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• If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.

  Jean Sibelius

  Confidence, Honor, Attention

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• I love you present tense,” I whispered, and then put my hand on the middle of his chest and said, “It’s okay, Gus. It’s okay. It is. It’s okay, you hear me?” I had—and have—absolutely no confidence that he could hear me. I leaned forward and kissed his cheek. “Okay,” I said. “Okay.

  John Green

  Love You, Hands, Gus

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.270, Penguin

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• I know I can be bolshy and really unpleasant, and it always happens if I lose confidence in the people I'm working with. If I've got no confidence in what I'm doing and they don't provide me with some assurance that we're doing the right thing then I bully people. I'm a horrible bully.

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  People, Bully, Horrible

  "I'm a horrible bully" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2003.

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• I was thinking of my patients, and how the worst moment for them was when they discovered they were masters of their own fate. It was not a matter of bad or good luck. When they could no longer blame fate, they were in despair.

  Anais Nin

  Confidence, Good Luck, Fate

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• In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close knit communities, and our faith in God , too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption .

  Jimmy Carter

  Strong, Hard Work, Self

  Energy and the National Goals - A Crisis of Confidence, delivered 15 July, 1979

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• I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts.

  James Harvey Robinson

  Everyday, Fool, Facts

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• Truth is the band of union and the basis of human happiness. Without this virtue there is no reliance upon language, no confidence in friendship, no security in promises and oaths.

  Jeremy Collier

  Truth, Promise, Band

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• Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Confidence, Causes, Action

  Norman Vincent Peale (1996). “Power of the Plus Factor”, Ballantine Books

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• Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It's only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.

  Orson Welles

  Ignorance, Equal, Careful

  Orson Welles, Mark W. Estrin (2002). “Orson Welles: Interviews”, p.80, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• The churches have no confidence in each other. Why? Because they are acquainted with each other.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Atheism, Church, Positive Atheism

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1410, Library of Alexandria

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• I can't remember the exact quote but when I used to trade and Mr. Volcker was Fed chairman, he said something like 'gold is my enemy, I'm always watching what gold is doing', we need to think why he made a statement like that. If you're a central banker or one of the congressmen or senators, watch what gold is doing because this is a no-confidence vote in fiscal and dollar policy.

  Rick Santelli

  Thinking, Enemy, Gold

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• I can never tell what I'm doing when I'm in the middle of publication because I have no confidence. I have terrible self-esteem, along with boundless narcissism.

  Anne Lamott

  Self Esteem, Narcissism, Middle

  Goodreads Interview, www.goodreads.com. March 2012.

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• There are many cases in which gifted children have done great things without special school programs. There are also gifted kids who have been to special schools and achieved nothing that has benefited the world as a whole. Without solid evidence, I have no confidence that funding school programs for the intellectually gifted would do more good than the most cost-effective programs to help people in extreme poverty.

  Peter Singer

  Children, School, Kids

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• [My father] was more than apprehensive. He didn't think I stood a chance in hell. He had no confidence in me whatsoever and was convinced that I was going to be coming to him for money when I was 40. We argued about it constantly.

  George Michael

  Father, Thinking, Chance

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In my early work I didn't use much colour. I had no confidence about how I could do this.

  Michael Craig-Martin

  Use, Colour, Early Work

  Source: www.artzip.org

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• The president Donald Trump told the "New York Times" that he regrets appointing Jeff Sessions. And when a president expresses no confidence in a cabinet member, then that cabinet member owes the president his resignation. When the president does it publicly, which is something we just have never seen before, then that cabinet matter really has no choice from that minute forward, absolutely no choice.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Regret, Choices, President

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• Reality bites. Micron underlines that despite the market run-up recently, there's still no confidence about growth and earnings.

  David Thwaites

  Running, Reality, Growth

  "Techs sink European markets", www.cnn.com. December 18, 2002.

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• Marriage is the strictest tie of perpetual friendship, and there can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity; and he must expect to be wretched, who pays to beauty, riches, or politeness that regard which only virtue and piety can claim.

  Samuel Johnson

  Marriage, Integrity, Ties

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1836). “The works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: with an essay on his life and genius”, p.41

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• Basically there are two types of people in the world: people who are confident because they know they have the ability to create, and then people who have been demoralised, who have no confidence in themselves because they have been told they have no creative ability, but must just take orders. The Establishment likes people who take no responsibility and cannot respect themselves.

  Yoko Ono

  Responsibility, Order, Two

  "The Lost John Lennon Interview". Interview with Tariq Ali and Robin Blackburn, www.counterpunch.org. December 8, 2005.

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• I sometimes think that the very essence of the whole Christian position and the secret of a successful spiritual life is just to realize two things... I must have complete, absolute confidence in God and no confidence in myself."

  Martyn Lloyd-Jones

  Christian, Spiritual, Successful

  D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1995). “Reflections: A Treasury of Daily Readings”, Nelson Bibles

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• I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.

  Dana Carvey

  Television, Ridiculous

  "Dana Carvey talks parenting, “SNL” and Carlmont High cross country". Interview with Peter Hartlaub, blog.sfgate.com. April 30, 2010.

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• Don't be so damned discouraging," said Wimsey. "I have already carefully explained to you that this time I am investigating this business. Anybody would think you had no confidence in me." "People have been wrongly condemned before now." "Exactly; simply because I wasn't there." "I never thought of that.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Thinking, People, Said

  Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Strong Poison”, p.57, Open Road Media

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• Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Life, Motivational, Sports

  FaceBook post by Jack Nicklaus from Jan 14, 2014

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• The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

  James Madison

  Confidence, Money, Self Esteem

  James Madison (1836). “The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yates's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution”, p.538

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• Men who have flattered themselves into this opinion of their own abilities, look down on all who waste their lives over books, as a race of inferior beings condemned by nature to perpetual pupilage, and fruitlessly endeavouring to remedy their barrenness by incessant cultivation, or succour their feebleness by subsidiary strength. They presume that none would be more industrious than they, if they were not more sensible of deficiences; and readily conclude, that he who places no confidence in his own powers owes his modesty only to his weakness.

  Samuel Johnson

  Book, Men, Race

  Samuel Johnson (1823). “The Works of Samuel Johnson: LL.D. A New Edition in Twelve Volumes. With an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq”, p.83

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