Quotes about Confidence

As leaders we need to remember that. Strong convictions precede great actions. When we know something is right-- and that conviction is bolstered by the knowledge that our motives are pure...-- we need to follow through. Others may second-guess our thinking and our decision-making. But when we know what's right, we can't let those things throw us off. We need to stand by our convictions.

Here's the bottom line on charisma. You don't have to be gorgeous, a genius, or a masterful orator to possess presence and to connect with others. You just need to be positive, believe in yourself, and focus on others.

If you expect to fail, sure enough, you will. If you expect to succeed, sure enough, you will. You will become on the outside what you believe on the inside.

People cannot perform in a way inconsistent with the way they see themselves.

If you worry about what other people think of you, it's because you have more confidence in their opinion than you have in your own.

Without confidence in Christ we could be tempted to become egocentric and cocky. Without confidence in ourselves we are defeated, powerless Christians. Without confidence in others we are suspicious and untrusting.

English heart surgeon Martyn Lloyd-Jones asserted, "Most unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself rather than talking to yourself." What kind of voices do you hear? When you face new experiences, does a voice in your head say you're going to fail? If you're hearing negative messages, you need to learn to give yourself positive mental pep talks.

Begin your thirty-day trial of expecting the best of everything.

I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all.

A girl doesn't need anyone that doesn't need her.

Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world

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