Confidence Quotes - Page 21

• I don't take drugs. I never did. All the feelings that drugs are supposed to produce in you - confidence or energy - I can produce naturally.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Drug, Feelings, Energy

  "Madonna Rocks the Land". Time, May 27, 1985.

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• It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Fear, Light, Darkness

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• Imagine how free we would feel and what we could accomplish if we could live without fear.

  Susan L. Taylor

  Courage, Fear, Imagine

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• When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming.

  Della Reese

  Believe, Giving, Belive

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• What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Being Strong, Courage, Art

  Vincent van Gogh, Vincent Willem Gogh (1927). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886: With a Memoir by His Sister-in-law, J. Van Gogh-Bonger ...”

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• You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.

  Brené Brown

  Hustle, Stories, Standing Out

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• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

  Will Durant

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty! I have a key in my bosom, called Promise, that will, I am persuaded, open any lock in Doubting Castle.

  John Bunyan

  Lying, Greatness, Keys

  John Bunyan, Thomas Scott (1825). “The Pilgrim's Progress: From this World to that which is to Come. Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream. In Two Parts”, p.161

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  Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

  Tom Landry

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Any action is better than no action at all.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Action, Face Your Fears

  Norman Vincent Peale (1996). “Power of the Plus Factor”, Ballantine Books

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• Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools - but they must be kept to a minimum.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  Business, Self, Giving

  "The Fast Company Interview: Jeff Immelt". Interview with John R. Byrne, www.fastcompany.com. July 1, 2005.

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• It's not the lack of ability or opportunity that holds you back; it is only a lack of confidence in yourself.

  Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

  Opportunity, Ability, Self Confidence

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• You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Life, Powerful, Mistake

  Richard P. Feynman (2010). “"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character: Adventures of a Curious Character”, p.172, W. W. Norton & Company

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• But you can't just sit around the fireplace and sip Cokes and eat pretzels and get an attitude of confidence. You have to put in hard work.

  Lee Haney

  Attitude, Hard Work, Coke

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• Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself.

  Saadi

  Secret, May, Want

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• You may be right that people say: You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.

  Karl Rove

  Jobs, People, Guy

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• Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Tyrants, Anxiety, Political

  Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.8, Xist Publishing

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• Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan.

  Chen Shui-bian

  People, Democracy, Taiwan

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• Imagine you were flowing with energy and confidence, free of doubt and fear.

  Shawn Phillips

  Doubt, Energy, Imagine

  Shawn Phillips (2008). “Strength for Life: The Fitness Plan for the Rest of Your Life”, p.20, Ballantine Books

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• No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Leadership, Money

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• Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Success, Courage

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• I don't like to gamble, but if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Willing

  "Beyonce: What I'm Thankful For" by Lauren She, abcnews.go.com. November 25, 2009.

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• Youth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Birthday, Happiness, Growing Up

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• I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.

  William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

  Self Confidence, Wish, Toms

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• As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Strength, Courage

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.11, Pan Macmillan

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