William Saroyan Quotes on Confidence

4 quotes

  1. The race was over. I was last, by ten yards. Without the slightest hesitation I protested and challenged the runners to another race, same distance, back. They refused to consider my proposal, which proved, I knew, that they were afraid to race me. I told them they knew very well I could beat them.

  2. I believe in my work and am eager for others to know about it.

  3. Somewhere among every man's ancestors is a prince or a lord, a priest or a saint, and don't forget it. Wake up! Inherit the wealth of your ancestors!.. Stop living like a mouse, live like the rich people do.

  4. My writing is careless, but all through it is something that is good, that is mine alone, that no other writer could ever achieve.

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