494 Confidence Quotes

Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.

I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof.

My first big acting performance was in the Marilyn Monroe biography piece, and it required frontal nudity. I talked to Mira Sorvino, my co-star, about how nervous I was because I didn't know how my mom would react. She said, 'Can I be completely honest with you? I've seen your mom in interviews, and she seems pretty screwed up. I don't think there's much you could do to shock a broad like that.' And from that moment on it was big nipples to the wind!

Don't take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don't be overawed by what the experts say. Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.

I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

You should know me well enough by now to know I don't ask for things I don't think I can get.

My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.

Americans like a winner. If you lose, you're nothing. I'm going to win, though. It's good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We've met five times. He's won three times and we've drawn twice. But I'm a stronger player and a long match favors me.

I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it.

I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.

Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.

There's no one alive I can't beat.

I add status to any tournament I attend.

When you back off, it's easier to do mistakes. For me it's better to ski fast.

Oh, I've wept. Yeah, I've definitely wept just with the world, you know, how judgmental they are. You know what, I know I'm a good mom.

By adopting a certain physical posture, a resonant chord is struck in spirit.

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?

I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.

I have no doubt that as the Iraqi security forces get better, and they are getting better and they are holding territory and they are doing these things with minimal help, that we are going to be able to bring down the levels of our forces. And I have no doubt that that's going to happen in a reasonable time frame.

We're pretty! We are though, we're a good-looking band.

It is not about which artist is more skilled than which other artist. It is about creating what is in you to create. A lack of confidence in oneself is like a thief, It steals from the world that which might be worthy.

An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change. A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life.

To the excessively fearful the chief characteristic of power is its arbitrariness. Man had to gain enormously in confidence before he could conceive an all-powerful God who obeys his own laws.

Some people have no original ideas because they do not think well enough of themselves to consider their ideas worth noticing and developing.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.

So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.

My specialty is being right when other people are wrong.

I make the best pancakes you'll ever have! And I claim that title gladly. On Saturdays I make them for everybody.

I'm one helluva communicator.

Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors.

I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my president. For I know he lives and thinks and works to make sure that for all America and indeed, the growing body of the free world, the morning shall always come.

I'm definitely the best king in England at the moment.

He was conscious that something in [his] personality bolstered his confidence and allowed him to rest, to seek peace and find it. He never game a name to it, and never spoke of it. And never, never would he have allowed himself or anyone to call it - love

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You know, Brock Lesnar, you wanna play games with The Rock? Ya think you wanna play mind games, is that what you wanna do? You think you're real smart, Brock Lesnar, why, because you came down here and you brought yourself a front row ticket? You and that big fat walrus so he could cheer you on? But you see, you're real smart, Brock, 'cause you do have a front row ticket, but you've also got another ticket, and that's to a big brahma bull ass whoopin', not yesterday, no no no no no, no no, no no no no no no, no, the ass whoopin' is not yesterday, it's not tomorrow, the brahma bull ass whoopin' is toinght! - promo on Brock Lesnar on the August 12, edition of Raw in Seattle

Astaire can't do anything bad

I must admit, just when I think I'm king,

I fear Tolstoy's death. His death would leave a large empty space in my life. First, I have loved no man the way I have loved him. I am not a believer, but of all beliefs I consider his the closest to mine and most suitable for me. Second, when literature has a Tolstoy, it is easy and gratifying to be a writer. Even if you are aware that you have never accomplished anything, you don't feel so bad, because Tolstoy accomplishes enough for everyone. His activities provide justification for the hopes and aspirations that are usually placed on literature. Third, Tolstoy stands firm, his authority is enormous, and as long as he is alive bad taste in literature, all vulgarity in its brazen-faced or lachrymose varieties, all bristly and resentful vanity will remain far in the background. His moral authority alone is enough to maintain what we think of as literary trends and schools at a certain minimal level. If not for him, literature would be a flock without a shepherd or an unfathomable jumble.

There was once a man who knew me better than I knew myself. Who saw strength in me that I didn't know was there

The smooth, white skin of a boy who had never worked or fought in his life, and yet a posture of utter boldness, as if he had never met an equal, let alone a superior

She watched him go into the building. He as striding boldly, almost jauntily. She liked the look of him, always had. He exuded confidence without ever looking as is he wanted to make sure everyone else knew how confident he was

... with half my brain tied behind my back - just to make it fair.

Fuck man, I'm louder than you are without the mic

Who wanna see me at eight deep, f**k 3D/You coward a*s motherf**kers'll never see me

Blast me but they didn't finish, (buck buck buck buck buck) didn't diminish my powers/so now I'm back to be a motherfuckin menace

Now label this my f**kin trick shot/My lyrics runnin all you cowards out of hip-hop

With your mouths open/Tryin' to come up off of me/You and the clouds hoping

Why perpetrate like you can handle my team?/So merciless that my attack'll take command of your dreams

There's been 11 billion people to walk the face of this earth, but there's never been one like you! - Zig Ziglar

Now, Bad Ass, you run your mouth about SummerSlam. Well, here's the situation. The Rock says this: if the Rock hits you, he'll kill you. If he misses, the wind behind the punch will give you pneumonia and you'll die anyway, so the choice is yours, jabroni!

*The Rock puts his t-shirt over Michael Cole's face* You keep your head right there, jabroni! Don't move The Rock's electrifying t-shirt. The Rock says this. *turns to Michael Cole* The Rock said don't move your head! Undertaker, you talk about The Rock! You run your mouth about The Rock and like you've just unturned a stone. You've turned over a stone that's never been turned over before, on how The Rock writes checks that his ass can't cash because The Rock talks trash! Like all of a sudden, nobody knows The Rock talks trash! The Rock lives, breathes, talks trash all day long! *removes sunglasses* As a matter of fact, Undertaker, The Rock... As a matter of fact, Undertaker, The Rock talks trash in his sleep. Just like this... *closes eyes and says in sleepy voice* roody poo candy ah... layeth the smacketh down on your candy... know your role... *opens eyes and snaps out of sleepy mode* The fact of the matter is this, Undertaker... *puts sunglasses back on* ...Is that tonight, and you and Big Show, it doesn't matter who it is because whether it is here tonight, or whether it is at Unforgiven, every damn night of the week, if you shut your mouth, *points in another direction* you shut your mouth, this goof holding the camera shut his mouth, *points in another direction* this chick gawking at The Rock shut her mouth... *points at Mankind* You be quiet, *points at Michael Cole* you too! Shh, shh, shh! If you listen, all The Rock's fans are chanting his name. *Fan's chant 'Rocky! Rocky!'* *Mankind starts chanting 'Rocky!' with the crowd, and The Rock points at him to stop him* Eh-eh! *points at Michael Cole* Keep your head still, jabroni! The Rock says this, is that tonight, he's gonna do one thing and that is lay the smackdown on your ROO-DY POO *crowd finishes it by chanting 'CANDY ASS'* if you smell what The Rock is cookin'!

He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.

We are the masters at the moment and shall be for some considerable time.

Basic training just rolls off my knife!

Any woman that bumps into a guy must be tryin' him on for size, and let me tell ya something, I make a very tight fit.

Honey, try wearing a thong. Then you don't have to worry about all those panty lines.

I Have More Sesuality than You.

I'm so gooooooood I could be on Scotland Yard.

I just made a shot at the buzzer. Three points to go into half-time. Me - 3. You - 0.

You know what you look like with your good bag and your bad shoes? You look like a rube.

It's Britney, bitch!

I believe in myself.

It's that good being me.

'I ALWAYS win.'

George, be a King!

'Whaddya think now?!'

Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it.

Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.

Believe that you have it, and you have it!

I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There are two kinds of people, there's those who like Johnny Cash, and those that will.

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

One and two and three and four, Tell them what the girlie wore. It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini That she wore for the first time today, An itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini So in the locker she wanted to stay

I'll woo her as the lion wooes his brides.

As a dancer, I out-Fred the nimblest Astaire

A little learning is a dangerous thing

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

Don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don't doubt yourself.

Exercises cultivated self-reliance - the foundation of courage.

'But, now its also time to say that - I dont give a fuck if you hate me!'

A smile is the cheapest way to improve your looks, even if your teeth are crooked.

Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

'One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.'

'Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.'

I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister, who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual may be the growth of confidence, that of credit requires still more time to arrive at maturity.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.