Self Assurance Quotes

• Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge.

  George Santayana

  Confidence, Knowledge, Self

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• The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which so irritated Dickens. Instead, there is a sense of frustration so perceptible that even our politicians have attempted to exploit it.

  Archibald MacLeish

  Character, Frustration, America

  Archibald MacLeish (1978). “Riders on the Earth: essays and recollections”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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• Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According to prevailing attitudes, these people-the pride and joy of their parents-should have had a strong and stable sense of self-assurance. But the case is exactly the opposite... Whenever they suddenly get the feeling they have failed to live up to some ideal image or have not measured up to some standard, then they are plagued by anxiety or deep feelings of guilt and shame. What are the reasons for such disturbances in these competent, accomplished people?

  Alice Miller

  Strong, Attitude, Pride

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• Self-assurance doesn't come from looking perfect and having a great title, but from accepting yourself with all you mistakes and eccentricities.

  Cecelie Berry

  Confidence, Mistake, Self

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• It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

  W. C. Fields

  Inspirational, Confidence, Self Esteem

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• I think we need to grow in our self-assurance that is not scared of being challenged, that the truth we uphold can stand up to the closest possible scrutiny.

  Desmond Tutu

  Thinking, Self, Needs

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• A little thing, like children putting flowers in my hair, can fill up the widening cracks in my self-assurance like soothing lanolin.

  Sylvia Plath

  Children, Flower, Hair

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.17, Anchor

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• Confidence and empowerment are cousins in my opinion. Empowerment comes from within and typically it's stemmed and fostered by self-assurance. To feel empowered is to feel free and that's when people do their best work. You can't fake confidence or empowerment.

  Amy Jo Martin

  Cousin, Self, People

  "What's the ROI on Your Day? Amy Jo Martin on Passion and Innovation". Interview with Leslie Bradshaw, www.forbes.com. January 26, 2012.

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• Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  1977 Illusions.

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• When you stand and overcome a significant setback, you'll find an increasing inner confidence and self-assurance that has been created by conquering defeat. Absorbing and overcoming this kind of punishment engenders a sober, steely toughness that results in a hardened sense of independence and a personal belief that you can take on anything, survive and win.

  Bill Walsh

  Winning, Self, Punishment

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.32, Penguin

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• The measure of self-assurance is how deeply and sincerely interested you are in others; the measure of insecurity is how much you try to impress them with you.

  Mark Goulston

  Self, Insecurity, Trying

  Mark Goulston (2015). “Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone”, p.63, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

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• Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

  Dale Carnegie

  Confidence, Fear, Weight Loss

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.13, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Confidence, Self Esteem

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• The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such a way as to shake up not only the self-assurance of their enemies, but the complacency of their friends, are precious catalysts for change.

  Howard Zinn

  Self, Speaks Out, Catalyst For Change

  Howard Zinn (2010). “You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times”, p.33, Beacon Press

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• Confidence comes not from always being right but from not
  fearing to be wrong.

  Peter McIntyre

  Motivational, Positive, Confidence

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• We can enjoy a self-assurance that doesn't depend on the state of things outside ourselves, be it downturns or booms or whatever.

  Desmond Tutu

  Self, States, Enjoy

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• Yves Saint Laurent liked women to put their hands in their pockets, or to hold cigarettes, and act a bit like boys. It was to give an impression of composure, some self-assurance, and to counter the feminine appearance.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Boys, Self, Hands

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• An individual's arrogance is always in proportion to his lack of self-assurance.

  Otto Weininger

  Self, Arrogance, Individual

  Otto Weininger (2005). “Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles”, p.147, Indiana University Press

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  If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Good Morning

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• The most important characteristic that has allowed me to succeed is confidence. I have always been comfortable in my own skin, and even when I was just starting out in my career, had the strength and self-assurance to ask tough questions and push for answers.

  Heather Bresch

  Self, Careers, Tough Questions

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• A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed.

  Desmond Tutu

  Knowing, Ubuntu, Self

  Desmond Tutu (2012). “No Future Without Forgiveness”, p.35, Random House

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• I should have wished to possess the intellectual equilibrium that characterizes you and permits you to achieve without fail the desired end... Chance has not favoured me with an equal self-assurance, it is the only regret I have about things of this earth.

  Paul Cezanne

  Confidence, Regret, Self

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• How can love survive in such a graceless age? The trust and self assurance that lead to happiness, they're the very things we kill.

  Don Henley

  Reality, Self, Age

  Song: The Heart Of The Matter, Album: The End of the Innocence

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• Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Confidence, Self Esteem, Acceptance

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 13, 1595.

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• The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured.

  Howard Zinn

  Catalyst For Change, Ideas, Opinion

  Howard Zinn (2010). “You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times”, p.33, Beacon Press

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