Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nathaniel Branden

To trust one's mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem.

Nathaniel Branden

There is no value-judgment more important to a man--no factor more decisive in his psychological development and motivation--than the estimate he passes on himself.

Nathaniel Branden

If we do have realistic confidence ... if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to us and to respond appropriately to challenges and opportunities. Self-esteem empowers, energizes, motivates. It inspires us to achieve and allows us to take pleasure and pride in our achievements.

Nathaniel Branden

If you face life without confidence in your own powers, you succumb too easily to setbacks and adversity; you lack the will to persevere.

Peter V. Brett

Let others determine your worth and you're already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.

Tennessee Williams

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.

Teemu Selanne

We've played with a lot of confidence and that's been the key so far. Hopefully, we can take more confidence into the playoffs.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

People are timid and apologetic; they are no longer upright; they dare not say "I think," "I am," but quote some saint or sage. They are ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do.... Build, therefore, your own world.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Build therefore your own world.

Scarlett Johansson

Having visited Oxfam-funded school programs in rural communities has made me realise how vital education is to developing countries in bringing people out of poverty and giving them a sense of dignity, self-worth and confidence.

Larry Ellison

Act confident, even when you're not.

Kylie Minogue

I don't try to be a sex bomb. I am one.

Marcus Garvey

With confidence, you have won before you have started.

Thomas a Kempis

Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.

Thomas a Kempis

Whoever puts his confidence in men or in any creature is very foolish.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Lauren Bacall

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.

Laurell K. Hamilton

Confidence is a fine trait. Over-confidence isn't.

Lionel Blue

If a dish doesn't turn out right, change the name and don't bat an eyelid. A fallen souffle is only a risen omelette. It depends on the self-confidence with which you present it.

Lindsey Vonn

I never felt sidelined, I was supported by my friends, my family and my team. I always knew I could do it. I had confidence in myself.

Lindsey Vonn

Today it was win or lose. But my victory yesterday and the downhill globe boosted my confidence. My record in Cortina was also a liberation.

Leo Tolstoy

Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.

Lester B. Pearson

We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.

Kim Novak

As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.

Katy Perry

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are such lovers of self-reliance, that we excuse in a man many sins, if he will show us a complete satisfaction in his position, which asks no leave to be, of mine, or any man's good opinion.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do the thing and you will have the power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self trust is the essence of heroism.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A great man is always willing to be little.

Lee Haney

But you can't just sit around the fireplace and sip Cokes and eat pretzels and get an attitude of confidence. You have to put in hard work.