Confidence Quotes

‘Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.’ – Norman Vincent Peale

‘Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.’ – Helen Keller

‘All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.’ – Mark Twain

‘Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.’ – Ann Landers

‘I think the confidence that I have right now is something that was created by the fans who love me.’ – G-Dragon

‘Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.’ – Colin Powell

‘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

‘Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.’ – Lao Tzu

‘You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

‘As long as you keep going, you’ll keep getting better. And as you get better, you gain more confidence. That alone is success.’ – Tamara Taylor

‘Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.’ – Marie Curie

‘When I take good care of myself, it lifts my spirits, boosts my confidence, and makes me feel strong. When someone tries to throw me shade, it bounces right off. I look those haters straight in the eye, keep my chin up and shoulders back. Because I know I’m a fierce queen – and they know it, too.’ – Alyssa Edwards

‘Confidence comes from discipline and training.’ – Robert Kiyosaki

‘Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.’ – Martin Luther

‘If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.’ – Marcus Garvey

‘When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.’ – Joe Namath

‘Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.’ – Baruch Spinoza

‘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

‘Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.’ – George Washington

‘Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up on yourself.’ – Khalid

‘A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I’m doing. It’s not always winning. People, I think, mistake that it’s just winning. Sometimes it could be, but for me, it’s hitting the best sets I can, gaining confidence, and having a good time and having fun.’ – Simone Biles

‘Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It’s black and white – dramatic. You have to be strong.’ – Catherine Zeta-Jones

‘Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.’ – Oswald Chambers

‘Confidence is key – once you have that, you are unstoppable.’ – Timothy Weah

‘If a man has been his mother’s undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.’ – Sigmund Freud

‘Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess.’ – Sabrina Carpenter

‘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

‘Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.’ – Zig Ziglar

‘I’ve learned to ignore the negative people and just be a living example of confidence and self-love.’ – Khoudia Diop

‘Power without a nation’s confidence is nothing.’ – Catherine the Great

‘The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.’ – Blake Lively

‘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

‘I’ll never tell a lie. I’ll never make a misleading statement. I’ll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I’ll never avoid a controversial issue.’ – Jimmy Carter

‘It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.’ – Epicurus

‘There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.’ – Adam Peaty

‘When you look good, you feel good. Confidence with what you’re wearing is very important. If you feel good, you will always perform your best without worrying about anything.’ – Maria Sharapova

‘Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.’ – Vince Lombardi

‘Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.’ – Franklin D. Roosevelt

‘Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself.’ – Potter Stewart

‘Find the confidence in whatever way you can to just keep moving onto the next page. The only way you will finish projects and get better is to keep moving forward.’ – Charles Forsman

‘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.’ – Pele

‘Confidence literally starts from yourself. You have to go look in the mirror at yourself. If you don’t like what you see, you’re going to give off that energy.’ – Megan Thee Stallion

‘The great gift of Easter is hope – Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake.’ – Basil Hume

‘Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.’ – George Herbert

‘It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.’ – Lillian Hellman

‘I have good and bad days like everyone else. I just try to be positive and surround myself with great people. When I think about all the great things and people I have had in my life, that gives me confidence.’ – Jessica White

‘When you win, you don’t get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.’ – Diego Maradona

‘Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure.’ – Gary Ryan Blair

‘Developing a resiliency, a grit, a level of poise, a composure, a level of perspective, confidence, courage, compassion. These are all things you can work on daily.’ – Aaron Gordon

‘I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you’ve done.’ – Robert Downey, Jr.

‘Mentally strong people overcome setbacks with confidence because adversity only makes them better.’ – Amy Morin

‘Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don’t do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals.’ – John H. Johnson

‘There’s a huge amount of faith and confidence in the stunt team.’ – Jason Statham

‘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

‘I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.’ – Anna Freud

‘A fit body gives you confidence. And there’s nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you’ll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.’ – Virat Kohli

‘As is our confidence, so is our capacity.’ – William Hazlitt

‘Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone… Bad food is fake food… food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people’s ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives.’ – Anthony Bourdain

‘If you’re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.’ – Katy Perry

‘You gotta have confidence in yourself first before anybody else will. I’ve always had that.’ – Jayson Tatum

‘Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.’ – Brian Tracy

‘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

‘Confidence doesn’t come out of nowhere. It’s a result of something… hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.’ – Roger Staubach

‘Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.’ – Nas

‘Obviously I speak English well, that was not a major problem for me, but it’s always different the confidence you have speaking your own language.’ – Ruben Dias

‘Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.’ – Charles Stanley

‘Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.’ – Arnold Palmer

‘The people no longer has confidence in its former protectors, now its exploiters and executioners. The masks have fallen.’ – Jose Rizal

‘I think an eyebrow can change the way you feel. It changes everything about your confidence.’ – Anastasia Soare

‘If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.’ – Abraham Lincoln

‘I think the sexiest thing about a woman is confidence, but confidence in a humble way, not in an arrogant way. Sense of humor is definitely important. And sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around.’ – Victoria Beckham

‘Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.’ – Stan Smith

‘Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.’ – Barbra Streisand

‘I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.’ – Francois Rabelais

‘You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.’ – Rosalynn Carter

‘Greed is the lack of confidence of one’s own ability to create.’ – Vanna Bonta

‘Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.’ – Charles Darwin

‘Confidence is everything. Confidence is what makes that simple white tee and jeans look good.’ – Ciara

‘When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.’ – Mary Frances Berry

‘When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.’ – Niccolo Machiavelli

‘Confidence is not, ‘They will like me’. Confidence instead is, ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t’.’ – Christina Grimmie

‘I’m not really into style. I’m more into confidence or having something to say.’ – Virgil Abloh

‘We must confront any situation, however difficult it may be, with courage, faith, serenity, confidence and a lot of mental strength.’ – Seve Ballesteros

‘The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.’ – Robert Hughes

‘Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.’ – Nicole Scherzinger

‘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

‘Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.’ – Mary Kay Ash

‘Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.’ – Michelle Obama

‘Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.’ – Adlai Stevenson I

‘My saying is, ‘Cardio is confidence.” – Matt Hughes

‘Beauty has so many forms, and I think the most beautiful thing is confidence and loving yourself.’ – Kiesza

‘Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good.’ – Diane von Furstenberg

‘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

‘Confidence isn’t optimism or pessimism, and it’s not a character attribute. It’s the expectation of a positive outcome.’ – Rosabeth Moss Kanter

‘Go empower yourself. You need confidence because the one thing that bullying does is it belittles you, and it takes away your confidence, and nobody deserves that.’ – Bill Goldberg

‘Love who you are, embrace who you are. Love yourself. When you love yourself, people can kind of pick up on that: they can see confidence, they can see self-esteem, and naturally, people gravitate towards you.’ – Lilly Singh

‘The runway isn’t just about showing fashion, it’s about gaining confidence. And I really believe that once you’ve got your confidence, you can wear anything, you can do anything.’ – Ashley Graham

‘Believing in yourself and what you do is so important. It took me a long time to find that confidence. If you’re an artist and you’re taking risks, then you’re doing something right if some people don’t get it.’ – Kate Voegele

‘I am deeply honored by the trust the board has placed in me to lead Duke Energy. I have a high degree of confidence in the strength of our company’s leadership and dedicated employees.’ – Lynn Good

‘Muscles are fleeting. Bodies give out. But integrity, honor? The confidence to be oneself, to follow one’s heart? The compassionate drive to help others, even at great risk? That’s strength.’ – Marjorie Liu

‘Everybody can rock a bikini, swimsuit, unicorn onesie… whatever floats your boat. If you wear it with confidence, you will look hot.’ – Iskra Lawrence

‘Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals.’ – David A. Bednar

‘That arrogance of youth and that kind of ignorant confidence can get you through a whole lot of things, and then life does its stuff, and you get smashed around and beaten up. You get full of doubts, and you end up making a person out of those bits and pieces.’ – Robyn Davidson

‘Boxing is dangerous. Anything can happen, so you need supreme confidence. That’s why I represent myself like nobody can beat me, because I need to truly believe it.’ – Ryan Garcia

‘If you improve a teacher’s self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher’s overall effectiveness across the curriculum.’ – Elaine MacDonald

‘Confidence has a lot to do with interviewing – that, and timing.’ – Michael Parkinson

‘The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people.’ – Paulo Freire

‘The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.’ – James Madison

‘The benefits of prison education go beyond lowering recidivism rates and increasing post-release employment. It can also rekindle a sense of purpose and confidence.’ – Clint Smith

‘There is a fine line between faith and confidence. Confidence has a self-reliance. Faith is really about giving in.’ – Ramy Youssef

‘I know I will have good days and bad days but the positivity comes from the hard work that I put in, which then gives me the self-belief and confidence to give it everything.’ – Hardik Pandya

‘My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation.’ – Muhammad Ali Jinnah

‘I only cast the actors and actresses I fall in love with – truly having an emotion for them, an anticipation and enthusiasm when seeing them – and I believe that my emotional confidence in them blends into chemistry. It’s always been like that, and I hope I won’t be wrong in the future.’ – Luca Guadagnino

‘Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.’ – Diane Arbus

‘When you walk in a room, the room should feel that this guy’s different. What does he do? Who is he? And that’s confidence, not cockiness.’ – Rick Ross

‘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

‘He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.’ – B. C. Forbes

‘I think confidence is a true form of beauty.’ – Becky G

‘But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy.’ – Ho Chi Minh

‘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.’ – Jack Nicklaus

‘The power of cosmetics and the effect they can have on one’s happiness and confidence is very real.’ – Huda Kattan

‘Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.’ – Ben Jonson

‘I’ve always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence – qualities older women possess. They’ve been on the Earth a little longer. They’re more seasoned. They don’t play games. They know what they want, and they’re not afraid to tell you.’ – Taye Diggs

‘If you’re not playing with any confidence, then you’re not going to play well at all. You’ve always got to have that inner confidence, and that comes with the goals.’ – Jamie Vardy

‘That was my way of getting through difficult times of low confidence – hard work.’ – David Beckham

‘When you have confidence, you can do anything.’ – Sloane Stephens

‘All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.’ – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

‘Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.’ – Aristotle

‘When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.’ – Joe Paterno

‘The die is set and Malcolm will not escape for the foolish talk he spoke against his benefactor, such a man, is worthy of death, and it would have been so, were it not for Muhammad’s confidence that God would give him the victory over the enemies.’ – Louis Farrakhan

‘There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.’ – Johnny Unitas

‘Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity’s belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.’ – Nelson Mandela

‘I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves – that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness.’ – Giorgio Armani

‘The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.’ – Ralph Waldo Emerson

‘You’ve got to put in the work. And you’ve got to play with confidence. You’ve got to believe in yourself.’ – Paul Pierce

‘It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.’ – Rene Descartes

‘I feel comfortable in Spanish, I chat like a parrot, but I don’t have the confidence in Spanish that I do in English.’ – Sandra Cisneros

‘Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people’s criticisms, carry out your plan.’ – Paul J. Meyer

‘Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result.’ – Andrew Jackson

‘I’m currently single, so I want to have fun! As for what guys need to do to date out of their league, it’s all about the swagger. If you have confidence, you can get pretty much any girl.’ – Krysten Ritter

‘When your dad is your father, best friend and mentor, all in one, it’s hard to explain what he brings. He brings confidence and self-awareness through my game, on and off the court. I’m blessed to have him.’ – Jae Crowder

‘Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.’ – James Cash Penney

‘I feel like, even if something goes wrong, I have confidence in myself and my team that we’ll fix it.’ – Patrick Mahomes

‘Great leaders don’t need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.’ – Simon Sinek

‘Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.’ – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

‘For goalkeepers, confidence comes from games and minutes. So whenever someone gives you an opportunity or shows faith in you, it always gives you a boost.’ – Iker Casillas

‘Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.’ – William Pitt

‘Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.’ – Hedy Lamarr

‘An interesting life could always use a little seduction, confidence, ambition, and danger.’ – Jim Sarbh

‘I don’t even know how to speak up for myself, because I don’t really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice. And if you’re always the new kid, you never get a chance to adapt, so your confidence is just zilch.’ – Eminem

‘Listen, if you don’t talk big game, you never get anywhere. If you don’t think big, you don’t get big. Some people call it egotistical, some people call it high hopes, some people call it confidence. It’s all in how you want to dissect it.’ – Vanilla Ice

‘People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.’ – Friedrich Nietzsche

‘When I’m out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I’m doing.’ – Tom Brady

‘I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.’ – Robert E. Lee

‘A master performer like Bill Clinton never lost sight of the fact that as president he had to project confidence and power, but if he was speaking to a group of autoworkers he would adjust his accent and his words to fit the audience, and do the same for a group of executives.’ – Robert Greene

‘I couldn’t think of anything worse than getting naked in front of the entire world, it must take a lot of confidence to do it.’ – Miquita Oliver

‘I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you’re doing. You have to be a salesman, and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you’re trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.’ – Phil Jackson

‘I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities.’ – Tina Fey

‘If you’re comfortable with yourself, then you’ll look beautiful. If you’re not feeling comfortable with yourself, than that kind of shows. I think that as cheesy as the pageant industry can be seen at times, it actually does help women – boosting their confidence and growing into their own. I have to give it credit for that.’ – Olivia Culpo

‘To me, beauty is confidence. I think beauty comes from one’s confident inner self and attitude. Make-up and styling are the cherries on top of your beautiful inner-self!’ – Lisa

‘I love the confidence that makeup gives me.’ – Tyra Banks

‘Community service has taught me all kinds of skills and increased my confidence. You go out there and think on your feet, work with others and create something from nothing. That’s what life’s all about.’ – Andrew Shue

‘You just have to be yourself and go full with confidence and be courageous.’ – Gabby Douglas

‘Confidence is a funny thing, and sometimes that’s all you need is just that little bit to elevate you to the next level.’ – DeAndre Yedlin

‘It is important for a team to have a goalkeeper who gives us serenity and confidence.’ – Marquinhos

‘It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients.’ – Ivan Pavlov

‘Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I’ve played. He’s a very complex character. He knows that he’s a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he’s full of confidence – but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease.’ – Sean Bean

‘We must always strive for greater heights at the town council level to continue building the public’s confidence in alternate political leaders.’ – Pritam Singh

‘I think you create the pressure yourself through lack of preparation and confidence.’ – Jude Bellingham

‘I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.’ – Shakira

‘Self-defence helps with your confidence, and if you ever find yourself in that type of situation, you are more physically capable.’ – Cobie Smulders

‘Only when all children are in a book-loving environment will they achieve literacy, yes, but a lot more: a confidence in handling abstract ideas, an understanding of a multiplicity of viewpoint and the complexity and diversity of human interaction that comes through reading widely and often.’ – Michael Rosen

‘The inner confidence in knowing who you are, believing in your dreams, and following your heart, is what make you radiate from within.’ – Heart Evangelista

‘Sports build good habits, confidence, and discipline. They make players into community leaders and teach them how to strive for a goal, handle mistakes, and cherish growth opportunities.’ – Julie Foudy

‘Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don’t think the press has understood me.’ – Lyndon B. Johnson

‘A lot of performance is based on confidence, knowing what you’re doing, and being familiar, and not thinking too much and trying to play at confident game speed.’ – Bill Belichick

‘My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.’ – Taylor Swift

‘My father is a master in karate. He always taught me the philosophy of Karate. When I’m talking about philosophy, I mean respect to willpower, self confidence. Those qualities, I think it’s very important, not just for fighting, but for any person.’ – Lyoto Machida

‘I’d never played on a team until high school. It gave me a sense of belonging, a focus, and helped build my confidence. I liked the feeling of accomplishment and the respect. Sports ideally teach discipline and commitment. They challenge you and build character for everything you do in life.’ – Howie Long

‘For me, it’s always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it’s only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.’ – Aaron Rodgers

‘I have an incredible confidence in the resilience of the human spirit and the creative ability of the Holy Spirit. So, if you can get people asking the right questions, it really will start moving in the right direction.’ – Erwin McManus

‘By letting go of my fears and concerns, I’ve gained so much happiness and freedom. With that freedom I’ve also gained confidence.’ – Sabrina Claudio

‘The level of confidence women are able to build in women-only groups is important.’ – Mae Jemison

‘As a quarterback, you have to have a short memory. Don’t lose your confidence, and stay within yourself. Don’t try to do too much.’ – Bill Cowher

‘When you continue to perform, your confidence level increases dramatically.’ – Babar Azam

‘After every good win, you build momentum and confidence.’ – Evan Fournier

‘From its onset, the labor movement has been at the forefront of the fight to improve working conditions and workplace safety. At the local level, knowing their union has their back gives workers the confidence and support they need to stand up and report harassment, poor working conditions, or workplace safety violations.’ – Jan Schakowsky

‘Believing in yourself and having confidence gives you outer strength.’ – Nikki Bella

‘You can’t teach talent. You can’t put in what God left out – but you can teach confidence.’ – Gloria Naylor

‘The consciousness of knowing how to make oneself useful, how to help mankind in many ways, fills the soul with noble confidence, almost religious dignity.’ – Maria Montessori

‘My style has changed and evolved mainly because I’ve grown to have more confidence in myself.’ – Kevin Durant

‘My confidence was more of a fake-it-until-you-make-it kind of thing. I tried to build my own confidence and not rely on the opinions of others.’ – Winnie Harlow

‘I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.’ – Barbara Jordan

‘Paul Goldschmidt, who gave me the confidence to lead as one of the game’s greatest players, acknowledged that what I had to say was valuable to my teammates and crucial to winning.’ – J. D. Martinez

‘You should be relaxed before taking the free kick. You should have confidence in your ability and happiness that you are going to score a goal.’ – Roberto Carlos

‘Everyone deserves to have confidence in their drinking water.’ – Roy Cooper

‘As a leader, these attributes – confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense – are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone.’ – Heather Bresch

‘The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile.’ – Julie Bishop

‘I taught myself confidence. When I’d walk into a room and feel scared to death, I’d tell myself, ‘I’m not afraid of anybody.’ And people believed me. You’ve got to teach yourself to take over the world.’ – Priyanka Chopra

‘You learn so much about how far you can push yourself and what you can do. How an experience like Antarctica helps you, it boosts your confidence.’ – Ben Fogle

‘Being funny, it turns out, is like being a bank. It’s a confidence trick. As long as everyone believes in you, you are fine.’ – Evan Davis

‘Every time I get in the McLaren I feel more comfortable, my confidence increases and I feel more at home with the team.’ – Lando Norris

‘The more we refuse to buy into our inner critics – and our external ones too – the easier it will get to have confidence in our choices, and to feel comfortable with who we are – as women and as mothers.’ – Arianna Huffington

‘I’ve always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.’ – Eddie Murphy

‘Confidence is the biggest swag, and that comes with success, which is subjective.’ – Badshah

‘It’s important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally, when you are at the top, people say everything is fantastic. Probably in that moment it is what you want to hear, but it’s best to be reminded how to act properly.’ – Rafael Nadal

‘Once you work and work out as hard as I do, you gain confidence and it translates to the game.’ – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

‘Sanjeev Kumar is one actor whose performances have inspired me. The way he looked and the way he performed are two different things. That gives me a lot of confidence that look and all do not always matter.’ – Pratik Gandhi

‘The more experience you have, the more confidence you get and the more ready you are.’ – Robert Kubica

‘Women are always told, ‘You’re not going to make it, its too difficult, you can’t do that, don’t enter this competition, you’ll never win it,’ – they need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on.’ – Zaha Hadid

‘You’ve always got to have that inner confidence in you. That’s where it all starts. You’re gong to have good days, you’re going to have bad days. You’ve got to have the same desire and try to get better each day.’ – Scott Tolzien

‘The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.’ – Oscar de la Renta

‘Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.’ – David Storey

‘Lower stress equals a calmer approach at the plate. Calm equals a still head, allowing us to see the ball better. Confidence and relaxation; the hitter’s Holy Grail.’ – Gabe Kapler

‘It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook.’ – James Keller

‘Along with age comes more confidence, so it kind of works out.’ – Leslie Mann

‘You must have confidence in your competence.’ – Elijah Cummings

”Attaboys’ help people. I am huge on attaboy. Confidence is the great ingredient to living and art, with fidelity to self. It’s so important to surround yourself with people who give you confidence.’ – Jeffrey Tambor

‘I had a teacher when I was in college, and he was the first person who liked my photos and said, ‘The way you look at girls is your own way of seeing.’ He was the first person who really gave me the confidence to try something.’ – Sofia Coppola

‘In life, an abundance of confidence gives us higher motivation, persistence, and optimism and can allow us to accomplish things we otherwise might not have undertaken.’ – Whitney Tilson

‘At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight each other to the death.’ – Klaus Fuchs

‘Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.’ – Karl Barth

‘Fear of failure is caused by lack of self-esteem and confidence. Dealing with fear is the key to super success.’ – Dan Pena

‘I still refer to myself as a ‘cheerleader’ because I keep encouraging others to have confidence and to use their talents to follow their dreams. It’s been one of the most important reasons for my success and my helping others succeed.’ – Richard M. DeVos

‘I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It’s got the market. It’s got consumer confidence and it’s got banks throwing – I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.’ – Jack Welch

‘In boxing, Mike Tyson fascinates me. The attitude and confidence that he could not be beaten when he was heavyweight champion of the world was interesting. He came across as very mild-mannered, and much of what he said made sense.’ – Andrew Flintoff

‘We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.’ – Lester B. Pearson

‘Fitness gives you confidence, and if you’re fit, you don’t have to wonder whether you’ll last the 90 minutes.’ – Niko Kovac

‘As long as the ball is thrown by a human being, I have the confidence to hit any pitch, no matter how fast it comes.’ – Ichiro Suzuki

‘Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.’ – Dwight D. Eisenhower

‘Even when I’m playing someone named ‘Fat Amy.’ I’m all about confidence and attitude.’ – Rebel Wilson

‘Every day, women and girls are finding incredible confidence and taking risks. When they change one mind, pretty soon, they have changed one tradition. That changed tradition has changed a village. That one village has changed a country. That new reality means new opportunities for themselves and their daughters.’ – Jill Biden

‘I’ve refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I’ve gotten more confidence, and I’ve gotten more determination. I’ve got a better idea what I’m doing out there.’ – Randy Johnson

‘If you’ve got the confidence and the work ethic, you can make any dream come true.’ – Bret Hart

‘When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.’ – Zlatan Ibrahimovic

‘If my parents were still alive, they would be very proud. They gave me a good start in life, the values that have driven me, and the confidence to believe in myself.’ – Alex Ferguson

‘In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.’ – Gerald R. Ford

‘You just go in and play with confidence and try to come out with a victory. That’s the goal.’ – Lamar Jackson

‘Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing.’ – Robert Collier

‘Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.’ – Jessica Williams

‘I liked sports but I never really had the confidence. I was always coordinated and it came easy to me, but I didn’t have the confidence to go along with the physical skill.’ – Bradley Cooper

‘Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.’ – Michel de Montaigne

‘Being sexy, to me, is possessing the full package: the brains, the drive, inner confidence, spiritual foundation, a positive attitude, proceeding through obstacles, making a positive contribution to the world, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.’ – Mya

‘The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick.’ – Angela Carter

‘I feel confidence in myself, but at the same time there’s these cracks in the facade and those little things underneath that are unstable.’ – Pete Wentz

‘Confidence is not the same as self-esteem.’ – Katty Kay

‘For me, drag is about two things – confidence and glamour. Drag is about using artiface and illusion to tap into the self-confidence we all have. And glamour is about taking what you have naturally and showcasing in a way that makes you feel good. It’s truly a practice in faking it until you make it.’ – Violet Chachki

‘If you keep proving stuff that others have done, getting confidence, increasing the complexities of your solutions – for the fun of it – then one day you’ll turn around and discover that nobody actually did that one!’ – Richard P. Feynman

‘To have faith doesn’t mean you get any less frustrated when you don’t do your best, but you know that it’s not life and death. Take what you’re given, and when you continue to work hard, you will see results. That will give you the confidence you need to keep going.’ – Tom Lehman

‘I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.’ – Mr. T

‘This feels like a new start for me because it is my first two-year deal, a long-term project in F1. People sometimes underestimate how important that is for a driver to perform. To have that confidence, that support, that mutual trust.’ – Carlos Sainz Jr.

‘When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she’s on the slide. It’s downhill all the way from then on. It doesn’t give you a tremendous feeling of confidence and well-being.’ – Lauren Bacall

‘I did improv in junior high school. Figuring out my comedic timing helped my confidence in talking to the bullies and talking to people in class. If I could make them laugh, then I was in; I was OK.’ – Josh Groban

‘You go through slumps. The shot feels good in practice and looks good and for whatever reason in the game, they’re in and out. Sometimes it gets frustrating, but for me, I’ve played in the league long enough to know you just have to put in the work in practice and shoot with confidence, shoot your way out of it.’ – Gordon Hayward

‘Positive energy is meant to give people confidence and hope, encourage people to love their country, society and life, as well as to pursue nice things. Everything we do is ultimately for the sake of spreading positive energy.’ – Lu Wei

‘As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.’ – Bear Grylls

‘The affairs of America I shall ever look upon as my first business whilst I am in Europe. Any confidence from the king and ministers, any popularity I may have among my own countrymen, any means in my power, shall be, to the best of my skill, and till the end of my life, exerted in behalf of an interest I have so much at heart.’ – Marquis de Lafayette

‘Very few males have the confidence to appear vulnerable.’ – Sally Mann

‘I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.’ – Jane Fonda

‘When you’re on a win streak, your confidence is high, and it means everything in your camp has been working and it means you’re on the right track.’ – Cub Swanson

‘To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.’ – Fred Durst

‘The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public’s confidence in corporate America.’ – Robert Mueller

‘The world isn’t one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority.’ – Rory Stewart

‘The most beautiful women in the world, I find, are those who have inner confidence.’ – Karren Brady

‘You tell your kids that no matter what, you set your goals and you go for them. Whatever it is you achieve, never give up. You want your kids to have that good attitude, the confidence, and the will power to believe in themselves.’ – Joel Parkinson

‘Having the ability to walk to the grocery store, ride my bike miles away to a friend’s house, and spend most of the day unsupervised gave me confidence in myself. But I don’t give my daughter that same freedom, and I never have, because I fear the possible repercussions.’ – Stephanie Land

‘Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence.’ – George Clinton

‘It is an honor and a privilege to be of service and support; however, I realize people are not putting their confidence in me. Instead, they are actually learning to trust themselves. My job is to affirm and support them in the process and teach them to do what I do when I need strength: I begin within.’ – Iyanla Vanzant

‘You always get things that teach you and steps to grow, but there is a confidence that is gained and a deep understanding of what it means to be supported by your knowledge – not by some team that is there to create confidence; it is there within you. That takes time. That takes teachers. That takes taking risks.’ – Sharon Lawrence

‘With silly stuff, it’s seventy-five percent confidence. I always tell people that it’s because I’m nervous about getting that next laugh and I need to hear it. I always want to condense a joke.’ – Tim Vine

‘Confidence is very sexy. You could be not cute at all and have such confidence.’ – Kirsten Dunst

‘If you wish to strengthen your confidence in God still more, often recall the loving way in which He has acted toward you, and how mercifully He has tried to bring you out of your sinful life, to break your attachment to the things of earth and draw you to His love.’ – Alphonsus Liguori

‘Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.’ – Lao Tzu

‘Confidence is on one side of the line, and self-belief is on another. People all think those are mixed up.’ – Tim Howard

‘My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.’ – Barbara Corcoran

‘I can tell women’s confidence levels rise when they wear heels.’ – Eric Mabius

‘Every day, every one of us sets the stage for our sentiment, our confidence, and our success by getting dressed. When you feel great, when you feel your best, it opens up a world of possibility. Feeling confident and self-assured are important inputs into good days, successful days, and happy days.’ – Katrina Lake

‘I feel that confidence in women – especially young girls of color – but women, in general, is so important. It is so important for us to arm ourselves and become powerful at a very young age.’ – Viola Davis

‘Confidence is everything in this business.’ – Reese Witherspoon

‘I have confidence in mining. I see exciting opportunities in it.’ – Patrice Motsepe

‘With confidence, you have won before you have started.’ – Marcus Garvey

‘Injuries made people lose confidence in me, but I never lost confidence in myself.’ – Penny Hardaway

‘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

‘I loved the Sunday funnies, and then, as I got a little bit older, I think my dad recognized that it was important for children, and especially girls, to have that time with their dad so that they could help develop their confidence and their critical thinking skills.’ – Dana Perino

‘Makeup does a lot for your confidence. When I put makeup on, I walk taller. I smile more. I feel good. I know I look prettier. Even if I just put day makeup on.’ – Maye Musk

‘I just love it when the chefs start to gain in confidence and it gets really exciting.’ – Monica Galetti

‘Wherever I get it, I feel like if I’m open, I’m going to shoot it. Because my confidence is real high, and I feel if my defender’s too tight, I can drive by him and try to get a bucket.’ – Buddy Hield

‘The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members.’ – Georg Simmel

‘Confidence alone does not make peace, but acknowledging rights and confidence do. Failure to recognize these rights creates a sense of injustice; it keeps the embers burning under the ashes.’ – Yasser Arafat

‘Love means that everything is right with the world. Love and only love. Love means that you are content within your own heart and in the presence of the person that you love, who fills your day and makes you stronger and wiser, and gives you the confidence to go out into the world. Love is just the most beautiful, joyous feeling.’ – Pierce Brosnan

‘History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.’ – John le Carre

‘When you have a lot of confidence and you feel like nobody can beat you, it’s game over for everyone else.’ – Jason Day

‘The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.’ – Felix Frankfurter

‘Nothing gives a person more confidence… than to be zipped snugly inside a bee suit.’ – Sue Hubbell

‘I don’t drive by the seat of my pants and happen to win races. I work very hard to interpret the data and drive a certain way. My engineers have confidence in me, and more often than not, when I tell them what I need or what I am feeling with the car, it’s right.’ – Lewis Hamilton

‘Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.’ – Harry Houdini

‘We talk about physical stuff on the court, but most of basketball is mental. It’s about not letting your confidence waver. I think the best way to strengthen your mental state is just getting in the gym, just continuing to see yourself having success.’ – Breanna Stewart

‘Men secretly respect a woman who is strong, has confidence and has dreams of her own. There’s nothing more attractive to a man than a woman who has dignity and pride in who she is.’ – Sherry Argov

‘When I step forward on the floor, I have the confidence that I’m the best player playing that night and that I am the most prepared at what I need to be doing.’ – Stephen Curry

‘Well, I was coming off of being on ‘Law & Order,’ and I was a little worried that it might be the end of my career – I’ve never been one of those actors with a lot of confidence that the next good job will come along.’ – Jeremy Sisto

‘The more you practice tolerating discomfort, the more confidence you’ll gain in your ability to accept new challenges.’ – Amy Morin

‘The creative people I admire seem to share many characteristics: A fierce restlessness. Healthy cynicism. A real world perspective. An ability to simplify. Restraint. Patience. A genuine balance of confidence and insecurity. And most importantly, humanity.’ – David Droga

‘To be a Hottie you gotta have a lot of self-love, a lot of confidence, you gotta be able to put your foot down. Hotties are supposed to turn other people into Hotties too. If you see someone that’s not quite confident, you gotta be the Hottie to gas up your friend.’ – Megan Thee Stallion

‘I think there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance.’ – Andrew Scheer

‘I often find it’s just the confidence that makes you sexy, not what your body looks like. It’s how you feel about yourself that makes you sexy.’ – Queen Latifah

‘When I started getting in front of the camera a lot, I think my confidence started to come out.’ – Kendall Jenner

‘I got all the confidence in the world in my game.’ – Ja Morant

‘When someone endorses a fixed mindset, it can limit them, even if they’re successful at the moment, because if they start struggling and tumbling, they can lose their confidence, but also, they may not create a growth mindset environment for others.’ – Carol S. Dweck

‘I’ve been acting for 15 years now, and the more you do, the more confidence you get about ‘this is my career, and this is what I’m going to be doing.’ Since I’ve started coming to the States, I’ve had a really great response. It’s given me a lot of confidence to be more judicious about my own choices.’ – Tom Ellis

‘I am happy with my confidence level.’ – Sun Yang

‘Every job I took, I was deeply uncomfortable in terms of feeling unqualified. Every step, every risk I took, built confidence.’ – Amy Hood

‘I have great confidence in Taiwan’s democracy. I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights, and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan.’ – Chen Shui-bian

‘At a young age winning is not the most important thing… the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.’ – Arsene Wenger

‘Danger breeds best on too much confidence.’ – Pierre Corneille

‘Each day, you get an ounce more confidence. When we’re playing like we are, there’s no reason not to.’ – Drew Brees

‘Learning how to relive again on life’s terms sure doesn’t do much for your confidence. You have to kind of walk in faith that the next step is going to be just a little bit better than the last step.’ – Joe Nichols

‘I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.’ – Ben Whishaw

‘We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.’ – Epicurus

‘Courage is the birthplace of confidence.’ – Debbie Millman

‘The world is not going to fall as long as there is confidence in governments and in banking institutions and the financial system.’ – Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

‘I think naturally, if you’re an actor, there’s a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There’s boldness in being assertive, and there’s strength and confidence.’ – Bryan Cranston

‘If we live a sedentary life, you’re going to be depressed and lack confidence. So get out there and get active.’ – Jessie Pavelka

‘I beat myself up the whole time because I’m striving for something I’ll basically never achieve. I portray this image of confidence, of arrogance, and it’s not really me. I’m never satisfied, and I’m never content. It means I’m a bit of a mess some of the time.’ – Victoria Pendleton

‘Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.’ – Arnold Palmer

‘The wilderness rescued me. I have been shaped by my experiences in the great outdoors. Feeling comfortable in the wild gave me the confidence to be who I am, not who others want me to be.’ – Ben Fogle

‘I believe that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act must be reformed. We must improve the American public’s confidence in, and perception of, our national security programs, by increasing transparency, strengthening oversight, and safeguarding civil liberties.’ – Dutch Ruppersberger

‘Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.’ – Johnny Unitas

‘To me, the real opinion polls are the tangible facts: the growing creation of jobs, the number of planning permissions, the number of commercial vans being sold – the signs that the Irish people are regaining confidence.’ – Enda Kenny

‘Inner confidence is what makes us successful.’ – A’Lelia Bundles

‘We need democracy – but right now democracy needs us! It needs self-assured citizens who have confidence and drive, common sense and decency, and who show solidarity with others.’ – Frank-Walter Steinmeier

‘You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It’s human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.’ – Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

‘For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.’ – Baruch Spinoza

‘Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.’ – Henry Norris Russell

‘Coach Pederson, for me, the communication we have is clear, and it’s an open line. He really respects my opinion on plays. If I’m feeling something… he instills a lot of confidence in me. That is huge.’ – Carson Wentz

‘Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don’t think you can, you won’t.’ – Jerry West

‘The most important thing is to have opportunities and feel confidence in yourself.’ – Javier Hernandez

‘A confidence problem exists on the part of the people of the region who desire democratic rule in principle, but remain suspicious of both the fashion with which democratization is presented and the purposes of the democratic world.’ – Recep Tayyip Erdogan

‘With Nani, what struck me was his confidence. It has been a revelation. Nani, the most confident actor and it is a pleasure to work with him. Will do a film with him anytime given a chance.’ – Gautham Menon

‘You start off slowly, getting ‘better and ‘better, getting that confidence in yourself. It brought that out of me which I had inside but, you know, didn’t want to express it – but as a captain you have to.’ – Chris Gayle

‘It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.’ – Mark Twain

‘I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.’ – Arsenio Hall

‘I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and father.’ – Julian Fellowes

‘We need to restore the confidence in the country, first of all.’ – Rafik Hariri

‘Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.’ – Joe Paterno

‘I have a lot of confidence in my brother George.’ – Neil Bush

‘I’m so happy about Biden. I love a boring president. It’s such a relief. You just have so much more confidence in our government.’ – John Fetterman

‘Before the sacred, people lose all sense of power and all confidence; they occupy a powerless and humble attitude toward it. And yet no thing is sacred of itself, but by my declaring it sacred, by my declaration, my judgment, my bending the knee; in short, by my – conscience.’ – Max Stirner

‘The calmness and confidence I take into matches has an effect not only on our rivals but also on my team-mates, who are counting on me.’ – Manuel Neuer

‘I have no doubt that if confirmed, Judge Gorsuch would help to restore confidence in the rule of law. His years on the bench reveal a commitment to judicial independence – a record that should give the American people confidence that he will not compromise principle to favor the president who appointed him.’ – Neal Katyal

‘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

‘It is healthy to say, ‘Yes, I am a sinner,’ and to recognise that this should lead us to turn to God full of confidence in his love and mercy.’ – Basil Hume

‘Confidence is a huge turn-on, but I like a man who’s also kind and gentle. It’s sexy when a guy listens and can have a conversation or read a book – something different than just going out to the club.’ – Leah LaBelle

‘Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.’ – Steve Prefontaine

‘He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.’ – William Congreve

‘The cologne you pick should make you feel good when you go out with it. I think confidence comes across more than any other of our attributes.’ – Mark Ronson

‘I had this abundance of confidence in myself because I could do both: I was quite good at sport, and I think I was quite good at theatre.’ – Jacob Elordi

‘Confidence is something you’re born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.’ – Hedy Lamarr

‘If you play at Anfield, for me, it’s not a tactical game. It’s to play with confidence, to trust the players.’ – Thomas Tuchel

‘You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he’s showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it’s confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn’t feel like he deserves to be there.’ – Bruno Mars

‘I didn’t have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.’ – Meryl Streep

‘I have a job to do, and I have a lot of confidence in my abilities.’ – Kyriakos Mitsotakis

‘You have to go with the person who you have the most confidence in, the most consistent. And if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work, but I’m going down with that person.’ – Bill Belichick

‘It’s just about confidence and believing in your own ability. If you hit it over the wall, you’ve got every chance of it going in.’ – Kieran Trippier

‘I really feel that my fans have given me a lot of confidence.’ – Kim Petras

‘I gained a lot of confidence after ‘IP Man’ as being a true actor. I went on to tackle what it is an actor is supposed to do before a film. Do a lot of research, get into the character. That’s what I did with ‘Dragon.” – Donnie Yen

‘Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.’ – Baltasar Gracian

‘The Swimsuit competition hasn’t ever been about being sexy. It’s about showcasing your dedication to your health and fitness and how you exude confidence.’ – Shanna Moakler

‘I never had to look for confidence because I just wore what I wanted to wear. I would never wear anything to offend my husband or my mother, but outside of that, I always figured, I hope I’m not a rebel, and I hope everybody liked it. And if they didn’t like it, it really was not going to disturb me because it was their problem, not mine.’ – Iris Apfel

‘I’m an identical twin, and I felt that with my twin brother, we sort of formed this unassailable force, and it gave me the confidence to be different. Even if I was a goofball, my twin brother was a goofball with me, so I didn’t have to worry about fitting in as much. I was able to march to my own drummer.’ – Glenn Kelman

‘Style is the instrument you can pick back up when you want to regain some of the confidence you’ve lost.’ – Stacy London

‘We hear much of Bolshevism, much of labor unrest; at times, we hear the word ‘revolution.’ But these are but contagious diseases in the body of civilization, and I believe that the antitoxins of good cheer, mutual confidence, fairness and justice will ultimately cure these ills and make the world healthy and strong again.’ – Charles M. Schwab

‘When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I should be at forty-nine, what I now am.’ – Sarah Orne Jewett

‘This confidence is not something that happens overnight. I have been working on it for a long time. I look in the mirror and do affirmations: ‘You are bold. You are brilliant. You are beautiful.’ If my lower pooch is really popping out that day, I look at it and say, ‘Pooch, you are cute!” – Ashley Graham

‘Modeling and my films in the South helped groom me for Bollywood and I had the confidence it required.’ – Richa Pallod

‘And I think it’s because good cons are all based on the victim’s need, and the successful con artist is the one, I guess, who can exploit that. I remember reading something about this, that one of the great traits of confidence tricksters is the level that they flatter their victim.’ – Alfred Molina

‘Don’t let people steal your confidence and tell you what you can’t do because I’m living proof that you can overcome all the obstacles.’ – Rudy Ruettiger

‘One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when you’ve got somebody who’s raring to go and you can smell it and feel it, give ’em that shot.’ – Jack Welch

‘The three traits speculators must learn to manage within themselves are confidence, fear, and aggressiveness.’ – Larry Williams

‘I thought I was attractive when I shot ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding.’ Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence in my looks that was not shared by them. In other words, they labeled me with words like overweight, unattractive, unappealing.’ – Nia Vardalos

‘I think the main thing about football is confidence.’ – Jack Grealish

‘The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that’s an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence.’ – Douglas Dunn

‘Confidence comes by practice. It doesn’t happen overnight. Nothing happens without hard work.’ – Seve Ballesteros

‘Maintaining confidence in international trade will be critical to the broader economic recovery in the post-Covid world.’ – Liz Truss

‘I wrote ‘Fight Song’ as this declaration to believe in myself, and that is similar to what you are taught to believe in Girl Scouts. Building confidence. Building character. And above all else, being there for each other as a community.’ – Rachel Platten

‘I haven’t always been good at flirting, but I’ve learned that flirting is all about confidence. I don’t think it’s about being sexy at all; it’s just about having enough confidence to walk up to somebody and have a conversation with them.’ – Sevyn Streeter

‘When I was young, I read the Bible, and I already knew what it meant to be the good guy – and look what happened to Jesus. So, I already understood that you get ridiculed for telling the truth, and I’ve always been aware of that. But, I’m a guy with confidence, and I’m not afraid.’ – Damon Dash

‘Surround yourself with good people who support and love you. And have confidence in yourself and your abilities!’ – Kirstin Maldonado

‘Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there’s stress or tension, they won’t go out on a limb because they won’t want to embarrass themselves if they don’t feel completely comfortable.’ – Peter Farrelly

‘Of course, having that confidence of having the fans behind you in your hometown is always special.’ – Gail Kim

‘Pixar’s short films convinced Disney that if the company could produce memorable characters within five minutes, then the confidence was there in creating a feature film with those abilities in story and character development.’ – John Lasseter

‘The far right was on the march in the 1930s, and we defeated the fascists through a great united working-class effort. That sense of unity and strength is what gave people confidence to change things.’ – Ken Loach

‘Setting a goal, accomplishing it, and feeling good about yourself can help build confidence and perseverance.’ – Madison Keys

‘I really think that’s the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow.’ – Carol Moseley Braun

‘From any traumatic injury, you’re going to experience a lack of confidence. There’s a whole process you have to go through to break free of that.’ – Gretchen Bleiler

‘We have to make a bridge of confidence based on natural and elementary morality which corresponds to the natures of man and which would be respected by all men. I may be naive in this, but I think it is better to be naive than skeptical.’ – Dominique Pire

‘Your Majesty may rest assured about my conduct towards the Comtesse de Provence; I will certainly try and gain her friendship and confidence, without going too far.’ – Marie Antoinette

‘Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you’re confident even when you’re not.’ – Vanessa Hudgens

‘To be sure, the provision of liquidity alone can by no means solve the problems of credit risk and credit losses; but it can reduce liquidity premiums, help restore the confidence of investors, and thus promote stability.’ – Ben Bernanke

‘I’ve often noticed that there is a moment when a man develops enough confidence and ease in a relationship to bore you to death. Sometimes one hardly even notices it’s happened, that moment, until some careless remark arouses one’s suspicions.’ – Eve Babitz

‘I don’t know if I’m more confident than ever before, because I definitely had confidence when I was starting out. Maybe I have less confidence now that I did then.’ – Leonardo DiCaprio

‘Since the team understands that the leader is de facto in charge, in that respect, a leader has nothing to prove. But in another respect, a leader has everything to prove: Every member of the team must develop the trust and confidence that their leader will exercise good judgment, remain calm, and make the right decisions when it matters most.’ – Jocko Willink

‘Education gives girls the knowledge, experience, and confidence to play their rightful role in society.’ – Tedros Adhanom

‘I think my confidence stems from my honesty. I’m brutally honest – about everything and even myself. I tell it as I think it. I’m not politically correct. I’m definitely not diplomatic. I get bashed up for what I say, but I don’t know any other way.’ – Alia Bhatt

‘Performing in Detroit or performing in Chicago, you’re on your own turf, but when you tour a show, the audiences change. You’re in a completely different space; sensibilities change. I think I learned a lot from doing that – how written material works in different places, learning to have confidence, learning the idea of how to be adaptable.’ – Sam Richardson

‘People are really capable if you’re able to give them the confidence to get something done and paint the picture of where we need to go.’ – Lisa Su

‘The people I see be the most successful are the people who have an inner confidence and an inner strength that comes from the character they display away from the stage and from what their parents taught them.’ – Annaleigh Ashford

‘If I wanted to play soccer, I’d step out on that soccer field like I’m the best soccer player. Even though I don’t have that much experience, I always try to have that type of confidence in myself just to make people believe it.’ – Polo G

‘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

‘Hong Kong people say Hong Kong needs to preserve its uniqueness. I say Hong Kong’s uniqueness is in its diversity, its tolerance of difference cultures… China does not want to see Hong Kong in decline. I have full confidence in its future.’ – Jack Ma

‘I want to play in a club that gives me confidence.’ – Edinson Cavani

‘Showrunning is an arrogant job. You have to be arrogant and hold yourself strong in order for people to hear you. Confidence partners with arrogance. The only person you have to trust is yourself. The only instinct you can trust is your own.’ – Julie Plec

‘I wasn’t the prettiest girl in the room, but I learned to carry myself with confidence – that’s how you make the best impression on people.’ – Priyanka Chopra

‘People don’t realise how dyslexia affects your confidence and how brutal it can be. People think you’re dumb, and you know you’re not. it’s just how your brain works.’ – Kaya Scodelario

‘I have a lot of confidence in my game. I love to play with confidence, be aggressive, and that’s just how I’ve always done it.’ – Jordan Spieth

‘I haven’t seen a player in this game, as long as I’ve been in it, that can’t be pitched to… Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out.’ – Frank Robinson

‘When there’s ever a breakthrough, a true breakthrough, you can go back and find a time period when the consensus was ‘well, that’s nonsense!’ so what that means is that a true creative researcher has to have confidence in nonsense.’ – Burt Rutan

‘Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause.’ – Arthur Henderson

‘I think the most attractive thing for me when I meet a guy is confidence and him being comfortable in his own skin. I like someone who doesn’t need approval or validation.’ – Minka Kelly

‘If we despond, public confidence is destroyed, the people will no longer yield their support to a hopeless contest, and American liberty is no more. Through the darkness which shrouds our prospects, the ark of safety is visible. Despondency becomes not the dignity of our cause, nor the character of those who are its supporters.’ – Samuel Adams

‘Sometimes, for girls, it’s about building confidence and giving them a can-do attitude. It’s seeing role models, people like yourselves, doing those jobs and achieving them, just to say, ‘I can do that.” – Esther McVey

‘Through my education, I didn’t just develop skills, I didn’t just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence.’ – Michelle Obama

‘I used to say in the cabinet room, ‘confidence is not like a can of Popeye spinach – you can’t take the top off and swallow it down.’ You know, confidence has to be earned.’ – Paul Keating

‘If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.’ – Oswald Chambers

‘Confidence can be elusive because you don’t know you’ve lost it. It’s not something you can put your finger on.’ – Owen Farrell

‘At some point he seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall. He was still fighting as only Kasparov can, but I could see it in his eyes that he knew he wasn’t going to win one of these games.’ – Vladimir Kramnik

‘Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.’ – Tennessee Williams

‘For me, so far, confidence has been a journey, not a destination.’ – Jessica Williams

‘I think we are afraid to take up space. We are afraid to be amazing. As soon as that fear leaves us and we start building that confidence of being unapologetic about being great, then i think we can get into that space of having a lot of women leaders who are just fearless.’ – Zozibini Tunzi

‘I certainly don’t feel like I have the perfect body type… It’s through your own eyes. And for every female, you’re going to see flaws in that; you’re going to see flaws regardless. So for me, it’s just important to have that confidence and self-esteem no matter what body type you have.’ – Alex Morgan

‘Even when disco went out, I could still make hits. Once I had so much success, every idea became concentrated. I had so much confidence. I knew how the bass should sound, what rhythms would work. The tempos I knew: 110 to 120 BPM. I knew they would dance in the clubs in New York or anywhere.’ – Giorgio Moroder

‘The mark of our society as civilized will come when we embrace confidence in the power of redemption.’ – Greg Boyle

‘What’s beautiful about the actual acting class environment is that you can use it to push through everything: push your voice, push your inhibitions, push your fears, push your confidence, push your vulnerability, push your silences.’ – Dawn Olivieri

‘Some people confuse confidence with arrogance. There’s no doubt in the business world there are a few big egos and I think arrogance can get in the way. But if you have the confidence to go to your higher superior and say this is wrong, it can make a difference.’ – Ben Fogle

‘Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and the skin of an elephant.’ – Mira Nair

‘Confidence is one of those things that no one ever wants to talk about in this industry because confidence and ego run neck and neck. But you have to understand, those are things that you have to have in order to make it to where Edge has made it. You’ve got to have a certain amount of ego and confidence in yourself to get there.’ – Shawn Michaels

‘I’m no diva but I can be annoying in a recording studio. Of course I try to be a diva in terms of confidence of performance and owning a song but I’ve never behaved like one in terms of the negative connotations of the word.’ – Nicole Scherzinger

‘A good education gives you confidence to stick up your hand for anything – whether it is the job you want, or the bloke. And the more you stick up your hand, the better your chances are that you will get what you want.’ – Kate Reardon

‘You’ve got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.’ – Chris Evert

‘No politician in a European sense is happy with 26 million people unemployed. Nobody can be happy with 6 to 9 million young people unemployed. You have to give them hope and confidence and a sense of inspiration that the European process is actually about people, not about bureaucracy.’ – Enda Kenny

‘Princess Diana was a nice dancer because she had confidence. In fact, when we danced together she started to lead, and I looked her in eye and went, ‘No, you have to let me lead.’ So I grabbed her around the waist and we were off to the races.’ – John Travolta

‘My first impression when I made it through was ‘Good, because I’m going to prove to you that I deserve to be here’, because they told me that sometimes I lack confidence in my performance and sometimes I’m not as consistent as they’d like me to be.’ – Naima Adedapo

‘Modeling really helps me find my confidence and break out of my shell.’ – Jordyn Woods

‘Women were quite terrifying until I was older. I think that’s partly down to confidence.’ – Jimmy Carr

‘Confidence has nothing to do with a manner. Its to do with a belief that you can succeed at something.’ – Katty Kay

‘Lee Chung-yong has been playing well and trying hard at Bolton and has grown in confidence. His improvement is valuable for the national team.’ – Park Ji-sung

‘Whether it’s your personal life, your work life, your school life, your confidence, everything will fit once you believe in yourself.’ – Lizzie Velasquez

‘Sometimes you need a confidence boost in anything you do and it’s nice to get that from someone like Triple H.’ – Rhea Ripley

‘Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.’ – Tom Watson

‘If you ask any great player or great quarterback, there’s a certain inner confidence that you’re as good as anybody. But you can’t say who is the absolute best. To be considered is special in itself.’ – Dan Marino

‘I am not a dancer and for me, to learn the art is fun. It gives you the confidence that you can dance.’ – Siddharth Shukla

‘If I want to average 32 points a game, I can do that easily. It’s just eight, eight, eight, eight. No problem. I can do that anytime. That’s not being cocky. That’s confidence.’ – Patrick Ewing

‘Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.’ – Henry Campbell-Bannerman

‘I really thought I wanted to be a lawyer, but then I had an epiphany when I was in law school and dropped out. I’d always been a journalism junkie, but I’d never had confidence to think that I could actually edit or write the stories.’ – Jodi Kantor

‘Who do you know, who could come out on a flying carpet? P. Diddy standing at the bottom, come out like a concert, dancing, oozing confidence, and then get in and take somebody out? Come on, do you know anybody in the history of the sport that did what Prince Naseem did? I ain’t trying to brag, but I was bloody good at it.’ – Naseem Hamed

‘You need an over to get your confidence going.’ – Bhuvneshwar Kumar

‘I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.’ – Jeannette Walls

‘I have confidence that the Unitarian Church will steadily grow and will help to sustain many of my fellow citizens in these important days that lie ahead of us.’ – Leverett Saltonstall

‘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

‘I think my confidence came when I turned 30. I don’t know, something about turning 30 has been unbelievable. I just feel a sense of freedom.’ – Ali Krieger

‘Most of my memories of the Sixties are ones of optimism, high spirits and confidence.’ – Mary Quant

‘Football helped me with confidence that I needed. It gave me a sense of independence and earning my own money and my own keep. That’s what it served. It gave me the strength to be able to deal with rejection, politics, hard work, and being introduced to pain and embracing what’s uncomfortable.’ – John David Washington

‘In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody.’ – Gertrude Stein

‘Who is a professional? A professional is someone who has a combination of competence, confidence and belief. A water diviner is a professional. A traditional midwife is a professional. A traditional bone setter is a professional. These are professionals all over the world. You find them in any inaccessible village around the world.’ – Bunker Roy

‘DMK is the only political party that enjoys the confidence of the people.’ – Radha Ravi

‘One can’t be a successful investor without a healthy dose of confidence. To commit your own and others’ hard-earned capital requires conviction, and conviction requires confidence. But as with fine brandy or coffee ice cream, too much of a good thing can be problematic.’ – Whitney Tilson

‘Never underestimate the power of confidence. If you believe you’re the dopest thing walking, you might convince people of the same just because you’re so headstrong about it as a fact.’ – Luvvie Ajayi

‘Confidence was the backbone of my upbringing. I was an only child, so I was spoilt, loved, and given an enormous amount of confidence by my parents.’ – Miriam Margolyes

‘Just be confident. I think confidence is the most attractive part of a person.’ – Curtis Jackson

‘I think confidence is the most appealing quality in any human being or any artist; that’s what really attracts us to people.’ – Marilyn Manson

‘Since the commencement of 1830, I had been living with Mr. Joseph Travis, who was to me a kind master and placed the greatest confidence in me; in fact, I had no cause to complain of his treatment of me.’ – Nat Turner

‘I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but I’m always open to learning everybody’s style – the director, the actor I’m working with.’ – Freida Pinto

‘I am now the Wimbledon champion, and I think that gives me even more confidence coming to the Olympics. And maybe in some ways, it maybe takes some pressure off the Olympics, because I already did win at Wimbledon this year.’ – Roger Federer

‘Confidence, as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I loved cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved.’ – Haruki Murakami

‘Hip-hop is all about impact, baby. You can sell records, you can be two-times platinum, you can be gold… but if you lame, you lame, man. We try to provide the exact opposite of that. It’s style, individuality, confidence. We exude that.’ – Wale

‘I don’t even know how to speak up for myself, because I don’t really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.’ – Eminem

‘It’s always nice to be on the practice field because, ultimately, practice is the most important thing other than the game because that’s where you gain your confidence; that’s where you get your fundamentals.’ – Julian Edelman

‘It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.’ – Arthur Eddington

‘When I was at Hamburg, 17 or 18, Ruud van Nistelrooy signed, and he helped me a lot. He saw my first training session, and he talked to me. He told me I was a good player. He gave me confidence, and I want to thank him for that.’ – Son Heung-min

‘If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors.’ – Jason Statham

‘Believe in yourself, be persistent, and don’t let anyone break your confidence.’ – Naomi

‘I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.’ – Ian Mcewan

‘Even if it’s just the smallest thing, like what label I go by, I think to find the truth and express it with full confidence.’ – Eugene Lee Yang

‘The ultimate ground of faith and knowledge is confidence in God.’ – Charles Hodge

‘Bullies will attack your confidence, but you cannot let them kill your ambition.’ – Whitney Wolfe Herd

‘A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you’re prepared to take the risk of trying them out.’ – Brian Eno

‘When I was younger, I barely talked. I was scared of people. I had to learn how to cultivate that confidence.’ – Tiffany Haddish

‘Much before I entered films, my dad walked into my room and saw me busy drawing something at 3 A.M. He stood there for some time and said, ‘Whatever career choice you make, you are going to be successful.’ I’ll never forget those words. It gave me the confidence to be who I am today.’ – Allu Arjun

‘Sometimes, if you fake confidence long enough, you’re going to be confident.’ – Elle King

‘Female inferiority is internalised by us. Women need a lot more confidence.’ – Gloria Steinem

‘If I lose my confidence, then I’ll lose my way.’ – Kenny Omega

‘The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence.’ – Gail Porter

‘It’s true that love stories are my comfort zone, and the result that ‘Premam’ got has only boosted my confidence in trying films of this genre.’ – Naga Chaitanya

‘I was born with the confidence of an 89-year-old man. So it’s strange when people ask, ‘What’s it like being a female comedian?’ It never occurred to me that I’d be limited as a woman – that I couldn’t be a scientist, a doctor, or anything I wanted.’ – Katherine Ryan

‘In government institutions and in teaching, you need to inspire confidence. To achieve credibility, you have to very clearly explain what you are doing and why. The same principles apply to businesses.’ – Janet Yellen

‘Markets don’t like instability, investors shy away from uncertainty, and consumer confidence goes down in difficult times.’ – Richard Quest

‘Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.’ – Alphonsus Liguori

‘Having the strength to tune out negativity and remain focused on what I want gives me the will and confidence to achieve my goals.’ – Gisele Bundchen

‘My friends and I have always loved the Neutrogena brand and their ability to help inspire confidence. So when I found out I was actually going to be part of the Neutrogena family, I was really excited.’ – Miranda Cosgrove

‘Once you’re playing with a lot of confidence the bad shots don’t faze you.’ – Shane Lowry

‘Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Our political system promotes nepotism and wasting money. This has undermined our legal system and confidence in the functioning of the state. One of the consequences is that many citizens don’t pay their taxes.’ – George Papandreou

‘The main thing is confidence. I’m gaining more and more confidence to do whatever I want to do on the basketball court, whether it is shooting threes or sprinting to the rim and finishing or ball handling. I’m confident enough because I have worked on it that I am going to do the exact same things in the game.’ – Jimmy Butler

‘I have immense respect for anyone with a physical deformity and the courage and confidence it takes just to go out in the world.’ – Rachel Hollis

‘My confidence wavers between being genuine and being insecure.’ – Bob Saget

‘All my early lyrics were about confidence.’ – Skepta

‘I guess I always have confidence, just by the work I put in. In terms of shooting and getting my balance right and just getting my feet right so that I can make those shots when it’s harder and it’s like a hand up.’ – Jaren Jackson, Jr.

‘Explorations into chemistry were done in our basement, sometimes with friends, and my parents must have had quite a bit of confidence in my abilities when they allowed me to experiment with explosive mixtures.’ – Wolfgang Ketterle

‘Judges decide upon copyright law. They decide upon trademark law. They decide upon scientific issues. They decide upon very complex technical issues on a daily basis. So you must have confidence in the Supreme Court, that they will apply their mind and they will come out with a decision consistent with the Constitution.’ – Kapil Sibal

‘A few good words don’t just make your day but they also give the sense of belonging and confidence to take the next big step forward.’ – Ravi Shastri

‘I believe in the power of great clothing. It can evoke confidence, beauty, and a sense of glamour.’ – Tina Knowles

‘Our confidence in Tesla has grown as we’ve done research on what ride-sharing potentially could add. It could limit the risks significantly, it’s a much more profitable business than electric vehicles.’ – Cathie Wood

‘I have enough confidence at the moment to say that I have the potential to play at the same level as Arjen Robben or Franck Ribery.’ – Ryan Babel

‘When you have confidence, you do feel like you’re much younger.’ – Maye Musk

‘Ronald Reagan’s vision of smaller government, less taxes, and a strong national defense has led to a prosperous America. As president, he rebuilt our military and reinvigorated our confidence in ourselves.’ – David Vitter

‘No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.’ – Ansel Adams

‘Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.’ – Aimee Mullins

‘Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that pressure, it gives you more confidence the next year.’ – Tony Parker

‘The majority of guys that I’ve met, that I consider confident and sexy, are pretty well rooted in who they are. They know their values and their worth as a person. They know they are intelligent, caring men, and that generates confidence.’ – Stephanie Beatriz

‘That’s what fashion’s really about. Rocking whatever you wanna rock, embracing it and having confidence in it.’ – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

‘Confidence comes from within and as long as you are putting forth a respectable effort to take good care of yourself, you should feel confident about that path.’ – Stacy Keibler

‘My first word for the people of Brazil is the word ‘confidence.’ Confidence in the values that form the character of our people, the vitality of our democracy.’ – Michel Temer

‘To restore and keep the public’s confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.’ – John Lynch

‘In comic books, every character exists in this comic book world, and the wrestlers were the same thing. They were responsible for creating that world and putting it out there – having the confidence to go forward and do that and behave in a certain way.’ – The Ultimate Warrior

‘My faith is sort of where I got my confidence. And it was the confidence of, ‘It’s going to be what it’s going to be.” – Shawn Michaels

‘A lot of times when I was younger, whether it was in go-karting, or when I first started out in a new category, I would sit behind someone throughout a race. I didn’t have the confidence in that environment to take some risks.’ – Daniel Ricciardo

‘Well, it seems to me a scientist has need for both vision and confidence.’ – Harry Essex

‘Being a Victoria’s Secret Angel has really built up my confidence. It’s such an exciting thing to be able to do as a model. It’s the best thing you can possibly do. It’s such a special feeling that it’s something so hard to actually describe.’ – Stella Maxwell

‘If we focus on our health, including our inner health, our self-esteem, and how we look at ourselves and our confidence level, we’ll tend to be healthier people anyway, we’ll tend to make better choices for our lives, for our bodies, we’ll always be trying to learn more, and get better as time goes on.’ – Queen Latifah

‘I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.’ – Barry Zito

‘You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you’ll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.’ – Joe Paterno

‘All of us know that when the confidence of a private conversation is breached by a party with ulterior motives or one who simply misunderstands what the speaker says or means, the speaker can always be embarrassed.’ – Jeff Sessions

‘Enhancing a woman’s silhouette and enhancing a woman’s beauty – both contribute to enhancing her confidence, so they’re synonymous, really.’ – L’Wren Scott

‘Common sense would suggest that having ability, like being smart, inspires confidence. It does, but only while the going is easy. The deciding factor in life is how you handle setbacks and challenges. People with a growth mindset welcome setbacks with open arms.’ – Travis Bradberry

‘Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn’t getting any acting jobs.’ – Vin Diesel

‘I would hide behind my parents’ legs at social events, I was even shy in front of my sisters. I was a really, really ridiculously shy boy. But the one thing I took from my public school education was confidence.’ – Ben Fogle

‘Confidence is sexy. That’s what ‘Sports Illustrated Swim’ stands for. They have this movement where you can just be beautiful no matter what shape, what size, your height, your body type, your ethnicity.’ – Camille Kostek

‘The more I see, hear, and think in Europe, the more I wish for every measure that can ensure to the United States dignity, power, and public confidence.’ – Marquis de Lafayette

‘It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region.’ – Recep Tayyip Erdogan

‘Football helped me build confidence on and off the field and taught me to grow through moments of success and disappointment.’ – Ali Krieger

‘Confidence comes from other places, not just how you look.’ – Darcey Bussell

‘Take a martial art or a sport, something that gives you a skill, engages the body, and allows you the possibility of being great – or at least being active. You’ll find your confidence. Without it, you’re nothing. It’s the remedy for everything.’ – Jason Statham

‘Most of the stuff I try in a game, in the moment, I have supreme confidence I’m going to execute it.’ – Stephen Curry

‘One of the ways to make sure policies are more transparent and to help restore people’s confidence in politicians… is to ensure renewal at the highest level of office.’ – Pauline Marois

‘I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community spirit, a renewal of confidence in the future of our city and a revival of opportunity for all Chicago.’ – Jane Byrne

‘Americans reading the paper, listening to the news every single day, and all you hear is things are getting worse and worse. And that has a psychological effect on consumer confidence. That’s what consumer confidence is.’ – Howard Schultz

‘Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.’ – Marcus Tullius Cicero

‘I think at any point in your career as a creative, whether you’re an actor, writer whatever it’s a real turning point when someone who’s not you turns around and validates your work it gives you a lot of confidence.’ – Karla Crome

‘My confidence comes from my fights and my training.’ – Daniel Cormier

‘Ed Miliband’s anti-immigration stance is odd: it’s hard to vote for a man who doesn’t have the confidence to defend his own existence.’ – Frankie Boyle

‘I’m not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player’s ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence… I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.’ – Virat Kohli

‘My attitude is good because I’m a fierce competitor and I have all the confidence in the world that I can beat everybody else. That’s my attitude.’ – Justin Thomas

‘When I was 4 years old, my brother and sister died of hunger, so I achieved my success through confidence, self-motivation and my hard work.’ – Chen Guangbiao

‘When I started my career, I always had the confidence that I would one day make it, but I never imagined that I would reach the heights at which the public has placed me.’ – Vicente Fernandez

‘I always have confidence, whether I miss four in a row or make four in a row, that the next one’s going in. To a coach, sometimes that might not make sense.’ – Stephen Curry

‘I know what the narrative is on me. It’s because I come from money and I have a swagger and confidence about me.’ – Austin Rivers

‘The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying ‘Destiny.’ For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed.’ – Nastia Liukin

‘So with the young African artists. What they have to learn from tribal art is not how to copy the traditional forms, but the confidence that comes from knowing that somewhere inside them there should be the vitality which enabled their fathers to produce these extraordinary and exciting forms.’ – Henry Moore

‘On great teams – the kind where people trust each other, engage in open conflict, and then commit to decisions – team members have the courage and confidence to confront one another when they see something that isn’t serving the team.’ – Patrick Lencioni

‘Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.’ – Michel de Montaigne

‘Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.’ – Arthur Helps

‘What’s the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.’ – Terry Bradshaw

‘Confidence is a very fragile thing.’ – Joe Montana

‘National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.’ – Kofi Annan

‘Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.’ – George McGovern

‘It’s not a field, I think, for people who need to have success every day: if you can’t live with a nightly sort of disaster, you should get out. I wouldn’t describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that the ghosts you chase you never catch.’ – Michael Korda

‘The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub – he doesn’t try to do it all himself.’ – Burleigh Grimes

‘Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.’ – Virgil

‘We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.’ – Jacob Bronowski

‘I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.’ – Tom Landry

‘Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.’ – Samuel Johnson

‘The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.’ – Michel de Montaigne

‘People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.’ – Ovid

‘I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don’t who will?’ – Johnny Unitas

‘The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.’ – Bob Riley

‘If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.’ – Ilie Nastase

‘It is evident that not all people that have the confidence of the prime minister are the same ones that have the confidence of the head of state.’ – Jose Eduardo dos Santos

‘With new jobs, new ideas, and growing confidence that our brightest days lie ahead, Wisconsin is on the move.’ – Jim Doyle

‘I’m fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don’t have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with ‘It’s a masterpiece,’ and then tell me what you think could be changed.’ – Tim Robbins

‘Our cattlemen have given us the safest, most abundant, most affordable beef supply in the world and I trust their judgment. And if you look at consumer confidence in this country, so does the American public.’ – Norm Coleman

‘This is how I define grace: you’re on the main stage, and it looks like it has been rehearsed 100 times, everything goes so smoothly. That’s where I get my confidence and success, from knowing that I have an edge because I know I’m prepared.’ – Alex Rodriguez

‘I do find my speech difficult at times, but it’s getting so much better as my confidence grows and that’s thanks to the position I’m now in, which is totally due to my fans.’ – Gareth Gates

‘Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.’ – Goran Ivanisevic

‘I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn’t know how tough the business is.’ – Susan Lucci

‘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

‘We must regain the confidence and drive to decide our own destiny.’ – Roh Moo-hyun

‘I think that if my kids are completely convinced of God’s unfailing love for them, whether they fail or not, they’ll have confidence to persevere in life.’ – Amy Grant

‘Our citizens will lose their confidence or trust in the values and principles of the international community, especially if our personal identity is denied.’ – Boris Trajkovski

‘No one can duplicate the confidence that RSA offers after 20 years of cryptanalytic review.’ – Bruce Schneier

‘There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.’ – John Calvin

‘I don’t have the confidence to be a personality.’ – Zoe Wanamaker

‘What’s the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.’ – Terry Brennan

‘The crowd gives us so much energy and we are able to really feed off of it. Hitting those shots and having the crowd go crazy helps boost our confidence. We love our fans.’ – Steve Nash

‘I think, head up and shoulders back. Not only does it make you look taller and thinner but it gives you confidence and boosts your self-esteem.’ – Shelley Long

‘For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum.’ – Floyd Patterson

‘This is our culture, and I don’t care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of something. He doesn’t have confidence in himself or else he doesn’t believe in what he’s doing.’ – Betty Carter

‘I wouldn’t describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that – the ghosts you chase you never catch.’ – John Malkovich

‘Confidence, knowing for certain that the person making the call has your safety foremost in their mind. And knowing that the job you are about to take on is the right thing to do, that it makes sense.’ – Paul Gleason

‘Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.’ – Alberta Hunter

‘I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.’ – Maude Adams

‘Seeing how those companies operate, it didn’t amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back.’ – Madeleine Peyroux

‘Strengthening our identity is one way of reinforcing people’s confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being.’ – David Blunkett

‘We started a movement… to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.’ – Andrew Shue

‘It’s easy to say young people should believe in themselves, but the number one thing is recognizing that it’s a journey, that you have to build confidence in yourself.’ – Andrew Shue

‘You start to think bigger when you see how quickly a TV show can catch on in a whole country. That confidence, and thinking big, opened a lot of doors.’ – Andrew Shue

‘I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself.’ – Ike Turner

‘However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan’s democracy.’ – Chen Shui-bian

‘I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan.’ – Chen Shui-bian

‘Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn’t affect our democracy and I wasn’t knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan.’ – Chen Shui-bian

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

‘We live in a time of conflict – external and internal – when we sometimes concentrate too much on what divides us. Today, fly the Stars and Stripes with pride and confidence that what unites is far stronger.’ – Charlie Dent

‘I have a high degree of confidence about India’s growth potential in IT.’ – Sanjay Kumar

‘We were given clear concrete tools. The course did a great job demystifying the art of fiction writing and fostering confidence. The instructor brought complex concepts down to earth. I will miss coming here every week.’ – Miguel Ferrer

‘The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through the process and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work and are brought together.’ – Ben Edwards

‘We have to have a way of dealing with this that engenders confidence, trust, gives us every chance of getting the right outcome and boosts both sustainability and economic return at the same time.’ – John Anderson

‘I’m not being evasive but I am saying I’m not a scientist and I’m not directly involved in the consultation however the science must be sound, it must be agreed and the consultation must be of a high quality or no one will have any confidence in the process.’ – John Anderson

‘When we first went there we completely lacked confidence. Our manager told us our act was too long, and told us to drop certain numbers and concentrate on the exciting stuff. And he was right.’ – Steve Marriott

‘In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.’ – Carter G. Woodson

‘The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.’ – Carter G. Woodson

‘I did a film which was considered an independent movie with Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia called Confidence, and that’s the type of film I was willing to take a chance on that because of the caliber of people involved with the film.’ – Morris Chestnut

‘As a scouting department, with the confidence we have in our player development, if a guy has the potential that we think they have and the makeup and they stay healthy, we think they will be a productive Major Leaguer. We take a lot of pride in that.’ – Roy Clark

‘I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.’ – Bennie Thompson

‘I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering.’ – Major Taylor

‘Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.’ – Major Taylor

‘As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the 15 member states, and undergone individual scrutiny and a vote of confidence from the European Parliament.’ – Mario Monti

‘I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.’ – Alain Prost

‘If we will maintain our hope and confidence in the genius of our people, they will work out this problem, and their ability and industry will bring us back to normal conditions.’ – Frank B. Kellogg

‘There has not been a war in South America for fifty years, and I have every confidence that the countries of Central and South America are deeply in earnest in the maintenance of peace.’ – Frank B. Kellogg

‘France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so.’ – Frank B. Kellogg

‘Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.’ – Frank B. Kellogg

‘I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don’t have that problem any more.’ – Cathy Freeman

‘I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are.’ – Cathy Freeman

‘When I became a Christian my confidence grew.’ – Cliff Richard

‘I love Tina Turner. I’m one of Tina Turner’s biggest fans. Tina Turner was a big influence on me to become a singer. A role model and in a way she gave me back my confidence in choosing my material.’ – Bonnie Tyler

‘I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.’ – Donna Rice

‘I think it is important to maintain a sense of self and confidence, not letting either falter for the sake of a particular part or project, no matter how great it might be.’ – Fred Savage

‘It definitely helps to have been through the arm training flow before and to have used the arm on orbit, and it also gives me the confidence to know that our training facilities are really good, that when you get up there, you feel like you’ve been there.’ – Linda M. Godwin

‘And I love kick boxing. It’s a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.’ – Alicia Keys

‘I’ve had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.’ – Dale Earnhardt

‘I also believe that it’s the right thing to do, to maintain strong consumer confidence in our food systems. And I believe that the consumer should have strong confidence in our food systems.’ – Ann Veneman

‘When you’re expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you’re the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.’ – Scott Hamilton

‘Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.’ – Timothy Radcliffe

‘To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.’ – Timothy Radcliffe

‘The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.’ – Timothy Radcliffe

‘I’m sure that they will continue to look for ways to try and undermine my support, but I have every confidence that in doing this job for South Dakota, I will continue to build on my support and be able to succeed once again in November.’ – Stephanie Herseth

‘I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project.’ – Atom Egoyan

‘Growing up, I started developing confidence in what I felt. My parents helped me to believe in myself. I wasn’t the best looking guy, I wasn’t the best athlete in the world, but they made me feel good about myself.’ – Herschel Walker

‘Tim also has enough confidence so that it always looks like a Tim Burton film, but it really is collaborative. You’re allowed to do it your way but of course he’s always going to choose his way.’ – Helena Bonham Carter

‘There’s a confidence that comes from youth and not knowing better. But there comes a point, as an actor, when you do know better, and that is when the fear starts.’ – Kiefer Sutherland

‘Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country.’ – Jim Ramstad

‘You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.’ – Natalie Gulbis

‘And in doing this I advise you to send to the best manors of your lands those of your household in whom you place most confidence to be present in August at the leading of the corn, and to guard it as aforesaid.’ – Robert Grosseteste

‘But I do think the survey group – and I think Charlie Duelfer is a great leader. I have the utmost confidence in Charles. I think you will get as full an answer as you can possibly get.’ – David Kay

‘I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.’ – Maggie Gyllenhaal

‘Our expanding Canadian operations are concrete evidence of General Motors confidence in Canada.’ – Charles E. Wilson

‘Oddly, because she has that confidence, the people around her like her more. She becomes more a part of the Reaper family, and she also is able to get along with people more outside of their circle as well.’ – Ellen Muth

‘But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and modernise our internal institutions in ways that will equip Europe to meet that challenge and create confidence amongst the public.’ – John Hutton

‘By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don’t hesitate.’ – Joseph Epstein

‘My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That’s how we were raised.’ – Robin Wright

‘Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it.’ – Robin Wright

‘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

‘Any new producer starting up is to get investors’ confidence. Investors are still very very wary of anything to do with the arts world.’ – Ann Macbeth

‘My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love.’ – Cat Deeley

‘This was all very new to me and I did not want to ruin his film! So we worked hard on that basis of confidence that is needed to collaborate comfortably.’ – Helena Christensen

‘I have confidence in people’s basic common sense.’ – Dixie Lee Ray

‘Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that’s what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.’ – Derek Luke

‘When I meet large women who walk with confidence and are articulate and really have an understanding of how they walk in this world, I love them so deeply for being able to overcome such unbelievable odds.’ – Camryn Manheim

‘I’m playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence.’ – Charles Dance

‘I presumed the president was being truthful until a series of events undercut that confidence.’ – Bob Graham

‘Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease.’ – Armstrong Williams

‘The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.’ – Arthur Erickson

‘The monitors indicated that it was a credible election, I think, in an overall sense, it apparently is a free and fair election, so it’s a real milestone and one of the things we can take some little confidence in.’ – Warren Christopher

‘I hope you will respond to the crisis of confidence that Watergate has created by opening up your administration and reaching out to people in a more magnanimous spirit.’ – Elliot Richardson

‘Thanks to President Bush and Republican principles, businesses now have more confidence to hire workers.’ – John Doolittle

‘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

‘Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.’ – John Lothrop Motley

‘The 12 years I was in Fleetwood Mac before were not particularly happy years. I was not in a very good place, psychologically, when I left. I didn’t have a lot of confidence in what I was doing.’ – Lindsey Buckingham

‘I didn’t have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I’m glad it does.’ – Elia Kazan

‘Nature hath given not only to the highest, but also to the inferior, classes of the people of this nation, a boldness and confidence in speaking and answering, even in the presence of their princes and chieftains.’ – Giraldus Cambrensis

‘At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other to death.’ – Klaus Fuchs

‘From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.’ – Richard Cobden

‘And I might add the confidence with which distracted persons do oftentimes, when they are awake, think, they see black fiends in places, where there is no black object in sight without them.’ – Robert Boyle

‘I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action.’ – Wole Soyinka

‘An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.’ – Auguste Renoir

‘Things said to a reporter in confidence should be kept in confidence.’ – Dorothy Kilgallen

‘Such evidence is not the only kind which produces belief; though positivism maintains that it is the only kind which ought to produce so high a degree of confidence as all minds have or can be made to have through their agreements.’ – Chauncey Wright

‘Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.’ – George Thorogood

‘The team should have implicit confidence in the captain’s decisions.’ – Lord Mountbatten

‘We found on our journey, as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and good-will as if they had known us all their lives.’ – Junipero Serra

‘When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you’re not going to get something. I was very rough around the edges.’ – Terence Stamp

‘The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.’ – Ella Maillart

‘The bottom line in my view is that America’s mothers and fathers deserve to have confidence in law enforcement’s ability to ensure that their children are being raised in the safest possible environment.’ – Bob Ney

‘The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world.’ – Morris Dees

‘Before the season begins, I had even damaged some frames, but Ken did not hold it against me and kept all his confidence. He was the one who incontestably changed my life, because without his help, I do not know what I will have become.’ – Jacky Ickx

‘Not hippie – my parents were not hippies – but they were very supportive and encouraging, and that does a lot for someone, and it gives them a lot of confidence.’ – Jenna Elfman

‘Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs.’ – Kamisese Mara

‘I think that’s what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.’ – Ed O’Brien

‘I’ve never done anything so political before. I’ve spent years shouting my mouth off about serious issues over dinner tables but never really had the confidence to express my views in a song.’ – George Michael

‘Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.’ – Brooke Shields

‘Don may yawn at the idea, which he often does, but the great thing about Don, he has confidence in me and Mike and Ed and Leslie and Steve, that we’re not going go out and do stories that will put people to sleep.’ – Morley Safer

‘I am always drawn to men that are funny. I do not know why. But I am always drawn to people that are struggling with parts of themselves… But it’s like in the end, there has to be confidence.’ – Vanessa Carlton

‘Eliminating the Death Tax will continue to restore consumer confidence, spur capital investment, and create new jobs which are critical components of economic growth, particularly within the small business community.’ – Howard Coble

‘I’m not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They’ve got to take control; I can’t act it out.’ – Taylor Hackford

‘But I guess the lesson is this: If you don’t have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you can’t expect anyone else to.’ – Sam Donaldson

‘When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. She’s happy, she’s thriving, she’s full of self-confidence. I tell her she’s beautiful every day before I send her off to school.’ – Lynn Johnston

‘The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.’ – Linda Vester

‘If we want to build the Iraqis’ confidence about our intentions in their country, if we want to stop adding fuel to the fire of insurgency and terrorism, we must clarify our intent.’ – John Conyers

‘Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach.’ – James Wolfe

‘It was a great time here in the States this year, and definitely I feel like I’m playing well again. I gained a lot of confidence in the last couple of weeks, and I just have to, you know, keep going and keep the momentum now.’ – Daniela Hantuchova

‘Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.’ – Amelie Mauresmo

‘A terrorist nuclear detonation in a western city would destroy all economic confidence.’ – John Bruton

‘Confidence and superiority: It’s the usual fundamentalist stuff: I’ve got the truth, and you haven’t.’ – Jeanette Winterson

‘I believe the public’s confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers.’ – David Neeleman

‘When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.’ – Steve Largent

‘One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have much lighter, much stronger materials, and this will reduce the cost of air flight, and the cost of rockets.’ – Ralph Merkle

‘The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches.’ – Greg Rusedski

‘When we have done our best, we can, as a united people, take whatever may befall with calm courage and confidence that this old nation will survive and if death should come to many of us, death is not the end.’ – Eamon de Valera

‘I think it was always there and it was maybe a matter of bringing it out. It was harder than I thought it would be and I had to try harder. I had to regain my confidence, maybe the most important thing. I have learned a lot to relax. I know what I can do now, and I do it.’ – Guy Lafleur

‘Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain.’ – Roland Joffe

‘I think they do have to get it right in Sierra Leone. There has to be something in there now to establish confidence, to stabilize the situation, and then to move to some sort of political negotiations.’ – Alex Morrison

‘I thought we were aggressive across the board defensively, and you could just see it grow. As the game went along, you could see the confidence grow. It showed in the fourth quarter.’ – Bill Laimbeer

‘Not only is there no need of an intermediary through whom He would want you to speak to Him, but He finds His delight in having you treat with Him personally and in all confidence.’ – Alphonsus Liguori

‘With such thoughts in your mind, now that you have resolved to love Him and please Him with all your strength, your only fear should be to fear God too much and to place too little confidence in Him.’ – Alphonsus Liguori

‘Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.’ – Alphonsus Liguori

‘When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure.’ – DeForest Soaries

‘It turned out in the long run that Lincoln’s credit and the popular confidence that supported it were as valuable both to his creditors and himself as if the sums which stood over his signature had been gold coin in a solvent bank.’ – John George Nicolay

‘As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.’ – Kim Novak

‘If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously.’ – Stefan Edberg

‘That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other.’ – Isaac Barrow

‘I was a pretty insecure kid, didn’t have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence.’ – Sarah McLachlan

‘I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.’ – Gabriela Sabatini

‘I was feeling a lot of confidence, so I wanted to take advantage of that and keep playing.’ – Gabriela Sabatini

‘I think I’m learning to be bolder in my career choices and be more confident in my personal life. I haven’t always felt very secure as an individual, but now I feel I certain confidence and sense of self that gets me through the day a lot better than before.’ – Winona Ryder

‘Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.’ – Wynton Marsalis

‘Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.’ – Joshua Lederberg

‘In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.’ – Harri Holkeri

‘Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed.’ – Harri Holkeri

‘I believe that the confidence of Hungary in me is not shaken by misfortune nor broken by my calumniators.’ – Lajos Kossuth

‘This – the leadership of the mayor is crucial, because it is to the mayor that people will look to provide the vision, the energy, and the sense of confidence in the rebuilding and the recovery.’ – Marc Morial

‘Being the youngest of five, you’re adored, you’re fueled with confidence.’ – Martin Short

‘When I wasn’t as attractive as I am now, I suffered at the hands of cruel children and their taunts until I realised that confidence and a bit of aesthetic care can overcome that.’ – Johnny Vegas

‘All anything takes, really, is confidence.’ – Rachel Ward

‘The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.’ – Kathleen Turner

‘Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.’ – James Madison

‘Go on – but don’t think you can kill my confidence. I’ve had experts doing it for years.’ – John Osborne

‘Beauty is grace and confidence. I’ve learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.’ – Lindsay Lohan

‘Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.’ – Thomas a Kempis

‘Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.’ – George Foreman

‘I’ve always had confidence. Before I was famous, that confidence got me into trouble. After I got famous, it just got me into more trouble.’ – Bruce Willis

‘Tim Robbins had real confidence in college. He literally stole actors from the theater department at UCLA to be in his plays. The department heads got so mad at him.’ – Daphne Zuniga

‘A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.’ – Marvin Bower

‘Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.’ – Marguerite Gardiner

‘To be a good model, I’d need a lot more confidence… and more confidence to be more bare.’ – Jill Hennessy

‘It used to be that a son could look at the father, and pretty much know what life was gonna be like as an adult. There was confidence in that, and comfort in that, and frustration also.’ – Clancy Brown

‘False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth.’ – Hesiod

‘With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you’ve fallen into good hands – someone from whom you can accept the anesthetic with confidence.’ – Saul Bellow

‘Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing.’ – David Duval

‘Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is in the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.’ – Benjamin Spock

‘Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence.’ – Jules Feiffer

‘I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don’t blame them.’ – Adnan Pachachi

‘We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.’ – Alan Shearer

‘It is important that the Iraqi people have confidence in the election results and that the voting process, including the process for vote counting, is free and fair.’ – Zalmay Khalilzad

‘We’ve played with a lot of confidence and that’s been the key so far. Hopefully, we can take more confidence into the playoffs.’ – Teemu Selanne

‘The words spoken by the leader of the free world can expand the frontiers of freedom or shrink them. When Ronald Reagan called on Gorbachev to ‘tear down this wall’, a surge of confidence rose that would ultimately breach the bounds of the evil empire.’ – Mitt Romney

‘Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it’s true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair.’ – Wentworth Miller

‘You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country. That confidence, that optimism, not only gives President Obama a political cushion, but it could have a real world economic impact.’ – George Stephanopoulos

‘The problem with the auto industry is layered upon the lack of consumer confidence. People are not buying cars. I don’t care whether they’re or American cars, or international cars.’ – Jennifer Granholm

‘The American people want us to stop spending. And so let’s just give them some certainty. Let’s extend the tax – the existing tax cuts. And then let’s give some more tax breaks to small businesses and large. And then maybe the American people will have some confidence.’ – John McCain

‘You may be right that people say: ‘You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they’re up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.” – Karl Rove

‘And so we try to address those concerns in every way possible, recognizing, again, in the final analysis, everybody on that flight wants to be assured with the highest level of confidence that everybody else on that flight has been properly screened, and including me and you and everybody.’ – John Pistole

‘The world is likely to view any temporary extension of the income tax cuts for the top two percent as a prelude to a long-term or permanent extension, and that would hurt economic recovery as well by undermining confidence that we’re prepared to make a commitment today to bring down our future deficits.’ – Timothy Geithner

‘What I learned about stammering was that, when as a young child you lose the confidence of anyone who wants to listen to you, you lose confidence in your voice and the right to speech. And a lot of the therapy was saying, ‘You have a right to be heard.” – Tom Hooper

‘I have written some songs, but I would really call what I’ve done poetry at the end of the day, because I’ll sit with my guitar for hours and hours on end for, like, a week and then I won’t touch it for a month. I also just have no confidence. And you know what? I don’t have time, because I’d rather be doing other things, like knitting.’ – Amanda Seyfried

‘Well, I am a Republican, and I would run as a Republican. And I have a lot of confidence in the Republican Party. I don’t have a lot of confidence in the president. I think what’s happening to this country is unbelievably bad. We’re no longer a respected country.’ – Donald Trump

‘I had the trade minister in China sit down as we were preparing for trade negotiations. He said, ‘Please don’t let people in the United States lose their confidence because when you lose your confidence, the rest of the world suffers’.’ – Jon Huntsman, Jr.

‘The American people I talk to don’t spend every moment thinking, ‘How can I tax my neighbor more than they’re being taxed?’ They say, ‘How can I get a good job? How can my kids get good jobs? How can seniors have a confidence in their future when they know that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are bankrupt?” – Mitt Romney

‘Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.’ – Julia Gillard

‘The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence.’ – Mohamed El-Erian

‘We need to have a pro-growth policy put in place that offers people hope and offers the opportunity for businesses to expand and for them to have confidence in what the world is going to look like for the next two or three or four years with respect to economic policy.’ – Dick Cheney

‘People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what’s right for the economy.’ – Michael Bloomberg

‘Citizens, the priority now is to recover trust between the Egyptian – amongst the Egyptians and to have trust and confidence in our economy and international reputation and the fact that the change that we have embarked on will carry on and there’s no going back to the old days.’ – Hosni Mubarak

‘I see nothing that points to a recession in Germany. But I see considerable long-term tasks ahead of us that have to do with markets regaining confidence in Europe and that have a lot to do with reducing debt.’ – Angela Merkel

‘I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb.’ – Tommy Hilfiger

‘I had my years of struggling. Some of my shows failed miserably, and I was upset by it and it dented my confidence. But I never stopped. I kept going for it.’ – Regis Philbin

‘I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn’t have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, ‘Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of, and not feeling that I had the talent… and letting it go all the way through Notre Dame and then through two years of Navy service.’ – Regis Philbin

‘I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions.’ – Jay Weatherill

‘I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want to make sure that we maintain public confidence in government at all levels.’ – Jay Weatherill

‘South Australia has transformed. There has been a range of changes to our economy over the past 10 years in which we have genuinely set ourselves up for the future. I think we have to start behaving like that’s real and project a quiet confidence in the future of our state.’ – Jay Weatherill

‘I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.’ – Mos Def

‘I thank all of those deputies who supported the government and gave it a vote of confidence. I believe each of those votes represents a responsible decision to avoid placing our country’s membership of the eurozone in danger.’ – Lucas Papademos

‘Jay Z and President Bush have a lot in common, that same brash confidence.’ – Saul Williams

‘Find your self-respect now. Don’t dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It’s so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard.’ – Danica McKellar

‘I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.’ – Danica McKellar

‘We have to change economic policy: create confidence, foster investment, cut the public deficit, restructure taxation and reform the labor laws.’ – Mariano Rajoy

‘I’d be lying if I said I had confidence in every choice I’ve made, that I have faith in every film I do on every shot.’ – Ethan Hawke

‘The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition.’ – Gary Lineker

‘Nothing improves your confidence and brings a team together more than winning a cup.’ – Gary Neville

‘We want to encourage the young ones to learn and get some confidence in sports. It’s fun and keeps you active and moving.’ – Christine Taylor

‘I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly whether it was safe to breathe in the smoke. They did not have confidence in the museum not to use harmful smoke, and they certainly didn’t have confidence that the city would protect them from harmful smoke.’ – Olafur Eliasson

‘Confidence is one of the sexiest things in guys and girls.’ – Danica McKellar

‘I think musicians oftentimes have the right skill set to be good actors. And with Rihanna, I noticed her and knew of her obviously, and was very taken with her charisma and her confidence.’ – Peter Berg

‘I’ve been training super hard at the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston, which belongs to my brother Jean. For me, I think confidence is the biggest thing; it’s all mental. I train with the best of the best, including my brother Steven, a five-time world champion who won Olympic gold medals.’ – Diana Lopez

‘Finishing overall champion at the World Series in both the individual and synchro events has given me great confidence and I’m pleased I’ve been diving with consistency.’ – Tom Daley

‘It’s just kind of empowering when you become a mother. You just get overwhelmed with this new confidence and you feel really in control of your life. It’s been beautiful.’ – Nelly Furtado

‘You have to have confidence. You can’t be someone who’s so insecure that she’s a basket case.’ – Kate Bosworth

‘I wasn’t a perfect thing at 17. I didn’t have confidence. I was hunched over and real embarrassed, and I didn’t want to be in the limelight. But it changed over time.’ – Lindsay Davenport

‘The confidence is there, the game is there, but physically you can’t fight nature sometimes. You can’t do much about it.’ – Novak Djokovic

‘I think you have to feel comfortable with your car. You have to go into turn one, every lap, with confidence. You have to be sure of yourself and your equipment.’ – Danica Patrick

‘One of the areas I have a little less confidence in is giving any kind of a speech.’ – Danica Patrick

‘A lot of the motivation for doing the ‘Make ‘Em Laugh’ on SNL was because I had just finished shooting ‘Inception,’ where there were zero-gravity scenes and I got into really good shape and was training and did all these stunts. Coming off of that, that instilled me with the confidence to do ‘Make ‘Em Laugh.” – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

‘I lost my confidence.’ – Pat Summitt

‘When writing comedy, you have to have the confidence to believe that there is only one type of relationship in the world, and we are all having it, that all men behave in the same way and so do all women.’ – Steven Moffat

‘You are affected by the surroundings, the mood of people, by confidence. I am no different.’ – Michael Owen

‘Maybe it has something to do with turning 30. I don’t feel as shy or nervous or self-conscious. I have more confidence that I can handle what life brings me. I don’t feel scared to have an idea and express it.’ – Michelle Williams

‘When you lose your hair, it has an impact on confidence and your overall self-esteem whether it affects your career or your love life.’ – Bill Rancic

‘Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.’ – LeBron James

‘I’m now wearing suits on stage, so I’ve kinda stepped up my game as far as image. Which I have to admit is kind of a pain the butt, but it’s fun. It gives you a certain amount of confidence to walk on stage and look nice, but I can’t say that I’m totally buying into the whole image factor.’ – Christopher Cross

‘My day jobs… I knew I was bad at those, so I didn’t really have the confidence to think that I could do comedy. But I knew I hated the day jobs.’ – Dave Attell

‘Whatever it is that gives you that confidence will vary from person to person, but I do believe that it is the key to succeeding at anything in life – career, relationships, anything.’ – Molly Ringwald

‘I thought I was attractive when I shot ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding.’ Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence in my looks that was not shared by them.’ – Nia Vardalos

‘I think there have always been funny women, from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers. When the audience sees a woman, they innately know she’s worked twice as hard to get there, she’s had to prove that she can be the leader, first, and then be funny on top of it. She has to emit a confidence that she’s in control.’ – Wendy Liebman

‘Looking at America’s history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today. That’s what instills confidence. That’s us. We will move forward and prosper because that’s who we are as Americans.’ – Scott Walker

‘I think that glamour is about confidence and really owning the look.’ – Monique Lhuillier

‘I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I’d bring things to class that I’d cooked at home.’ – Giada De Laurentiis

‘I’ve always been blessed with confidence. I am a glass-half-full person. My first movie, ‘Private Benjamin,’ got turned down by every studio until the very last one, but I just kept thinking, ‘Why are you people not seeing that this is a hit movie? What is wrong with you?” – Nancy Meyers

‘Thank you for the confidence put in my by the motherland and the people, for giving me this chance to represent China’s millions of women by going into space.’ – Liu Yang

‘What I worry about is that people are losing confidence, losing energy, losing enthusiasm, and there’s a real opportunity to get them into work.’ – Boris Johnson

‘I want to wake up every day and feel that I’m training harder than my competitors, that I’m dieting harder, that I’m recovering better. That’s what gives me confidence when I’m lining up on the blocks. I’ve never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be.’ – Oscar Pistorius

‘On a scale of one to 10, I’d rate my body confidence as a good seven. Everyone has their hang-ups, but I see my body as a training tool and I feel good about it.’ – Jessica Ennis-Hill

‘You have a huge amount of confidence when you’re younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: ‘No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn’t I do it?” – Ian Hislop

‘My parents weren’t extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence.’ – Jack Wagner

‘General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the decisions which the president has himself made.’ – Jim Talent

‘Art helped give me confidence.’ – Jeff Koons

‘The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it’s a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind.’ – Jeffrey Eugenides

‘You’re always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.’ – Hope Solo

‘Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.’ – Abdullah II of Jordan

‘I don’t doubt for a second that Neil Armstrong’s spirit is still with us: that unique blend of optimism, humility and the utter confidence that when the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.’ – Mitt Romney

‘My confidence comes from the daily grind – training my butt off day in and day out.’ – Hope Solo

‘Last year, when ‘Black Swan,’ ‘True Grit’ and ‘King’s Speech’ all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies and not do the same old you-know-what.’ – Harvey Weinstein

‘I really like guys who have confidence, but not the cocky over-the-top confidence.’ – Carly Rae Jepsen

‘I’m just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me.’ – Charles B. Rangel

‘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

‘We should remember it wasn’t so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply.’ – Michael Bloomberg

‘The 100m taught me a lot and it’s given me confidence.’ – Yohan Blake

‘As an athlete, confidence makes me more competitive and helps me perform better.’ – Marlen Esparza

‘I look forward to continuing to be a role model to women across the country and helping them have confidence in all they do in the ring, on the court or in the game of life!’ – Marlen Esparza

‘The American woman is more stylish than any other in the world. She understands the power of good style and has the confidence to feel comfortable.’ – Max Azria

‘Like my hero Virginia Woolf, I do lack confidence. I always find that the novel I’m finishing, even if it’s turned out fairly well, is not the novel I had in my mind. I think a lot of writers must negotiate this, and if they don’t admit it, they’re not being honest.’ – Michael Cunningham

‘The crisis in Europe has affected the U.S. economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on business and consumer confidence, and pressuring U.S. financial markets and institutions.’ – Ben Bernanke

‘I was lucky I was raised by parents who gave me a lot of sense of self and a lot of confidence in myself.’ – Sprague Grayden

‘After watching wrestling for 20 years, I thought I had enough confidence to do it. There were no wrestling schools at the time.’ – Hulk Hogan

‘I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience. I’m not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts. And I’m certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions.’ – Rowan Atkinson

‘Now, honestly, every movie set that I go on, I walk onto set with the confidence that there is nothing that they can throw at me that’s gonna surprise me.’ – Emily Watson

‘I went to stage school with a neighbor to build confidence because I was quite shy.’ – Alexandra Roach

‘I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing – I think it would give me that extra confidence.’ – Vanessa Hudgens

‘I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you’re doing.’ – Phil Jackson

‘There’s a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the harder it is to find some common ground to make some progress that would give people confidence that you got it more right than wrong.’ – Peter Welch

‘At the moment we’re trying to keep what we’ve learnt. Because we learnt a terrific amount with ‘Deep Purple In Rock,’ it took six months to make that album: we think it paid off, really. I can honestly say that it’s the first album we’ve been 100 percent satisfied with; it gave us a hell of a lot of confidence.’ – Jon Lord

‘I don’t really care about clothes, but it’s about wearing something that gives you social confidence.’ – Julian Casablancas

‘I think you can look at the British economy with confidence.’ – George Osborne

‘I think ‘tradition’ is in the past – and how can someone really ‘fear’ a color? A man may prefer navy to turquoise, but a self assured man could wear any color and he knows that. It’s a distinction of confidence.’ – Jean Pigozzi

‘President Bush offers the American people an optimistic vision and a clear choice in November. The President has provided steady leadership in remarkably changing times. He knows exactly where he wants to lead this country, and he has complete confidence in the American people.’ – Henry Bonilla

‘You think you have some stable talent that will show no matter what you’re writing, and if it doesn’t seem to be getting across to the audience once, you can’t imagine that moment when it suddenly will. Gradually, gradually you gain that confidence.’ – Joan Didion

‘Now, honestly, every movie set that I go on, I walk onto set with the confidence that there is nothing that they can throw at me that’s gonna surprise me.’ – Emma Watson

‘But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confidence is the key to prosperity. Insecurity spreads like contagion. So people crave stability and order.’ – Tony Blair

‘There is all this controversy that women and girls are too skinny or too overweight. I say to just do martial arts and everything will be okay. You will tone up your body and find a confidence you can’t find just sitting around watching TV and hanging out with friends.’ – Milla Jovovich

‘It feels like the more I’m out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence – that’s what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.’ – Gwen Stefani

‘I remember when I was a dancer and I had to do this performance and I was really nervous about it, and I happened at that moment to go see ‘Flashdance.’ I mean, it’s silly, but I walked out of that movie going ‘what a feeling!’ I walked out with confidence.’ – Melissa Rosenberg

‘The only thing that I can do is know that I have great confidence in raising children and being a great mother.’ – Cheryl Tiegs

‘I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the U.K. economy. We’re in a German rather than a Greek position in international financial markets, which is very positive and keeps our debt service costs down, and we’re also beginning to see real evidence of rebalancing.’ – Vince Cable

‘I think with actors, if you just don’t set about trying to crush their confidence immediately, you’re usually OK.’ – John Malkovich

‘I didn’t have much confidence in myself… never.’ – Maurice Sendak

‘I see success as bringing some confidence back to the American people that despite our differences, we can find some ways to move forward.’ – Patty Murray

‘I didn’t have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow.’ – Dee Dee Ramone

‘My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger battles, and so it is very much a bottom-up grass-roots way of doing politics.’ – David Miliband

‘There comes a time in the history of nations when their peoples must become fully reconciled to their past if they are to go forward with confidence to embrace their future.’ – Kevin Rudd

‘I am determined to honour the confidence which has been extended to us by the people of our great land. And I say to all of those who have voted for us today, I say to each and every one of them that I will be a prime minister for all Australians.’ – Kevin Rudd

‘Confidence is one of the sexiest things.’ – Katherine Jenkins

‘I lack confidence as an actor.’ – Charles Durning

‘One of Obama’s most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend who won’t waste time with the phony rituals of Washington.’ – Ron Fournier

‘I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy.’ – Edie Falco

‘There’s a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.’ – John Legend

‘I wish I had more confidence.’ – Seann William Scott

‘People wrote me off, but I believed in myself. I got the confidence back, and it grew and grew. I won my first major and my last at the place that changed my life.’ – Pete Sampras

‘A sight game is that I am hurt, but I aim to make you believe I am not even hurt, and with this confidence appearing on my face, I don’t panic, otherwise your opponent will know that you are hurt. That’s the whole art game in boxing.’ – Evander Holyfield

‘My habit would have been to veer towards the dark – to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that’s true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect.’ – George Saunders

‘Living in New York, you get a lot of confidence; when I go back to Michigan, I realise how obnoxious and demanding and straightforward I am.’ – Angel Haze

‘I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people – producers, directors, people who buy tickets – who put confidence in me.’ – Antonio Banderas

‘Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability – and give them the wardrobe to become a star.’ – Zac Posen

‘When I receive letters from girls that say, ‘You give me confidence,’ I think, ‘Wow, this is amazing.’ That’s my goal: to let people know it’s truly what’s on the inside that counts.’ – Amber Riley

‘To have family behind you who love you more than words can say gives you so much confidence, because it allows you to go off and be who you want to be.’ – Cat Deeley

‘I understand how important hair is to a woman’s self-esteem and confidence.’ – Cat Deeley

‘If a cream can give you confidence then you really have to check your whole confidence department in the first place.’ – Freida Pinto

‘I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I’m working with. If I’ve got no confidence in what I’m doing and they don’t provide me with some assurance that we’re doing the right thing then I bully people. I’m a horrible bully.’ – Kristin Scott Thomas

‘Coming from bad results, you have more tension and you get more into the game, maybe. You never know which is best. I prefer to come from good results. You have more confidence and you believe you are doing things well. But in football everything can change very quickly.’ – Tito Vilanova

‘We don’t see the global citizen as someone with no identity, but rather someone who has confidence and is proud of his culture and history – and… open to the modern world.’ – Moza bint Nasser

‘For me to even be talking about bikini confidence is crazy. If you had asked me a couple of months ago, I probably would have been like, ‘what are you talking about…’ so it’s actually huge for me to even feel okay with putting a bikini on.’ – Jordin Sparks

‘If you’re too embarrassed and want to hide behind your computer screen, that’s what this is for. It’s about building confidence and that’s what U by Kotex does. Girls owning their bodies and health.’ – Khloe Kardashian

‘I had so much fun developing and launching my first fragrance with Avon, so for my second fragrance, I really wanted to add a little more edge. Outspoken Intense is a provocative blend of sexy confidence and daring femininity that captures the thrill and excitement of being centre stage.’ – Fergie

‘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

‘Confidence and a good sense of humor can usually win a chick over.’ – Danny McBride

‘For years, I always thought it was hilarious that I was this fitness guru, because fitness was just a tool I utilized to help people improve their confidence. For me, it’s never been about fitness. It’s always been about helping to empower people.’ – Jillian Michaels

‘It’s been a dream of mine to run my own summer camp. I went to one as a kid, and I put on productions, and got lots of confidence.’ – Idina Menzel

‘Since I’ve started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.’ – Gina Carano

‘My goal is to give young girls confidence in this world so they can be more like men in the decision-making process.’ – Jackee Harry

‘The most important thing for me is having a relationship with God. To know that the owner, the creator of the universe loves you, sent His Son to die for your sins; that’s very empowering. Knowing Him and knowing that He loves me gives me encouragement and confidence to move forward.’ – Ben Carson

‘People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the patients and the doctors without government rationing.’ – Ben Carson

‘I think a show can work anywhere if it’s done honestly, with integrity, and with confidence.’ – Joey McIntyre

‘To be let go from a soap opera is the most embarrassing confidence basher in the world. It’s like, ‘Oh, if I’m not good enough for that, I’m not good enough for anything.” – Cam Gigandet

‘When you have confidence, that’s what becomes attractive to other people and makes them want to work with you and spend time with you.’ – Emmanuelle Chriqui

‘In college, I had a lot of friends who were writers and wanted to be writers and I felt intimidated by it. I just didn’t know if I had any gift or voice and I had no confidence about it.’ – Rashida Jones

‘I state in my book ‘Become Your Own Matchmaker,’ confidence is the key to any endeavor. Women don’t realize that when they do things they love and are passionate about – their confidence soars. Men are attracted to women who feel happy and decisive about life.’ – Patti Stanger

‘I always had a lot of confidence in my work and the unique flavor I like to bring to my characters, but you know I’m not a huge dreamer.’ – Nick Offerman

‘I am definitely not into the exposed look. I am not one of those people who flashes their stomach or anything like that, because I don’t have the confidence.’ – Georgie Henley

‘I have confidence in my personality, because I think that if I talk to people hopefully they will like me, but I don’t have confidence in my body.’ – Georgie Henley

‘I always think I know the way a novel will go. I write maps on oversized art pads like the kind I carried around in college when I was earnest about drawing. I need to have some idea of the shape of the novel, where its headed, so that I can proceed with confidence. But the truth is my characters start doing and saying things I don’t expect.’ – Julianna Baggott

‘When people have an inner sense of confidence, they’re more beautiful.’ – Amy Carlson

‘My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mother’s into reading and poetry. I suppose the thing I owe them most is my confidence.’ – Michael Sheen

‘There’s a physicality and confidence to Americans; they’re very present. That’s something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.’ – Ioan Gruffudd

‘I have done a few roles that I’ve never watched, and if I happen to be flicking through channels and one pops up, I quickly move on. It’s hard enough to sustain some self confidence without being reminded of things we’d rather not revisit but, in the end, it comes with the territory.’ – Terry O’Quinn

‘American actors are all muscular, tanned, white teeth and they have this indestructible confidence. We British are all… Dare I say it? Pessimistic.’ – Max Irons

‘It gives me confidence to know that what I’m writing has a veracity of its own without me having to invent it. When I’m writing fiction, I must believe it to be true, or I can see no point in it.’ – Michael Morpurgo

‘When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening.’ – Mick Cornett

‘Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if you’re not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy.’ – Nicole Scherzinger

‘We have to keep the momentum going in the economy. And we have to make sure that we give small businesses as much cash and liquidity as possible so they have the confidence to hire that next worker.’ – Karen Mills

‘I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And with great confidence comes great freedom for the actor.’ – Amy Ryan

‘I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You’re constantly learning how to be confident, aren’t you?’ – Beth Ditto

‘My dad is like a cactus – introverted and tough. I’m a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He’s my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.’ – Gary Vaynerchuk

‘I try to keep my confidence on the charts, but I’m a confident guy as well. You’ve got to be that way. If you don’t think that you’re the best, then you won’t perform that way.’ – Robert Griffin III

‘You can’t be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.’ – Richard Eyre

‘In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I’m not writing I start thinking I can’t do it.’ – Wendy Cope

‘Self confidence for me is a fragile fleece.’ – Sylvia Kristel

‘I grew up thinking anything was possible simply because of seeing women in power – like, you know, running the country. Which is a thought that continues to give Americans indigestion… Direction is about having a vision, but the practice of being a director is a con game – a confidence game.’ – Mira Nair

‘My kids are incredibly secure. More and more of their friends’ parents are divorcing, but my kids have absolute confidence that we’ll stay together forever. That goes a long, long way.’ – Ayelet Waldman

‘I feel like more than 80% of the world wouldn’t get up in front of 40 million people and dance on national television, and if I have the confidence to do that then that’s a step ahead in my life for me in terms of personal goals. I will gain a lot of confidence on all aspects right there.’ – Rob Kardashian

‘I haven’t experienced love at first sight yet. I’ve seen very, very beautiful girls and been awestruck but never love at first sight. I think confidence goes such a long way with women. A girl who is confident with who she is and she can really flaunt that is really sexy.’ – Tristan Wilds

‘For many years I have advocated ‘redesigning Parliament’ in a variety of ways – elect the Senate, do away with the ‘confidence convention,’ permit freer voting, strengthen the role of back benchers and committees, do away with ineffectual ‘take note’ debates, restructure question period, and so on.’ – Preston Manning

‘When political and business leaders tell the public – any public – ‘We don’t trust you to make the right decision’ – they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.’ – Preston Manning

‘At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people; nurture the belief that they can do things.’ – George Papandreou

‘Europe is a strong market for the U.S. If it has problems, if there’s a lack of consumer confidence, if there’s a deeper recession, this will deeply affect jobs in the U.S.’ – George Papandreou

‘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

‘I find myself going out on the road to get my confidence back, because I lose it at home.’ – Lionel Richie

‘I absolutely refuse to accept the fact that any country in the world goes into a kind of film-making crisis. What happens is they lose confidence, they lose focus and the young film-makers of any particular generation can very easily get lost in that mix. It’s happened in Italy, happened in France, happened in the U.K. during my lifetime.’ – David Puttnam

‘Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.’ – James Dyson

‘I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.’ – Jose Manuel Barroso

‘For investor confidence, it is important that there is certainty about the future of Ireland in E.U.’ – Jose Manuel Barroso

‘I always try to keep the confidence of the actors, and try my best to make them feel comfortable or confident.’ – Sean Durkin

‘Magic is the oldest part of the show business profession. It can now be used as a forward-thinking tool to build a child’s confidence. It has been an amazing part in many entertainers’ lives, including Steve Martin and the late Johnny Carson.’ – Criss Angel

‘It’s a deep and all but certain truth about narcissistic personalities that to meet them is to love them, but to know them well is to find them unbearable. Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.’ – Jeffrey Kluger

‘I have full confidence in the ability of Foo Fighters’ audiences to distinguish between questioning HIV and the obvious value of safe-sex practices.’ – Nate Mendel

‘The way you delegate is that first you have to hire people that you really have confidence in. You won’t truly let those people feel a sense of autonomy if you don’t have confidence in them.’ – Robert Pozen

‘I love to have confidence, but that confidence doesn’t come from myself. It comes from God, and that’s what I wanted America to see.’ – Ashthon Jones

‘I think it takes a lot of confidence to be comfortable in being vulnerable.’ – Ciara

‘Recovery measures work better when they raise confidence – as Franklin D. Roosevelt understood. His fireside chats, and his inaugural address proclaiming he would fight the Great Depression with the same resolve he would muster against a foreign foe, were aimed at reassuring Americans.’ – Christina Romer

‘When you’re young, you say it how it is, and even your views are, like, ‘This is totally the truth’, ‘cos you don’t know any difference, so there’s a real confidence in your way of thinking.’ – Agyness Deyn

‘As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there’s no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.’ – Nonito Donaire

‘A lot of men do have a fear of my ultra-femininity. Sometimes people say I look like a drag queen, that I look scary, but I think that’s a fear of my confidence. Most women in contemporary culture pare down their femininity, so there’s a slight androgyny about them, and I think men have got used to seeing that.’ – Paloma Faith

‘I thought I’d be edgy and dye my hair red. And I dyed my hair, like, Jessica Rabbit red. It kind of allowed me to have this whole new confidence and this whole new swagger and this whole new sense of self. It kind of brought out the inner rock star in me. I had never dyed my hair like that, and no one forgot me after that.’ – Candice Accola

‘If you ask me why I’ve succeeded, it’s because I was in the Royal Marines. You have this unbelievable sense of achievement and of overcoming adversity. That’s the confidence it breeds.’ – Brian McDermott

‘Especially with music, people want confidence.’ – Grimes

‘Trust is a core currency of any relationship. Sometimes our need to control and micromanage everything erodes our confidence in ourselves and others. The truth: People are much more capable than we think. A hearty dose of trust is often what’s needed to unlock the magic. Go ahead, have faith.’ – Kris Carr

‘I was incredibly lucky that my first book found a large and loyal readership. It changed my life – from being a very withdrawn adult to living in Paris as a full-time writer. It has also given me enormous confidence.’ – Daniel Tammet

‘I think just being on ‘One Tree Hill’ has given me a lot of confidence.’ – Kate Voegele

‘I have so much confidence in the reality of Jesus that I feel no pressure to try to make people act or be a certain way. I’m banking everything on the fact that God actually changes people.’ – Erwin McManus

‘Our ad campaign with Pfizer is educational. Lipitor is the most widely prescribed drug in the country. For every prescription, there is a doctor writing it. It’s a huge vote of confidence.’ – Robert Jarvik

‘I wouldn’t be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn’t have the confidence that I have if I wasn’t born here, because growing up here I knew I could become anybody I wanted to become. There was no ceiling on top of me.’ – Michael Lee-Chin

‘Being out of a job can erode people’s confidence and their sense of possibility; and employers, often unfairly, tend to take long-term unemployment as a signal that something is wrong.’ – James Surowiecki

‘I do have a little bit more confidence in – or at least familiarity with – my process. For example, when it feels like it’s going badly or that I’m lost, I know I’ll eventually find my way because I’ve been through it before. But writing itself is still hard.’ – Sara Zarr

‘School is very important; it was very important for me. It gave me an enormous amount of confidence, especially at Yale where we were dealing with all the classics. In dealing with the classics, you are dealing with the very best.’ – Enrico Colantoni

‘Both of my girls have very high self-esteem because they were both able to master certain things; I should think that’s good for their confidence.’ – Amy Chua

‘I don’t read reviews if I know in advance they’re negative, because I can’t have my confidence undermined when I’m writing.’ – Christopher Moore

‘In my view, it’s irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others.’ – Vinod Khosla

‘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

‘I’m always astonished by the confidence my readers put in me.’ – Mary Karr

‘I like the idea of an open, international London that thrives on attracting hard-working, talented people but has the confidence to tell them they must play by the same rules as everyone else.’ – Mohsin Hamid

‘The methods and tools of science perennially breach barriers, granting me confidence that our epic march of insight into the operations of nature will continue without end.’ – Neil deGrasse Tyson

‘I don’t lack confidence. I don’t sweat. I don’t want to get too Zen on you, but I have to run my own race.’ – Brad Grey

‘I used to wake up and look at our analytics and think, ‘What if yesterday was the last day anyone used Pinterest?’ Like, everyone collectively decided, ‘We’re done!’ Over time I got more confidence.’ – Ben Silbermann

‘I sometimes lack confidence in public, although I am proud enough inwardly.’ – Robert Schumann

‘Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.’ – Alan King

‘When I realised I had a facility for humour, I latched on to it, and it gave me confidence and I built my personality around it. So I subconsciously made myself become the funny one so that would be my label rather than the ginger one or the red-faced one.’ – Catherine Tate

‘I have so many single girlfriends who fit themselves into the mold of what they think a guy’s looking for. But being comfortable around men is about being comfortable with yourself. They gravitate toward confidence. Really, that is what they want to be around.’ – Cobie Smulders

‘I never had the chutzpah to just come to L.A. and make it. I didn’t have that confidence. I’m always surprised when I get a job.’ – Isla Fisher

‘I think people are always like, ‘She’s a model-turned-actress.’ And I don’t want to turn actress. I want to do both. I wouldn’t have built the confidence to do acting if I didn’t model.’ – Dree Hemingway

‘I think people look great in black. I love that what stands out is the person, especially. Black just conveys a kind of drama, even if it can be quiet drama. It does lend to the wearer a sense of confidence.’ – Andre Leon Talley

‘A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice.’ – Bela Karolyi

‘Before the sacred, people lost all sense of power and all confidence; they occupy a powerless and humble attitude toward it. And yet no thing is sacred of itself, but by declaring it sacred, by my declaration, my judgment, my bending the knee; in short, by my – conscience.’ – Max Stirner

‘It’s the government’s job to encourage entrepreneurialism and investment. Most importantly, it’s the government’s duty to inspire confidence.’ – Simon Cowell

‘With so many contradictory renditions of the biblical text, the public has lost confidence that we can actually know what the Bible says. It is an easy step from this skepticism to an indifference about what the Bible says.’ – Leland Ryken

‘I’m always impressed by confidence, kindness and a sense of humour.’ – Tamara Mellon

‘Working together in concert more smoothly not only helps us move more quickly; it changes the nature of what we can undertake. When we have the confidence that we can orchestrate the group effort required to realize them, we dare bigger dreams.’ – Justin Rosenstein

‘We would like to have every middle and high school become a place where there will be lots of examples of youth competence and confidence.’ – Bill Drayton

‘To win a major tournament you have to face the top teams at some point, but if you avoid those at the beginning then you can win games and build confidence. I think the key is just to get off to a good start.’ – Jermain Defoe

‘I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and ’85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.’ – Dana Carvey

‘You have to figure out what’s important and keep the main points, though I will swing a little outside the box. It affords me the freedom to find out who the character is, and it’s been a positive technique for me. I’m not saying everyone should change words, but if you can do it with confidence, you may nail it.’ – Dawn Olivieri

‘I obviously want to give a healthy body image to my own daughter. I think having good examples, eating properly, that’s all one can do – and just be really loving around her. I’ve tried to give her confidence in who she is. I think she’s all right in the confidence department.’ – Geri Halliwell

‘With every animal, you have to build its confidence around people because people do some crazy and stupid things.’ – Ian Dunbar

‘I’m getting more and more comfortable out on the golf course with the changes I’ve been making. It’s really just a confidence thing in that I love being in contention.’ – Paula Creamer

‘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

‘Celebrate your family’s bleakest moments and how your relatives overcame them. In doing so, you will encounter darkness, but you’ll give your children the confidence that they, too, shall overcome.’ – Bruce Feiler

‘I feel strongly that degrees are really valuable to people, and having MOOCs allow for credit down the line will increase the number of students with the confidence and wherewithal to complete degrees.’ – Daphne Koller

‘When you don’t win games, yeah, you lose confidence. That’s normal.’ – Didier Drogba