Belief In Self Quotes - Page 4

• Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.

  Robertson Davies

  Art, Suffering, Want

  "Somerset Maugham". 1982.

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• My hero is me. Why? Because I was a poor little kid who was told, `Hey stupid, can`t you speak English?` Now all those people work for me. Despite whatever circumstances I came across, I was always able to rise to the top and there`s only one way to do that - by being selfish, but also by believing in yourself. Belief is self-knowing. Even Yoda out of Star Wars said, `Do or do not. There is no try.

  Gene Simmons

  Stars, War, Stupid

  "This much I know" by Luke Bainbridge, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2004.

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• I don't think being the only child of a single parent helped. I was always a little unsteady in my self-belief. Then there was the Jewish thing. I love being Jewish, I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people saying you don't look it.

  Lauren Bacall

  Children, Love Is, Thinking

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Enormous self-belief, intuition, the ability to take a risk at a critical moment and go in for a very dangerous play with counter-chances for the opponent - it is precisely these qualities that distinguish great players.

  Garry Kasparov

  Success, Player, Self

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• It is hope in this wider sense which enabled my father to build, from scratch, one of India's largest modern enterprises. His was an undertaking powered by hard work, initiative, self-belief but, above all else, the capacity, as he would often say, "to dream with your eyes wide open".

  Anil Ambani

  Dream, Father, Hard Work

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• The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.

  Brian Tracy

  Life, Motivational, Names

  Brian Tracy (1998). “The Gift of Self-Confidence”, p.7, Jaico Publishing House

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• Never underestimate the importance of self-belief to transform your own organization, to reassure nervous clients, and to change the future of our business.

  Ken Kaess

  Business, Self, Organization

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• If one asks for success and prepares for failure, one will get the situation one has prepared for.

  Florence Scovel Shinn

  Inspirational, Success, Failure

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• Art glows with faith even in its weakest parts. At every moment, writing is an act of self-confidence – the sheerest, most determined, most stubborn self-belief. You CAN have faith and doubt at the same time; the most insecure writer on the planet has faith that shines just as bright as her doubt, and she deserves props for that. It might be hidden deep, she might not feel it and you might not see it, but it’s in there, or she wouldn’t be able to write.

  Kristin Cashore

  Art, Writing, Insecure

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• Always look on the bright side of life.

  Graham Chapman

  Positive Attitude, Positivity, Good As It Gets

  Graham Chapman (2001). “Monty Python's the life of Brian (of Nazareth)”, Methuen Pub Ltd

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• we are the ones we have been waiting for

  Alice Walker

  Change, Confidence, Life Changing

  Alice Walker (2013). “The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker”, p.342, The New Press

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• I had a massive amount of self-belief when I did stand-up.

  Johnny Vegas

  Self, Belief, Massive

  "Tears of a clown" by Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2006.

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• Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Football, Team, Party

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• Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Confidence, Fall, Achievement

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.82, Shambhala Publications

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• For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Success, Confidence, Men

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• Enjoy it - making music is a wonderful way to spend your life.. but do it for the love before a career... it's getting so unforgiving out there - I hate to think of the obstacles in the way now for new artists.. if you love it and you are good, you will be fine.. but be prepared to have to work hard and don't judge your success by other peoples opinions.. have self belief.

  Nigel Godrich

  Hate, Hard Work, Love Is

  "Atoms For Peace, Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich". "Ask Me Anything", www.reddit.com.

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• I believe the root of all happiness on this earth to lie in the realization of a spiritual life with a consciousness of something wider than materialism; in the capacity to live in a world that makes you unselfish because you are not overanxious about your own comic fallibilities; that gives you tranquility without complacency because you believe in something so much larger than yourself.

  Hugh Walpole

  Life, Happiness, Spiritual

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• I don't really see the hurdles. I sense them like a memory.

  Edwin Moses

  Confidence, Memories, Hurdle

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• We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.

  Epictetus

  Confidence, Should

  Epictetus (1925). “Discourses”

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• The next battle being fought by e-commerce companies will be for customer loyalty.

  Priyanka Gill

  Loyalty, Battle, Next

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• The key to successful business is self belief and application.

  Felix Dennis

  Successful, Keys, Self

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• The natural pattern of current astronomy is provided by the cryptic unity of nature itself (belief in which is the chief act of faith of the scientist).

  Nigel Calder

  Unity, Patterns, Belief

  Nigel Calder (1969). “Violent universe: an eye-witness account of the commotion in astronomy 1968-69”

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• Doubt is a powerful tool. Doubt challenges my beliefs and breaks the spell of all the lies and superstitions that control my world. I use doubt to recover faith in myself, to take my power back from every superstition I believe in, and return that power to myself.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Faith, Powerful, Lying

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• The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen

  A. A. Milne

  Men, Thinking, Average

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• Belief is a deception you play upon yourself.

  Rajneesh

  Play, Deception, Belief

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