Confidence Quotes - Page 36

• The real danger from advertising is that it helps to shatter and ultimately destroy our most precious non-material possessions: the confidence in the existence of meaningful purposes of human activity and respect for the integrity of man.

  Paul Sweezy

  Meaningful, Integrity, Real

  "The Political Economy of Media: Enduring Issues, Emerging Dilemmas". Book by Robert W. McChesney, May 1, 2008.

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• Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Happiness, Philosophical

  Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.185, Lulu.com

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• The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

  Albert Ellis

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Friendship, Humble, Humility

  Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alfred Dupont Chandler, Louis Galambos (1978). “The papers: The chief of staff”

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• 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

  Self, Able, Way

  Robert Anthony (1986). “The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-Confidence”, p.38, Penguin

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• Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the confidence of a prince is not a grant, but a tax

  Baltasar Gracian

  Thinking, Secret, Stones

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• If you think you can't, you're right.

  Carol Bartz

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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• He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

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• We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Fear, Famous Motivational, Powerful God

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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• Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

  Joseph Addison

  Awkward, Literature, Merit

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1822). “The Spectator: with notes and illustrations. In six volumes”, p.46

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• Intelligent too, ooh you my sweetheart. I've always liked my women book and street smart. Long as they got a lil' class like half days and the confidence to overlook my past ways.

  Drake

  Smart, Book, Intelligent

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• Community service has taught me all kinds of skills and increased my confidence. You go out there and think on your feet, work with others and create something from nothing. That's what life's all about.

  Andrew Shue

  Thinking, Feet, Skills

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• The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

  Andy Rooney

  Blessed, Doors, Literature

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• We must do that which we think we cannot.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Strength, Thinking, Weakness

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• Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

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

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• There is something captivating in spirit and intrepidity, to which, we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can he reasonably expect, the confidence of others who too apparently distrusts himself.

  William Hazlitt

  Yield, Spirit, Captivating

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• When we are confident, all we need is a little support.

  Andre Laurendeau

  Educational, Self Esteem, Support

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• The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches.

  Greg Rusedski

  Sports, Athlete, Winning

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• I don't try to be a sex bomb. I am one.

  Kylie Minogue

  Sex, Trying, Bombs

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• Great parts of our economy are directly dependent upon women having a weak self-concept. A multi-billion dollar fashion-cosmetic industry testifies to the validity of this approach. A woman who does not know who she is can be sold anything.

  Gabrielle Burton

  Fashion, Self, Cosmetics

  Gabrielle Burton (1972). “I'm Running Away from Home, But I'm Not Allowed to Cross the Street: A Primer of Women's Liberation”

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• The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.

  Linda Vester

  School, Emotional, House

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• In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody.

  Gertrude Stein

  Country, War, Switzerland

  Gertrude Stein (1945). “Wars I Have Seen”, New York : Random House

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• I think I'm learning to be bolder in my career choices and be more confident in my personal life. I haven't always felt very secure as an individual, but now I feel I certain confidence and sense of self that gets me through the day a lot better than before.

  Winona Ryder

  Thinking, Self, Careers

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• Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.

  Brooke Shields

  Eight, Scary, Growth

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• Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Happy Birthday to You!". Book by Dr. Seuss, 1959.

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