quotations about confidence
If men are lacking in self-confidence, it is generally from an over-estimate of the difficulties before them, or from an under-estimate of their ability to overcome the obstacles in their way. Many noble and talented men and women fail in their lifework by an under-estimate of their possibilities.
NICIAS BALLARD COOKSEY
Helps to Happiness
Trust in thine own untried capacity
As thou wouldst trust in God himself. Thy soul
Is but an emanation from the whole.
Thou dost not dream what forces lie in thee,
Vast and unfathomed as the grandest sea.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
"Achievement"
Confidence is conqueror of men; victorious both over them and in them;
The iron will of one stout heart shall make a thousand quail;
A feeble dwarf, dauntlessly resolved, will turn the tide of battle,
And rally to a nobler strife the giants that had fled.
MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER
Proverbial Philosophy of Faith
Self-confidence is like the cha-cha. It's one step forward, one step back, and three steps in the same place.
ALICE
Cosmopolitan, 1985
People who lack confidence do not understand other people. Seeing others through their own critical lens, they nervously perceive them as judgmental and rejecting. In order to offset their own shame and self-pity, many will pour blame and criticism onto others, and never look at their part in a problem.
SHEENAH HANKIN
Complete Confidence
The person who puts on a front of false confidence is like the frightened cat who arches her back and bushes her tail in an effort to appear ferocious.
EDITOR
Industrial Arts & Vocational Education, Volume 31
Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
COCO CHANEL
Believing in Ourselves