Her feelings of fear and helplessness had reached such a pitch that they were suddenly transformed into their opposites. Having overcome them, she felt corageous and self-confident enough to tackle any power on earth; more...

Suddenly I register that St. Clair is shorter than Josh. Much shorter. It’s odd I didn’t notice earlier, but he doesn’t carry himself like a short guy. Most are shy or defensive, or some messed-up...

To be able to live each day with honor, respect and dignity is the greatest achievement of all.

Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.

Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.

Proving himself to himself was no small matter.

there is a fine line between self-confidence and EgoIf you have self-confidence you will know that you are good ,, excellent if you want ,, but you will also know that there is other people...

I was the Duff. And that was a good thing. Because anyone who didn’t feel like the Duff must not have friends. Every girl feels unattractive sometimes. Why had it taken me so long to...

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

Jedi act with confidence, move with confidence, and breathe with confidence. Jedi possess a confident calmness in their looks, attitude andbehaviour.

The people that truly love us in life don’t fight for us to remain a doormat for others.

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.

If your comfort zone is misery, it’s time to get uncomfortable.

So I’ll do that, and I’ll do my best and if my best isn’t good enough, at least I will have done everything I could, everything that is in me. I don’t have to try...

Self-confidence is built from the inside out and has little or nothing to do with outside circumstances.

Never fails. Every new book I write seems impossible, writes like I’m typing from dictation, edits like I didn’t write it, and finishes like I couldn’t possibly have written it.

I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame.

Being comfortable with who you are is the ultimate threat.

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.

This inner Being is all powerful, intelligent, indestructible and a storehouse of knowledge and wisdom. This inner core is truly who and what you are and is perpetually trying to connect with your outward self.

Well, Chicago’s a great town; what can I say? It has a lot of diversity. You can find so many different kinds of people there. It breeds a certain self-confidence and a willingness to work...

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit

I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it.

It’s ironic that those who lack self-confidence are often the ones who find it hardest to say no.

I laugh at myself. I don’t take myself completely seriously. I think that’s another quality that people have to hold on to… you have to laugh, especially at yourself.

You have not failed completely.” Stamp, stamp.

Happiness is a choice you make when you allow faith through the entry gate and fear through the exit gate.

Criticism is just someone else’s opinion. Even people who are experts in their fields are sometimes wrong. It is up to you to choose whether to believe some of it, none of it, or all...

Don’t get inspired by others, inspire yourself.

We can say that Muad’Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn.

Do not despise your gift. We are all valuable.

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say...

Walk with purpose. Approach life with purpose, enter a room with purpose, and it’s just a matter of time before people are coming over and talking to you.

In order to create you have to believe in your ability to do so and that often means excluding whole chunks of normal life, and, of course, pumping yourself up as much as possible as...

Stop comparing yourself with others. If they are good at something, you too are good at something else. Self-confidence is not measured by your own capabilities versus that of others, but by your own needs.

real love” you will ever experience.

How was I able to live alone before, my little everything? Without you I lack self-confidence, passion for work, and enjoyment of life–in short, without you, my life is no life.[Written to his wife, Mileva]

You don’t need to be rich to have high confidence, all you do need is to be proud of yourself and there you’ll go with confidence.

Focusing on who you are, and pursuing opportunities to improve your abilities, allows you to be in acceptance of yourself. This makes you a beautiful person who could care less about what others think of...

A person with less knowledge and more self-confidence (which is primarily a way of thinking and acting) will often run circles around a person with more knowledge and less self-confidence; which means that self-confidence has...

Her grandmother had once told her that one of life’s best lessons was not being afraid to look foolish — to just ask the question.

When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.

How we love others is affected by how we love ourselves, and for the first time in a long time, I was whole.

Talent does not search for the person, in fact the person needs to search for the talent inside him and take it out to show the world.

Sometimes standing for truth is painful and an isolated journey because truth is not always what we like to hear and live with. However, it is your belief in the purity of truth, your confidence...

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I’ll die like a poet.

Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

I have great faith in fools; My friends call it self-confidence.