost confidence can lose nothing more.

Boiste

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Confidence is the bond of friendship.

Syrus, Publilius

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You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.

Paterno, Joe

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The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.

Storey, David

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Feeling special is the worst kind of cage a person can build for himself.

Paolo Giordano

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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

Ovid

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With confidence, you can reach truly amazing heights; without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are beyond your grasp.

Loehr, Jim

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I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

Murphy, Eddie

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Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice.

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It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don't. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever.

Philip Adams

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Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

Smith, Stan

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As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Hazlitt, William

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What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.

Bradshaw, Terry

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You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it.

Ruben Studdard

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I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A lot of golfers go to the range and just hit full shots. That doesn't build on-course confidence, because you won't always hit full shots out there. My confidence is built on knowing I can effectively work the ball in any circumstance.

Carner, JoAnne

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When you engage in systematic, purposeful actin, using and stretching your abilities to the maximum, you cannot help but feel positive and confident abut yourself.

Tracy, Brian

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I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.

McEnroe, John