Quotes of Confidence

In search of inspiration, I found some quotes that put me in the right frame of mind.

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.
~Lauren Bacall

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
~Sally Field

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.
~David Brinkley


Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.
~Author Unknown



Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
~Peter T. Mcintyre


Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
~Anaïs Nin, Diary, 1969


Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours.
~Richard Bach, Illusions


You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
~Michael Jordan


It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
~Edmund Hillary


Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.
~Mark Twain


Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
~Bruce Barton


A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
~Sydney Smith


Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
~Mary Kay Ash


Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. ~Norman Vincent Peale


Always act like you're wearing an invisible crown.
~Author Unknown


The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
~Paul Tillich


Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
~Michel de Montaigne


People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
~Sa'Di


It's hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.
~Sally Kempton, Esquire, 1970


When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there.
~Cecil Selig


Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
~Les Brown


You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
~Dr. Seuss


Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control.
~Richard Kline