Confidence Quotes

People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you've figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence. Don't be shy or feel intimidated by the experience. You may face some unexpected criticism, but be prepared for it with confidence.

~ Jack Canfield

As a direct line to human feeling, empathic experience, genuine language and detail, poetry is everything that headline news is not. It takes us inside situations, helps us imagine life from more than one perspective, honors imagery and metaphor - those great tools of thought - and deepens our confidence in a meaningful world.

~ Naomi Shihab Nye

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.

~ Charley Pride

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

~ Richard Eyre

Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.

~ Pope John Paul Ii

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

~ Dale Carnegie

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear and superstition.

~ Bernard Beckett

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

~ Norman Vincent Peale

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

~ Aristotle

A lot of people would say 'sexy' is about the body. But to me, 'sexy' is a woman with confidence. I admire women who have very little fear.

~ Allegra Versace

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

~ James Cash Penney

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

~ Tom Landry

I have always had confidence in our front line F.B.I. personnel as well as the F.B.I. leadership.

~ Tom Cotton

Once the public loses confidence in a president's leadership at a time of war, once they don't trust him anymore, once his credibility is sharply diminished, how does he get it back?

~ Robert Dallek

All our lives are enriched by the leadership and excellence and confidence of female athletes, whether the Mia Hamms and Maya Moores we know or the field hockey, lacrosse and track and field athletes we do not necessarily know.

~ George Vecsey

For so many years, I felt so insecure, so inferior, and I still have those moments, but I have a newfound confidence since I got in shape and changed my diet.

~ Marc Jacobs

The confidence is really driven by the woman - whether she can have the confidence that there will be enough earning or income to finance all the domestic spending - but also by the middle-income class, which for many Asian countries has become the growth power for the economy.

~ Sri Mulyani Indrawati

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

~ Marcus Garvey

There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.

~ Orison Swett Marden

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

~ Desmond Tutu

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.

~ Jim Demint

When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming.

~ Della Reese

I have always loved fashion because it's a great way to express your mood. And I'm definitely a shoe lover. The right pair of shoes can change the feel of an outfit, and even change how a woman feels about herself. A woman can wear confidence on her feet with a high stiletto, or slip into weekend comfort with a soft ballet flat.

~ Fergie

A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders.

~ Pelé

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

~ Simon Sinek

Queen Paola and I will never forget the ties that have grown between the people and us during the course of the years. Thank you for your confidence, tokens of sympathy and support, sometimes even with a little criticism. We always loved you.

~ Albert Ii Of Belgium

Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.

~ Rosabeth Moss Kanter

AT&T Park, chalk it up. This is a great pitcher's park, great weather. It's a great place to pitch. It's all positive and no negative. You can go out and challenge guys. I've got the confidence to attack the strike zone and not nibble so much.

~ Tim Hudson

As a football team, you head into the season the same way with confidence and a positive mindset that you are going to win a bunch of football games.

~ Matthew Stafford

I always try to set a positive example for my generation and promote confidence.

~ Keke Palmer

If you tell your own story to your children - that includes your positive moments and your negative moments, and how you overcame them - you give your children the skills and the confidence they need to feel like they can overcome some hardship that they've felt.

~ Bruce Feiler

I've always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it's also been about confidence and faith.

~ Stephen Curry

There's a huge amount of faith and confidence in the stunt team.

~ Jason Statham

Working with Roshni gives me lot of confidence. When I started SSN - in 1994, after a windfall gain from HCL-HP then - I was OK to do it alone. My brother, who was supposed to head it, passed away. We had a governing council to run it. That was a leap of faith, and we didn't know where we will get.

~ Shiv Nadar

You need to develop, somehow, a huge amount of faith and confidence in yourself, because there's a lot of rejection throughout an actor's life and you have to believe in yourself more than anyone else.

~ Stephen Collins

Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.

~ Alberta Hunter

Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing.

~ Robert Collier

My dream job would be to design a sexy maternity collection, maybe also beautiful lingerie for expecting women. It's impossible to find nice sexy lingerie anywhere for pregnant or nursing women, which is when you actually need an extra boost of confidence and feel sexy.

~ Julia Restoin Roitfeld

The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people.

~ Paulo Freire

Give me your trust and confidence, knowing that what I seek is for the good of Fiji, for the good of us all.

~ Josefa Iloilo