Lack Of Confidence Quotes

• Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Leadership, Confidence

  Vince Lombardi (1998). “Seeing the Win: Why I Believe Vision Coaching is Vital to Winning Business Teams in the 21st Century”

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• When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Confidence, Gun, People

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• Lack of confidence is what makes you want to change somebody else's mind. When you're OK, you don't need to convince anyone else in order to empower yourself.

  Jada Pinkett Smith

  Trust, Confidence, Order

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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

  Confidence, Opportunity, Ability

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• Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.

  Potter Stewart

  Freedom Of Speech, Society, Censorship In Books

  "United States v. Ginzburg, 383 U.S. 463". Dissenting opinion, 1965.

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• There's no such thing as lack of confidence. You either have it or you don't.

  Rob Andrew

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• In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.

  Harri Holkeri

  Order, People, Mind

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• Fear is the result of a lack of confidence. A lack of confidence is the result of not knowing what you can do. A lack of knowing what you can do is caused by a lack of experience. A lack of experience is caused by a lack of doing something new.

  Dale Carnegie

  Knowing, Something New, Results

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• Pause and remember - No one is coming to rescue you from yourself; your inner demons, your lack of confidence, your dissatisfaction with yourself and life. Only self-love and good decisions will rescue you.

  Jennifer Young

  Recovery, Loss, Self

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• Insecurity refers to a profoud sense of self-doubt-a deep feeling of uncertainty about our basic worth and our place in the world. Insecurity is associated with chronic self-consciousness, along with a chronic lack of confidence in ourselves and anxiety about our relationships. The insecure man or woman lives in constant fear of rejection and a deep uncertainty about whether his or her own feelings and desires are legitimate.

  Beth Moore

  Insecure, Men, Self

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• The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win

  Charles Spurgeon

  Winning, Men, Gambling

  Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 67: Autobiography Vol. 2”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.

  Julia Child

  Years, Seven, Thirty

  Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme (2006). “My Life in France”, p.67, Anchor

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• I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.

  Vera Farmiga

  Thinking, Gambling, Inspirational Football

  "A Film of One’s Own". Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.nytimes.com. September 3, 2006.

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• There is a close connection between lack of confidence and the passionate state of mind.

  Eric Hoffer

  Mind, Connections, Passionate

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.

  Vanna Bonta

  Greed, Ability

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Terry Bradshaw

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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• Lack of Confidence, low Self-Esteem, and depleted Mojo are symptoms of inadequate Strength Training.

  Steve Ilg

  Self Esteem, Training, Mojo

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• One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is with you and helping you. This is one of the simplest teachings in religion, namely, that Almighty God will be your companion, will stand by you, help you, and see you through. No other idea is so powerful in developing self-confidence as this simple belief when practiced. To practice it simply affirm "God is with me; God is helping me; God is guiding me." Spend several minutes each day visualizing his presence. Then practice believing that affirmation.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  God, Powerful, Teaching

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• People rise and fall to meet your level of expectations for them. If you express skepticism and doubt in others, they will return your lack of confidence with mediocrity. But if you believe in them and expect them to do well, they will go the extra mile trying to do their best.

  John C. Maxwell

  Believe, Fall, People

  John C. Maxwell, Jim Dornan (2013). “How to Influence People: Make a Difference in Your World”, p.37, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Doubt is a lack of confidence or assurance that God will keep his promises. Faith is an active confidence that God's promises are always true.

  James MacDonald

  Doubt, Promise, Gods Will

  James MacDonald (2011). “Always True: God's 5 Promises When Life Is Hard”, p.63, Moody Publishers

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• Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than risk failure, they prefer to create conditions that make success impossible, a reflex that of course creates a vicious cycle.

  James Surowiecki

  Dream, Procrastination, Self

  "Later" by James Surowiecki, www.newyorker.com. October 11, 2010.

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• Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that lowers confidence levels even further, on and on.

  Robert Greene

  Self, People, Giving

  50 Cent, Robert Greene (2010). “The 50th Law”, p.6, Profile Books

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• I have terrible periods of lack of confidence. I just don't believe I can do it and no evidence to the contrary will sway me from that view.

  Douglas Adams

  Believe, Views, Periods

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• It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong leadership is growing in direct proportion to our lack of confidence in ourselves. The end of this century is an unusually difficult time to be a leader in Australia.

  Hugh Mackay

  Leadership, Strong, Australia

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• All reluctance is a lack of confidence.

  Todd Duncan

  Reluctance

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