Famous Quotes & Sayings

Abraham Lincoln

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

Fabien Pelous

We stayed confident because we have a lot of confidence in this team. So we waited and we know it will be good for us, but it was very hard today. We are very, very happy.

Hayley Hasselhoff

It's all about confidence and how you feel about yourself. There's no such thing as a perfect woman. I like imperfections - that's what makes you unique.

Adnan Pachachi

I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.

David Bloom

The existence of an HIV/AIDS policy strengthens a firm's confidence in the face of the threat.

Jerry Sanders

What I think really needs to be done in San Diego is to regain the confidence of the community, to let them know what I am going to do and then have them hold me responsible for doing it.

Claire Buchan

The president has confidence in his economic team, and we never discuss specific personnel matters.

T. Harv Eker

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Confidence is the bridge connecting expectations and performance, investment and results.

Erykah Badu

I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

Florence King

Men are not very good at loving, but they are experts at admiring and respecting; the woman who goes after their admiration and respect will often come out better than she who goes out after their love.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Above all, do not lie to yourself.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

Chris Ware

I don't think there's any independent cartoonist whose stuff I don't like or respect in at least some way or another. We're all marginal laborers - we're practically medical oddities - so I don't see why we can't all be nice to each other.

Chris Lowe

House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it's not good at all.

Elton John

I'll even pay sometimes for a woman that's ugly.

Orison Swett Marden

There is something greater than wealth, grander even than fame - manhood, character, stand for success... nothing else really does.

Orison Swett Marden

If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all disasters, we will out-live all misfortune. We should be so well balanced and symmetrical, that nothing which could ever happen could throw us off our center, so that no matter what misfortune should overtake us, there would still be a whole magnificent man or woman left after being stripped of everything else.

Novalis

The badge of honesty is simplicity.

Emily Bronte

Honest people don't hide their deeds.

Lemuel K. Washburn

Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.

Nelson Mandela

People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity and an absence of variety. You learn to look into yourself.

Neil Strauss

A pick-up artist gave me a good piece of advice: the three most important things in a relationship are honesty, trust and respect, and if you don't have those, you don't have love.

Neil Strauss

I know that I need honesty from the people I interview. I also know that the truth is more interesting than made up stuff, and also, people don't connect with you if you're not honest.