Confidence Quotes
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we found that success correlates more closely with confidence than it does with competence. Yes, there is evidence that confidence is more important than ability when it comes to getting ahead. This came as particularly unsettling news to us, having spent our own lives striving toward competence.
Katty Kay -
I love my fans very much. They give me the confidence to continue things in life.
Shad Gregory Moss
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To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.
Confucius -
Yes, confidence was knowing I could do anything. But, I realized, confidence must always be rooted in work. In sweat. In pain-good pain. And in honesty.
Duff McKagan Guns N' Roses -
DMK is the only political party that enjoys the confidence of the people.
Radha Ravi -
Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.
Arnold Palmer -
Embracing failure is the most important trait I've developed in my career. I have tried to learn from my failures, and I believe it has made me stronger, more confident and more resilient.
Reshma Saujani -
Bullies will attack your confidence, but you cannot let them kill your ambition.
Whitney Wolfe Herd
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[People] are looking for some means of control and what that means is is that the politics in all of our countries is gonna require us to manage technology and global integration and all these demographic shifts in a way that makes people feel more control, that gives them more confidence in their future.
Barack Obama -
Confidence, to my way of thinking, generally is all the magic needed to work miracles.
Evalyn Walsh McLean -
When the Lord is your confidence you will never find yourself at all deceived by the ways and speech of men and women, though they be very brilliant, if they speak outside of the Principle that demonstrates healing and goodness and life.
Emma Curtis Hopkins -
I always had a lot of confidence in my ability to gauge a situation and people and try to understand them and what they were saying and what their context was.
Lloyd Blankfein -
When the recording button was on, I was just young and I don’t want to say naïve but I just wasn’t used to it. And it just took me years to gain the confidence going in there and really laying it down. So from that first record to where I am at now is like night and day.
John Tempesta The Cult -
You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
Chris Evert
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I write all the time, but you just want to be careful what you put out. That's all. You want to have the confidence that you've done what you need to do to it, because otherwise it's an exercise in vanity.
Dylan Moran -
It’s such a confidence trick, writing a novel. The main person you have to trick into confidence is yourself. This is hard to do alone.
Zadie Smith -
When you know you can run forever on court, you're not worried that you can play three sets. I think this is really important for your confidence.
Angelique Kerber -
I have so many single girlfriends who fit themselves into the mold of what they think a guy's looking for. But being comfortable around men is about being comfortable with yourself. They gravitate toward confidence. Really, that is what they want to be around.
Cobie Smulders -
I've said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
Aimee Mullins -
I'm just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me.
Charles B. Rangel
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How heavy must the responsibility weigh on those others who, in torturing an individual, are also abusing the confidence of an entire nation!
Alfred Dreyfus -
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. - Diane Arbus By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
Lao Tzu -
The benefits of prison education go beyond lowering recidivism rates and increasing post-release employment. It can also rekindle a sense of purpose and confidence.
Clint Smith -
Have confidence in your ability to do it right, and work hard to do the best possible job.
Walt Disney