Boost Self Confidence Quotes:

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

- Francis Bacon

source: 'Essays' (1625) 'Of Wisdom for a Man's Self'.

topic: Attitude, Boost Self Esteem, Boost Self Confidence

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

- Dr. Seuss

topic: You Choose, Just Believe In Yourself, Inspirational Confidence, Inspirational Student, Inspire Students

You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Confidence, Inspirational Self Confidence

I wish I could show you...the astonishing light of your own being.

- Hafez

topic: Confidence, Self Esteem, Light, Confidence In Yourself, Words Of Confidence

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

- Malcolm Forbes

topic: Positive, Strength, People, Importunate, Improve Self Esteem

Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: World, Inaugural Speech, Discovering Yourself, Inspirational Beauty, Sensitive Person

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

- M. Scott Peck

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Motivational, Value Of Life, Managing Time

Your thoughts are a veil on the face of the Moon. That Moon is your heart, and those thoughts cover your heart. So let them go, just let them fall into the water.

- Rumi

topic: Spiritual, Fall, Heart, Boost Self Confidence, Boost Self Esteem

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

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

topic: Inspirational, Life, Trust, Improve Self Esteem, Live For Yourself

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness, Improve Self Esteem, Just Believe In Yourself

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

- Helen Keller

topic: Inspirational, Graduation, Confidence, Inspirational Addiction Recovery, Inspirational Confidence

When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.

- Joe Namath

topic: Confidence, Fun, Self Esteem, Confidence In Yourself, Words Of Confidence

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

- Helen Keller

source: "Optimism". Essay by Helen Keller, 1903.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Achievement

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

- Paul Tillich

source: Paul Tillich, F. Forrester Church (1999). “The Essential Tillich”, p.174, University of Chicago Press

topic: Positive, Confidence, Courage, Just Believe In Yourself, Inspirational Confidence

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

- Benjamin Spock

source: The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care ch. 1 (1946)

topic: Family, Trust, Encouraging, Trust Your Instincts, Inspirational Confidence

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

- Samuel Johnson

topic: Life, Motivational, Confidence, Inspiring Self Esteem, Building Confidence

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

- Theodore Roosevelt

source: Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring, Live For Yourself, Life Going On

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Powerful, Deepest Fear, Our Deepest Fear, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

- Marianne Williamson

source: A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Encouraging, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Inspiring, Confidence, Children, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

- Golda Meir

topic: Motivational, Happiness, Being Happy, Live For Yourself, Inner Life

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

- Lucille Ball

topic: Love, Inspirational, Relationship, Knowing Love, Inspirational True Love

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Leadership, Empowering Women, Improve Self Esteem

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

- Laurie Halse Anderson

source: Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.230, Scholastic UK

topic: Self Esteem, Inspiration, Pounds, Wintergirls, Boost Self Confidence

I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.

- Robert Downey, Jr.

topic: Motivational, Moving On, Confidence, Just Keep Moving Forward, Inspirational Moving Forward

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.

- Peter McIntyre

topic: Positive, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Confidence, Inspirational Self Confidence, Inspirational Self Esteem

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.

- James M. Barrie

source: James M. Barrie (2013). “The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)”, p.85, Jazzybee Verlag

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Improve Self Esteem, Self-doubt

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

- Jodi Picoult

topic: Motivational, Confidence, Self Esteem, Inspiring Self Esteem, Words Of Confidence

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

- Laozi

topic: Inspirational, Confidence, Self Esteem, Inspiring Self Esteem, Old Self

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

- Dr. Seuss

source: Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

topic: Life, Graduation, Confidence, Going To College, Seeing Yourself

We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.

- Roderick Thorp

source: Roderick Thorp (2014). “Rainbow Drive”, p.68, Open Road Media

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship, Inspiring Self Esteem, My Self Worth

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

- Nelson Mandela

topic: Inspirational, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech, Individual Expression, Insecure People

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Confidence, Children, Insecure, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Life, Confidence, Thinking, Inspirational Confidence, Belief In Yourself

If you're presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.

- Katy Perry

topic: Confidence, Self Confidence, Presenting, Confidence In Yourself, Presenting Yourself

Wouldn't it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.

- Alan Cohen

topic: Confidence, Powerful, Love You, Inspirational Self Esteem, Building Confidence

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

- Norman Vincent Peale

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspiration And Life, Inspiration And Motivation

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

- Brigham Young

topic: Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Thinking, Inspiring Self Esteem, Old Self

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

- Tim Ferriss

topic: Thinking, Competition, Underestimate, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Self Esteem

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.

- Tim Ferriss

topic: Insecure, World, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Self Esteem, Overestimate

If you think you can't, you're right.

- Carol Bartz

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Smart, Thought Of The Day, Best Success

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

- Coco Chanel

topic: Inspirational, Confidence, Fashion, Improve Self Esteem, Inspiring Business

You can have anything you want

- Jenifer Lewis

topic: Want, Eldest, Inspirational Self Confidence, Inspirational Success Failure, Singleness

It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Confidence, Adventure, Mind, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Confidence

I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally it occurred to me, I'm either going to love me or hate me. And I chose to love myself. Then everything kind of sprung from there. Things that I thought weren't attractive became sexy. Confidence makes you sexy.

- Queen Latifah

topic: Beauty, Sexy, Hate, Love Me Or Hate Me, Inspirational Self Esteem

To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.

- Alan Cohen

topic: Beauty, Love You, Giving, Building Confidence, Confidence In Yourself

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.

- Nathaniel Branden

topic: Inspirational, Confidence, Teacher, Kindness And Compassion, Treating Others

You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.

- Diane von Furstenberg

topic: Inspirational, Self Esteem, Love Yourself, Inspiring Self Esteem, Love Acceptance

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

- Audrey Hepburn

source: "Business Etiquette for the Nineties: Your Ticket to Career Success". Book by Lou Kennedy, 1992.

topic: Self Esteem, Firsts, Rate, Inspiration And Motivation, Grad