Quotes
Quotes on confidence
"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced - Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, painter
"It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes" - Sally Field, 1946- , actress
"It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to" - W.C. Fields, 1880-1946, comedian
"Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right" - Henry Ford, 1863-1947, founder of Ford Motor Company
"I am not a has-been. I am a will be" - Lauren Bacall, 1924- , actress and model
"Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got" - Sophia Loren, 1934- , actress
"Everything you will be tomorrow you are already becoming today" - Antony Jinman, 1981- , polar explorer
"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them" - Michael Jordan, 1963- , basketball player
"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves" - Sir Edmund Hillary, 1919-2008, mountaineer
“Just Do It” – Nike, 1988-
"Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway" - Mary Kay Ash, 1918-2001, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
"The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable" - Paul Tillich, 1886-1965, theologian and philosopher
"People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet" - Sa'Di, 1184 – 1283/1291?, medieval Persian poet
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us" - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, philosopher and poet
"Never dull your shine for somebody else" - Tyra Banks, 1973- , model and media personality
"It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself" - Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Greek philosopher
"When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you" - African Proverb
"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence" - Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach
"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, 1898-1993, preacher and author
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy" - Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, lecturer and author
"Don't worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright" - Bob Marley, 1945-1981, singer-songwriter