Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.
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.
Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
There is no doubt that the reason for my awful oversight was over-confidence that sapped my sense of danger. So that is where to look for the cause of bad blunders - in the exulting feeling of self-congratulation.
To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'
Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.
Insist on yourself. Never imitate.
Probability is a kind of penance, which God made, suitable, I presume to that state of mediocrity and probationership he has been pleased to place us in here; wherein, to check our over-confidence and presumption, we might, by every day's experience, be made sensible of our short-sightedness, and liableness to error.
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.
I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.
Confidence is a fine trait. Over-confidence isn't.
When everyone feels that risks are at their minimum, over-confidence can take over and elementary precautions start to get watered down.
Whatever you say, say it with conviction
You are valued more than you know, by more people than you think. It might be good to get in touch today with your true worth. It is much higher than you often give it credit for being -- and now is a perfect time to know, and to gently assert, that fact. This is not about arrogance and it is not about over confidence. It is about a simple, dignified Knowing.
Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Make up your mind, you'll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.
I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance.
or simply: