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Quotations
 | Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’d ever imagined. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 17 likes |
 | Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. — Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, British scientist 12 likes |
 | Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. — Golda Meir, 1898-1978, Israeli Prime Minister 10 likes |
 | The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 9 likes |
 | Our lack of confidence is not the result of difficulty. The difficulty comes from our lack of confidence. — Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher 9 likes |
 | Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 7 likes |
 | Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman 7 likes |
| Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 7 likes |
 | As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 7 likes |
 | The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it. — James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer ‐ Peter Pan 7 likes |
 | You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 6 likes |
| Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 6 likes |
 | Be yourself. The world worships the original. — Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist 6 likes |
 | He who has lost confidence can lose nothing more. — Pierre Claude Boiste, 1765-1824, French lexicographer 6 likes |
 | Art is a faith that imposes the duty to ignore public opinion. — Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter 5 likes |
 | You need talent, you need brains, and you need confidence. Those are the three things you need to do virtually anything. Confidence is a fascinating commodity. There’s no upper limit on the usefulness of it, as long as it doesn’t bleed into arrogance. — Jerry Seinfeld, 1954-, American comedian 5 likes |
 | Confidence is the present tense of hope. — Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher 5 likes |
 | Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 5 likes |
 | A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. — Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964, American general 4 likes |
 | In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence. — Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969, American general & President 4 likes |
 | Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 4 likes |
 | Confidence is one of the divine possibilities of man. — Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer 4 likes |
 | Self-trust is the first secret of success. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 3 likes |
 | Sincerity is the surest road to confidence. — David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922] 3 likes |
 | To succeed in life, succeed at being yourself. — Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer 3 likes |
 | Just remember that Dumbo didn't need the feather; the magic was in him. — Stephen King, 1947-, American author of horror & fantasy fiction 3 likes |
 | We are as often duped by diffidence as by confidence. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 2 likes |
 | Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you. |
 | If you're certain, you're certainly wrong, because nothing deserves certainty. |
 | To lose confidence in one’s body means to lose self-confidence. |
 | It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves. |
 | To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are. |
 | If there is a faith which can move mountains, then it is a faith in one’s own strength. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims |
 | “I will succeed!” The word of the gambler, of the great captain, a fatalistic word which loses more men than it saves. |
 | Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself. |
| A girl should be two things: who and what she wants. |
 | An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please. |
 | The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of: the last he does not concern himself about. |
 | Truth is that which makes a people certain, clear, and strong. |
 | To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity. |
| To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. |
 | There's nothing good about being ordinary. People don't respect you for it. People run after people who are different, who have confidence in their own taste, who don't run with the herd. There is nothing gained by giving in to the pressures of group vulgarity. |
 | To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. |
 | The fact is: I no longer believe in my own infallibility. That is why I am lost. |
 | If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. — Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer (The Colossus of Maroussi, 1941) |
| If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome. |
 | Fear is the result of a lack of confidence. A lack of confidence is the result of not knowing what you can do. A lack of knowing what you can do is caused by a lack of experience. A lack of experience is caused by a lack of doing something new. |
 | The deep roots never doubt spring will come. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist |
 | Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. |
 | The cause of democracy’s stupidities is confidence in the anonymous citizen; and the cause of its crimes is the anonymous citizen’s confidence in himself. |
 | The secret to doing anything is believing that you can do it. Anything that you believe you can do strong enough, you can do. Anything. As long as you believe. |
Latin Quotes
 | They can because they think they can. Possunt, quia posse videntur. — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet 97 likes |
