Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.
Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.
Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
There is no doubt that the reason for my awful oversight was over-confidence that sapped my sense of danger. So that is where to look for the cause of bad blunders - in the exulting feeling of self-congratulation.
To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'
Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.
Insist on yourself. Never imitate.
Probability is a kind of penance, which God made, suitable, I presume to that state of mediocrity and probationership he has been pleased to place us in here; wherein, to check our over-confidence and presumption, we might, by every day's experience, be made sensible of our short-sightedness, and liableness to error.
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.
I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.
Confidence is a fine trait. Over-confidence isn't.
If the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labour, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make, but while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause
This is an industry [high fashion] that has an abundance of over-confidence. I don't think anyone would dispute that, and I'm not trying to pick on anybody, but that's just a fact, right? And sometimes that's fun.
After an acquaintance of ten minutes many women will exchange confidences that a man would not reveal to a lifelong friend
When everyone feels that risks are at their minimum, over-confidence can take over and elementary precautions start to get watered down.
Whatever you say, say it with conviction
or simply:
