Confidence Quotes
All confidence which is not absolute and entire, is dangerous. There are few occasions but where a man ought either to say all, or conceal all; for, how little so ever you have revealed of your secret to a friend, you have already said too much if you think it not safe to make him privy to all particulars.Francis Beaumont
I have nothing but confidence in you. And very little of that.Groucho Marx
Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.Brian Adams
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 McLane Spock
Every small, positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.Alice Walke
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowlege: 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
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.Roosevelt, Eleano
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.Charles Darwin
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
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.Ralph Waldo Emerson
We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help when in need.Epicurus
If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have won even before you started.Marcus Garvey
There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.Cornelius Tacitus
Self - Confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.Samuel Johnson
Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence.Jules Feiffe
No matter how brilliant a man may be, he will never engender confidence in his subordinates and associates if he lacks simple honesty and moral courage.J. Lawton Collins
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.Joe Paterno
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
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom.William Pitt
I have great faith in fools - - Self confidence my friends call it.Edgar Allan Poe
Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself.Saadi, On the Duties of Society
Self confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.Samuel Johnson
Only the flexibly creative person can really manage the future, Only the one who can face novelty with confidence and without fear.Abraham Maslow
I believe there are few whose view of life has not been affected by the stern or kindly influences of their early childhood, which threw them in upon themselves in timidity and reserve, or drew them out in genial confidence and sympathy with their fellow creatures.Basil W. Maturin
It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn - which is what life is all about.Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Magazine, May 2004
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.George Herbert
Self - Confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk - Running and chance - Taking are the only ways to catch it.Arnold Schwarzenegger
We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fourth Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1945
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
You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it is going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, its always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.Robert M. Pirsig
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 in something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.Marie Curie
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.Rosalynn Carte
There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.Samuel Johnson
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process.Unknown
It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.Rene Descartes
The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.Hasidic Saying
