Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kamisese Mara

Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs.

Kanye West

Come on now! How could you be me and want to be someone else?

William Ellery Channing

No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.

Wole Soyinka

I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action.

Wilma Rudolph

I tell them that the most important aspect is to be yourself and have confidence in yourself.

Samuel Johnson

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

Virgil

They can do all because they think they can.

Will Smith

I know who I am, I know what I believe, that's all I need to know. From there, you do what you need to do.

Warren E. Burger

Doctors still retain a high degree of public confidence because they are perceived as healers. Should lawyers not be healers? Healers, not warriors? Healers, not procurers? Healers, not hired guns?

Wayne Dyer

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.

Wayne Dyer

Self worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth.

Virginia Woolf

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

Wentworth Miller

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say ...

Wilferd Peterson

Believe! An old Latin proverb reads: "Believe that you have it and you have it."

Wilferd Peterson

Believe! Project a mental picture of your goal in life. Believing is a creative force that brings the visible out of the invisible. You must believe to achieve.

Wilferd Peterson

He can talk to himself about his dreams, hopes and aspirations. He can convince himself that there is a place for him and an important work for him to do.

Winona Ryder

I think I'm learning to be bolder in my career choices and be more confident in my personal life. I haven't always felt very secure as an individual, but now I feel I certain confidence and sense of self that gets me through the day a lot better than before.

William J. H. Boetcker

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

William J. H. Boetcker

Confidence is the foundation for all business relations. The degree of confidence a man has in others, and the degree of confidence others have in him, determines a man's standing in the commercial and industrial world.

Virginia Woolf

Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how can we generate this imponderable quality most quickly? By thinking that other people are inferior to oneself.

William Wordsworth

A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident tomorrows.

William Congreve

He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.

Tyra Banks

Pledge that you will look in the mirror and find the unique beauty in you.

Tyra Banks

Never dull your shine for somebody else.

Tristan Bernard

Men give their confidence at once, but never their money.

Roh Moo-hyun

We must regain the confidence and drive to decide our own destiny.

Sarah McLachlan

I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence.

William Hazlitt

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it

William Hazlitt

There is something captivating in spirit and intrepidity, to which, we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can he reasonably expect, the confidence of others who too apparently distrusts himself.

William Hazlitt

Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.

Wynton Marsalis

Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.

William Penn

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Tacitus

There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.