Quotes about Confidence

I lived through this horror, I can take the next thing that comes along . . .' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.'" She learned that "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

As a result, legitimate indignation is regularly siphoned away from speech with God to be acted out in other, perhaps more destructive ways. Such speech of rage addressed to YHWH is credible only when the worshiping community has confidence that the covenant God addressed is both willing and able to intervene in contexts of unbearable suffering.

A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them. It looks like cunning, but you try to get extra things from them all the time, by stealth, by making them feel confident, so they trust you and you can push a bit.

Poise can seem like a superficial posture, almost like one is acting as if everything is okay when things really aren't. I believe true poise goes much deeper and is a reflection of what we really believe inside of us. Paul's confidence in the goodness of God was so strong and sure that not even an empty belly threw him off his game. He was content whatever. I know my God is good, and I want to show that to the world, whatever.

To trust someone is to believe that he or she has your best interests in mind, that the person will protect you from harm and is reliable.

Remember, it's not "stand firm for the faith" but "stand firm in the faith." You've got to own it and live it.

Faith doesn't grow or deepen when we cower in secrecy. Faith strengthens as we go public.

Faith is active confidence in God.

The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence

We display the success of what we have done by not having to do anything.