Building Confidence Quotes

There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

Amy Chua

Confidence, Building, Can Do Something

Amy Chua (2011). “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, p.17, Bloomsbury Publishing

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"Optimism". Essay by Helen Keller, 1903.

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Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

Marianne Williamson

Confidence, Fear, Insecure

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

Marianne Williamson

Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

Edmund Hillary

Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

"That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Dale Carnegie

Inspirational, Motivational, Good Morning

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Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

Marianne Williamson

Inspiring, Confidence, Fear

"A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a 'Course in Miracles'". Book by Marianne Williamson, 1992.

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It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

Marianne Williamson

Confidence, Fear, Light

A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Malcolm Forbes

Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Positive, Beauty

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Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Norman Vincent Peale

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

Marie Curie

Inspirational, Strength, Confidence

"Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

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Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Graduation, Confidence

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Confidence comes not from always being right but from not
fearing to be wrong.

Peter McIntyre

Motivational, Positive, Confidence

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You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

Marianne Williamson

Inspirational, God, Christian

Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.

Alan Cohen

Inspiring, Beauty, Confidence

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Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Samuel Johnson

Life, Motivational, Confidence

Samuel Johnson (1804). “The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: And a Criticism on Their Works”, p.500

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Wouldn't it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.

Alan Cohen

Motivational, Confidence, Powerful

Alan Cohen (2006). “Relax Into Wealth: How to Get More by Doing Less”, p.46, Penguin

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We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

Marie Curie

Strength, Confidence, Perseverance

"Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

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As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandela

Inspirational, Strength, Confidence

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.11, Pan Macmillan

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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

Dale Carnegie

Confidence, Fear, Weight Loss

Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.13, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

Stan Smith

Soccer, Sports, Confidence

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Look the world straight in the eye.

Helen Keller

Motivational, Confidence, Self Esteem

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Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

Marie Curie

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse, November 30, 1936.

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