Words Of Confidence Quotes:

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

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

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

- Dale Carnegie

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Good Morning, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational 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

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Life Wisdom, Perserverance

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

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

- Anais Nin

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Inspiring, Time To Move On, Inspirational Adventure Time

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

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

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

- Edmund Hillary

source: "That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation, Inspirational Confidence, Inspirational High School Graduation

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

- Marie Curie

source: "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Confidence, Empowering Women, Perserverance

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

topic: Confidence, Honesty, Patriotic, Inaugural Address, Unselfish Love

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

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

- Arthur Ashe

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Self Esteem

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

- Dale Carnegie

source: Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.13, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

topic: Confidence, Fear, Weight Loss, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Confidence

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

- Mao Zedong

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Joy Of Giving, Kindness Generosity

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 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

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

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

- e. e. cummings

topic: Life, Confidence, Believe, Just Believe In Yourself, Inspirational Confidence

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Beauty, Improve Self Esteem, Just Believe In Yourself

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

- Vincent Van Gogh

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inner Voice, Improve Self Esteem

I've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?

- Goldie Hawn

topic: Beauty, Running, Running Away, Improving Yourself, Confidence In Yourself

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

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Positive, Happiness, Success, Empowering Women, Inspirational Feminist

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

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

- Rumi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Confidence, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Sufi

Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.

- Brené Brown

topic: Confidence, Someone You Love, Like You, Words Of Confidence, Boost Your Confidence

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

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

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

- Michelle Obama

topic: Confidence, Country, African American, Words Of Confidence, Council Estates

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

I was never ready to give up, but I did get words of confidence to move forward from a few musicians that had climbed up the totem pole of rock. They were encouraging words that struck a nerve with me and made me stronger.

- Lita Ford

source: "The Runaways Rocker Lita Ford on "Living Like a Runaway". Interview with Jeff Doles, www.hollywoodchicago.com. March 10, 2016.

topic: Giving Up, Moving, Rocks, Encouraging Words, Words Of Confidence