Might could would-they are contemptible auxiliaries.
~ George Eliot
You've got to take the initiative and play your game ... confidence makes the difference.
~ Chris Evert
Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.
~ Penelope Keith
Self-trust is the first secret of success.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
~ Samuel Johnson
I felt a comedy ego beginning to grow which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for material.
~ Joan Rivers
My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
~ Wilma Rudolph
If there be a faith that can move mountains it is faith in one's own power.
~ Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
They are able because they think they are able.
~ Virgil
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.
~ Bruce Barton
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks on great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
~ Cicero
One's self-image is very important because if that's in good shape then you can do anything or practically anything.
~ Sir John Gielgud
I've never had a humble opinion in my life. If you're going to have one why bother to be humble about it?
~ Joan Baez
They conquer who believe they can.
~ John Dryden
The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.
~ Kathleen Turner
Women who are confident of their abilities are more likely to succeed than those who lack confidence even though the latter may be much more competent and talented and industrious.
~ Dr. Joyce Brothers
Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast a man consumed with earnestness of purpose with confidence in his powers with faith in the worthwhileness of his endeavors.
~ B. C. Forbes
Self-reverence self-knowledge self-control. These three alone lead to sovereign power.
~ Alfred
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
~ Helen Keller
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
~ John Milton
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.
~ Stephen Spender
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
~ Andrew Carnegie
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
~ Henry David Thoreau
The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.
~ François De La Rochefoucauld
The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world sees us.
~ Arlene Raven
Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself and you begin to follow your own instincts-only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied and when you are other people tend to be satisfied by what you do.
~ Raquel Welch
Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought and not as many of those who worry about their shortcomings believe an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.
~ Emily Post
There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem the more likely one will treat others with respect kindness and generosity. People who do not experience self-love have little or no capacity to love others.
~ Nathaniel Branden
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
~ Anthony Trollope
Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
~ Erich Fromm
He can inspire a group only if he himself is filled with confidence and hope of success.
~ Floyd V. Filson
A good sweat with the blood pounding through my body makes me feel alive revitalized. I gain a sense of mastery and assurance. I feel good about myself. Then I can feel good about others.
~ Arthur Dobrin
Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
~ Honoré De Balzac
Measure yourself by your best moments not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression.
~ Robert Johnson
Oftentimes nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on what is just and right and well-managed.
Confidence ... is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life.
~ John Dewey
The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.
~ Arnold Bennett
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
~ William Jennings Bryan
Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest the more strongly you cultivate this belief the more will reality and the world go forth from it.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.
~ Ann Landers
