If you want to say no, be firm and direct.

Saying just the right thing after a considerable, awkward pause is far less effective than saying the wrong thing with perfect timing. I’m telling you.

It is easy to smile in the face of a challenge, when we believe in ourselves that we won’t back down.

For the first time ever, I was alone in a different country. I was nervous about how I was going to cope in this big bustling city and so I employed a technique which still...

We judge others according to our image ofperfection as well, and naturally they fall short of our expectations.

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.

You won’t ever build your confidence from a perception of lack. For it grows and evolves from realising who you are and what you already have.

And I’m not sure if it’s G-d, or fate, or just air masses colliding over water, but I will say this: It feels, finally, like flying.

Jedi are always assessing situations, actions and possibilities. Jedi don’t just think outside of the box with the help from the Force, they also adapt to situations outside of the box!

Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.

Self-pitying, self-righteous, self-important, all the selfs except self-confident, the quality that she always needed the most.

Passion is that drive, that self-confidence, that enthusiasm that makes one to resist every obstacle that attempts to stop him from attaining his ultimate status in life and guides him to keep trying till the...

We are all Clapping Monkeys, but while some of us smile, others look around to see if anyone has noticed.

Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others … Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.”(Journal entry, 14 October 1922)

Jules was a proud little toy. She decided that she was going to work very hard to be the best wolf she could be.

You don’t care what anyone thinks about you,’ he said.‘That’s crazy,’ she said. ‘I care what everyone thinks about me.’‘I can’t tell,’ he said. ‘You just seem like yourself, no matter what’s happening around you....

You cannot wish for happiness but you can work towards your life goals and create lasting happiness.

Ignore what other people think. Most people aren’t even paying attention to you.

The more you believe in yourself, the more the world believes in you!

Do you know what makes someone beautiful? Confidence. You don’t have to have this shape eyes or that shape lips. No one seems to be able to decide which shape is best anyway. You can...

Oh, never mind the fashion! When one has a style of one’s own, it is always twenty times better.

Self-confidence is not the same thing as ego. This is not to say that the two don’t (frequently) dance hand in hand down the street, pushing over old ladies in crosswalks and kicking baby kittens....

My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Certain situations need a Jedi-like approach. One of these is when you are in a strange environment, usually where you feel unsure of yourself. You would be surprised how, if you walk with confidence and...

In the darkest hours we must believe in ourselves.

Girls are like Pokemon, it doesn’t matter how good you are, you can’t catch any if you don’t have any balls.

Why is it that self-confidence is so often cocky and self-assured so often selfish? Neither has to be true. Having confidence doesn’t require being superior over another and being self-assured doesn’t require taking advantage of...

Self-assurance reassures others.

If you want to increase your self-confidence as a yoga teacher very fast – go out there, face your fears, and teach as much as you possibly can!

What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Know your magic, trust your magic, use your magic and know that you are a manifestation of life’s magic.

If there’s one thing you learn from me, after hearing about just under one year of my life can it be that you should do whatever makes you happy. People can bring you down, people...

Tap into ‘The Force’ and soon, at any given time that you need that extra shot of high octane confidence; you will soon be like a Jedi Master at this technique.

Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.

I have plenty of information now, but I can’t get it into words. I’m afraid it’s too big a task for me. I wonder if I will find everything in life too big for my...

Try giving up all the thoughts that make you feel bad, or even just some of them, and see how doing that changes your life. You don’t need negative thoughts. All they have ever given...

If, like me, you suffer from lack of self-confidence you’ll know that the term is made up of two conflicting words, and that confidence isn’t easily found in the self.

If my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!

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.