Confidence Quotes

I would like to compare football and cinema. I think it's very similar. It's two games... different games. You have to work very hard and find the confidence to enjoy it on the pitch or in the film.

To the excessively fearful the chief characteristic of power is its arbitrariness. Man had to gain enormously in confidence before he could conceive an all-powerful God who obeys his own laws.

Passionate intensity may serve as a substitute for confidence.

I can tell women's confidence levels rise when they wear heels.

It doesn't matter if you are model or not; confidence is something that comes from inside.

I'd be lying if I said I had confidence in every choice I've made, that I have faith in every film I do on every shot.

The greatest possession is Self-possession.

Confidence is the key to virtually everything. It's just deciding that you're qualified because once you decide you're qualified, everything else becomes very easy.

Tim has given me confidence and strength and my foundation. He makes me feel like I can conquer the world.

I define a diva as a woman who possesses courage, beauty, style, and confidence. Based on that definitions, I've probably got a bit more work to do.

Confidence is something one acquires. It can come early or late but it is impossible to write without it. Mine came late.

Now younger actresses will have a confidence in those discussions with their agents and be able to say, "Can we make sure that I'm being paid the right amount for the work that I'm doing?"

Be so true to thyself, as thou be not false to others.

Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence.

Mandela's message will never die. It will continue to inspire freedom fighters and give confidence to people who defend just causes and universal rights.

You'll have to learn that public life takes a lot of sweat; but it doesn't need to worry you. You won't always be right, but you mustn't suffer from being wrong. That's what kills people like us.

Confidence is the most important quality in all athlete-coach relationships.

Have confidence in America's food industry, it deserves it.

Hold a positive thought of an enlightened person in your mind. When that thought touches their aura, it comes back quickly with a positive lift. You will go up.

I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but I'm always open to learning everybody's style - the director, the actor I'm working with.

If a cream can give you confidence then you really have to check your whole confidence department in the first place.

Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

Sometimes [high school speech team] was funny, other times it was just talking, but it gave me the confidence to speak in front of people after doing that for a whole year.

I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to the position I'm now in, which is totally due to my fans.

It's confidence; it has to be something good about getting old. One of the things is that you just don't stress about some stuff that made you so worried.

And I know what confidence medals can bring.

I think when you write an enigmatic character into a film, you have to have real confidence that the audience are going to go with it.

Go forward with joyful confidence.

I put confidence in the American people, in their ability to sort through what is fair and what is unfair, what is ugly and what is un-ugly.

I thought [first girlfriend] was trying to make a fool out of me. Then I found out that she wasn't, and we went out. That's a very good example of how little confidence I had.

I think you can look at the British economy with confidence.

Europe is a strong market for the U.S. If it has problems, if there's a lack of consumer confidence, if there's a deeper recession, this will deeply affect jobs in the U.S.

Some forty years of experience in my field as a scholar and as a teacher have given me great confidence mixed with greater humility.

Positive human action is not only possible, but pervasive; human beings can improve and choose light and so on. And this is all happening.

As far as which writers embody this form of gentle power - Tobias Wolff, for sure. His persona and his writing both share an easy, capacious confidence that says he has faith in his readers.

Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.

We can have confidence in the long-term foundation of our economy ... I think the system basically is sound. I truly do.

Big government inevitably drives an upward distribution of wealth to those whose wealth, confidence and sophistication enable them to manipulate government.

Conceit and confidence are both of them cheats; the first always imposes on itself, the second frequently deceives others too.

Reading if a man has a crush on you can be to your advantage. If you know a guy likes you, the power shifts in your favor giving you more confidence.

There needs to be nationalist and republican confidence in unionism.

Growing up, I had a singing teacher who was an amazing champion of mine who helped build up my confidence, and I also count my therapist as one of the best teachers that I've ever had.

Positive response from some of our exporters and holders of free funds in response to some of the turnaround initiatives ... in particular the favourable exchange rate policies.

Self-esteem should have nothing to do with what you look like – if you exude genuine confidence, people will be swept into it. You have to be able to hold yourself.

I like to think that when an athlete wears Armani, it makes him or her feel confident, and as we all know, confidence is fundamental to winning in any competition.

Getting picked gives you half that confidence, or 50 per cent of it

How can we expect something positive to come from all the negative that we put into this world?

That is what I liked about being on stage. I was comfortable there, and I could be myself with confidence.

We feel very celebratory and positive that we have created a voyage across the DMZ in peace and reconciliation that was said to be impossible.

Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.