Confidence Quotes

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If youwant to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

~ Dale Carnegie

I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.

~ John Malkovich

I'm not exactly Miss Confidence. I busy myself with all kinds of activities and I do well in school and I try to look pretty but I still need someone to tell me I'm worthwhile. To show me attention. I don't like it. I don't like it at all...

~ Stephen Emond

If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.

~ Carl Lewis

I recognized him then; that is, I finally comprehended what I had known but had never been able to formulate: he had always been complete. He had finished the work of becoming himself, long before any of us could even imagine such a feat was possible.

~ Aleksandar Hemon

Be you, love you. All ways, always.

~ Alexandra Elle

If we feel secureIn the depths of our heart,We shall not challenge anybody,For inner confidenceIs nothing short ofComplete satisfaction.

~ Sri Chinmoy

My face seems too square and my eyes too big, like I'm perpetually surprised, but there's nothing wrong with me that I can fix.

~ David Levithan

Please do make your decisions in life and feel confident that they are right.However, if fate is involved, feel just as confident even if they aren’t.

~ C. Elizabeth

My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result of a lifetime spent visualizing defeat and figuring out how to prevent it. Like most astronauts, I'm pretty sure that I can deal with what life throws at me because I've thought about what to do if things go wrong, as well as right. That's the power of negative thinking.

~ Chris Hadfield

There had been a time when I owned my life and now I felt like I was coming around to myself again. It's like I've finally discovered bones in myself I never knew I had. I discovered that it takes bravery to be one's self. I now know that the only thing I needed to be afraid of was of not finding my true self and having the courage to be me.

~ Benilde Little

It does, Tennyson, because there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There’s a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you’re on the wrong side of both lines.

~ Neal Shusterman

My confidence was of the hothouse variety, carefully cultivated under highly regulated conditions. One wrong look, one mean comment, and my facade would wither.

~ Justina Chen

Wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the Midol.

~ Denise Jaden

For in some ways the world was like a shopping centre, and he himself was a doubtful customer, often ineffectual, being talked into buying things he didn't want, things indeed which nobody in their right mind would want to buy.

~ Margaret Mahy

People admire my confidence, but they never see me when I'm alone. That's when I'm the most raw because I'm not trying to sell myself to anybody.

~ J. Merridew

When you do anything from a clear judgment that it ought to be done, never shrink from being seen to do it, even though the world should misunderstand it; for if you are not acting rightly, shun the action itself; if you are, why fear those who wrongly censure you?

~ Epictetus

Most people just want to see you fall, that's more reason to stand tall.

~ Emma Michelle

I feel my fear moving away in rings through time for a million years.

~ Breece D'j Pancake

Role models are only of limited use. For no-one is as important, potentially powerful and as key in your life and world as you.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

I thought we were celebrating being richer and cleverer than everyone else!

~ Scott Lynch

What is it about wearing a tuxedo or that little black dress, that makes us feel confident, beautiful, splendid, even invincible?We put on formal wear and suddenly we become extraordinary.On the days when you feel low and invisible, why not try this on for size: imagine you are wearing a fantastic tailored tuxedo or a stunning formal gown.And then proceed with your day.

~ Vera Nazarian

Nothing builds confidence like live ammo.

~ Tim Dorsey

There is nothing left but the attempt and not trying is the same as failing.

~ Mark Miller

Your appearance, attitude, and confidence define you as a person.A professional, well-dressed golfer, like a businessperson, gives the impression that he thinks that the golf course and/or workplace and the people there are important.

~ Lorii Myers

He thinks himself rather an exceptional young man, thoroughly sophisticated, well adjusted to his environment, and somewhat more significant than any one else he knows.

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Cheapskates...are too self-confident - and frankly too smart - to spend money on things they don't need and probably don't even want, simply to impress others or just because they can.

~ Jeff Yeager

Well i am just going to try! she thought confidently!

~ Carollynn Lemky

One of life's sorest tragedies is that the people who brim with confidence are always the wrong people.

~ Charlie Brooker

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.

~ Lao Tzu

The rose has toldIn one simplicityThat never lifeRelinquishes a bloomBut to bestowAn ancient confidence.

~ Nathalia Crane

Confidence is a fine trait. Over-confidence isn't.

~ Laurell K. Hamilton

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

~ Arnold Palmer

My personal definition of confidence is to keep believing that the stars in the solar system are actually watching and applauding you.

~ Johnnie Dent Jr.

If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.

~ Ilie Nastase

To country people Cows are mild,And flee from any stick they throw;But I’m a timid town bred child,And all the cattle seem to know.

~ T.s. Eliot

Pride in office without competence is as much a sin as competence without confidence.

~ Peter Tremayne

If You believe in yourself you can reach everything you want.

~ Kees Broos

Surely it is the one who fears he is wrong who avoids criticism. The one who is sure he is right invites it. It only illuminates the strength of beliefs and makes them more available to others.

~ David L. Wolfe

It is common knowledge among psychologists that most of us underrate ourselves, short-change ourselves, sell ourselves short. Actually, there is no such thing as a superiority complex. People who seem to have one are actually suffering from feelings of inferiority; their superior self is a fiction, a coverup, to hide from themselves and others their deep-down feelings of inferiority and insecurity.

~ Maxwell Maltz