Confidence Quotes
1. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
2. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” - Maya Angelou
3. “Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.” – Laozi
4. “With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.” – The Dalai Lama
5. “If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.” – Cicero
6. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
7. “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
8. “We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face … we must do that which we think we cannot.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
9. “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 must be attained.” - Marie Curie
10. “You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.” – Lou Holtz
11. “Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident, and more and more successful.” - Mark Victor Hansen
12. “Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.” - George Washington
13. “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
14. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain
15. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” - Bernard Baruch
16. “It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.” -Lillian Hellman
17. “Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.” - Paul Tournier
18. “Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.” -Paulo Coelho
19. “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” – Mahatama Gandhi
20. “Trust yourself–you know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Spock
21. “Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
22. “Accept who you are; and revel in it.” – Mitch Albom
23. “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
24. “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” – Helen Keller
25. “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louise May Alcott
26. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
27. “Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.” – Zig Ziglar
28. “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
29. “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
30. “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” -Coco Chanel
31. “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anais Nin
32. “You’ve got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.” – Chris Evert
33. “Always be yourself–express yourself, have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” – Bruce Lee
34. “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” – Rumi
35. “Self-confidence can be learned, practiced, and mastered–just like any other skill. Once you master it, everything in your life will change for the better.” -Barrie Davenport
36. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley
37. “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” -Arthur Ashe
38. “Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.” -Tina Fey
39. “Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them.” -T. Harv Eker
40. “You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it.” -Robert Anthony
41. “Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” -Christopher Robin
42. “It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.” -Sally Field
43. “The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that which we have in others.” -Francois de la Rochefoucauld
44. “Confidence doesn’t come out of nowhere. It’s a result of something … hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.” -Roger Staubach
45. “If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” -Thomas Edison
46. “I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” -Anne Freud
47. “You have no control over other people’s taste, so focus on staying true to your own.” -Tim Gunn
48. “With confidence, you have won before you have started.” -Marcus Garvey
49. “I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you’ve done.” -Robert Downey Jr.
50. “When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.” -Joe Namath
51. “Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.” -Bruce Barton
52. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain
53. “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” -Oscar Wilde
54. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” –Buddha
55. “Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.” -Norman Vincent Peale
56. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
57. “When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.” -Jodi Picoult
58. “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
59. “Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” –e. e. cummings
60. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” –Dr. Seuss
61. “I laugh at myself. I don’t take myself completely seriously. I think that’s another quality that people have to hold on to … you have to laugh, especially at yourself.” ―Madonna
62. “Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.” -Diane Arbus
63. “Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.” -Mignon McLaughlin
64. “People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you’ve figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence.” -Jack Canfield
65. “It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.” -Epicurus
66. “Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.” -George Herbert
67. “Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they’re yours.” -Richard Bach
68. “Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. -Michel de Montaigne
69. “If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
70. “Your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.” –Michelle Obama
71. “Once you become self-conscious, there is no end to it; once you start to doubt, there is no room for anything else.” -Mignon McLaughlin
72. “Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.” -Truman Capote
73. “Kindness in words creates confidence.” -Laozi
74. “Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.” -Samuel Johnson
75. “As is our confidence, so is our capacity.”-William Hazlitt
76. “Never dull your shine for somebody else.” –Tyra Banks
77. “Control your own destiny or someone else will.” -Jack Welch
78. “Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. .” -Cicero
79. “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
80. “If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.” -Abraham Lincoln
81. “Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.” -Vince Lombardi
82. “The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.” -Elbert Hubbard
83. “I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn’t fall down.” -Al Neuharth
84. “It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.” -Samuel Johnson
85. “Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.” -Erich Fromm
86. “One’s self-image is very important because if that’s in good shape, then you can do anything, or practically anything.” -John Gielgud
87. “Humor comes from self-confidence.” -Rita Mae Brown
88. “The more validation I need, the less discernment I have.” -Kurt Hanks
89. “We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs.” -Robert Breault
90. “If you don’t ask, the answer is always no.” -Nora Roberts
91.”The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.” -William Jennings Bryan
92. “Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.” -Benjamin Disraeli
93. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” -Lucille Ball
94. “Confidence is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life.” -John Dewey
95. “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” -Edmund Hillary
96. “First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe.” -Norman Vincent Peale
97. “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. ” – M. Scott Peck
98. “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.” – Harvey Fierstein
99. “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” ― Michel de Montaigne
100. “The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” ― C.G. Jung
101. Confidence is like “Show up in every single moment like you’re meant to be there.”
102. Confidence is not ‘they will like me’. Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t’.
103. Self confidence is a super power. Once you start to believe in yourself, magic starts happening.
104. I am who I am. Not who you think I am. Not who you want me to be. I am me.
105. Coffee in one hand. Confidence in the other.
106. Your energy introduces you before you even speak.
107. Stop doubting yourself. Work hard, and make it happen.
108. Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.
109. Inhale confidence, exhale doubt.
110. People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.
111. Be yourself. People don’t have to like you and you don’t have to care.
112. I am confident because I can admit who I am, what I’ve done, and love myself for who I’ve become.
113. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Helen Keller
114. The most beautiful things you can wear is confidence.
Blake Lively
115. When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
Joe Namath
116. If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
117. Confidence comes from discipline and training.
118. Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if you’re not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy.
119. I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.
Jane Fonda
120. It’s all about confidence and how you feel about yourself. There’s no such thing as a perfect woman, I like imperfections – that’s what makes you unique.
Hayley Hasselhoff
121. With confidence, you have won before you have started.
Marcus Garvey
122. Have confidence in everything. No matter what it is that you’re doing, know that you can do it better than anyone.
123. Confidence isn’t walking into a room with your nose in the air, and thinking you are better than everyone else. It’s walking into a room and not having to compare yourself to anyone else in the first place.
124. No one is you and that is your power.
125. It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden
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 must be attained.
Marie Curie
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
Bernard Baruch
Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.
Zig Ziglar
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
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
David Brinkley
Humor comes from self-confidence.
Rita Mae Brown
Confidence is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life.
John Dewey
We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs.
Robert Breault
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Quotes for a Quick Confidence Boost
Sometimes things are going well, you’re feeling good, but something happens that allows just a little bit of self-doubt to slip in, and suddenly your confidence starts to crumble. The following self-confidence quotes are here to remind you why confidence is your core truth, and how knowing that can vastly improve your lot in life.
Think you can and you can do it. Your thoughts are your life.
Lailah Gifty Akita
When you have confidence, you can do anything.
Sloane Stevens
It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.
Lillian Hellman
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
Paul Tournier
Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.
Coco Chanel
Trust yourself–you know more than you think you do.
Benjamin Spock
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Helen Keller
Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.
Tina Fey
Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them.
T. Harv Eker
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
Joe Namath
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Quotes to Help You Understand Your Self-Worth
There are so many reasons a person may have low self-worth. From a traumatic or abusive childhood, to circumstances far less understood, nurturing your self-worth becomes integral the more you realize all the ways that having low confidence plays out in your life.
Check out the following self-worth quotes when you need to be reminded of your value.
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
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
Maya Angelou
You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.
Lou Holtz
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
Michel de Montaigne
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.
Elbert Hubbard
One’s self-image is very important because if that’s in good shape, then you can do anything, or practically anything.
John Gielgud
The more validation I need, the less discernment I have.
Kurt Hanks
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
C.G. Jung
Inspirational quotes that will help you believe in yourself
Do you really, truly believe in yourself? You might feel confident on the surface of things, but when push comes to shove, and life calls for a little (or a lot of) self-trust, you waver.
The following inspirational quotes for confidence will help restore any dimming self-belief and make you wonder why you ever doubted yourself in the first place.
Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.
Laozi
Confidence is everything. Confidence is what makes that simple white tee and jeans look good.
Ciara
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Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident, and more and more successful.
Mark Victor Hansen
Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
Mahatma Gandhi
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
You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it.
Robert Anthony
Confidence is when you believe in yourself and your abilities, arrogance is when you think you are better than others and act accordingly.
Stewart Stafford
I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you’ve done.
Robert Downey Jr.
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Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
E. E. Cummings
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe.
Norman Vincent Peale
Quotes for Confident Self-Love
Truth: self-love is the foundation for all good things. Without a basis of love and appreciation for yourself and who you are, you can’t cultivate true confidence. The following self-love quotes are designed to call to mind all that’s unique and beautiful and intelligent and capable about you personally.
Accept who you are; and revel in it.
Mitch Albom
Always be yourself–express yourself, have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
Bruce Lee
Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.
Rumi
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The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.
Blake Lively
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
Anne Freud
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
Lucille Ball
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Buddha
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I laugh at myself. I don’t take myself completely seriously. I think that’s another quality that people have to hold on to … you have to laugh, especially at yourself.
Madonna
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Vince Lombardi
Motivational quotes for confidence
Can you have confidence without motivation? The jury’s still out on that one, but many believe that a lack of motivation, at its core, is really just a lack of confidence that manifests as a lack of desire to even try. The following motivational quotes just might serve as the loving kick in the butt you need to take control of your destiny.
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
Self-confidence can be learned, practiced, and mastered–just like any other skill. Once you master it, everything in your life will change for the better.
Barrie Davenport
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Thomas Edison
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You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.
Dr. Seuss
People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you’ve figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence.
Jack Canfield
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
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
Jack Welch
If you don’t ask, the answer is always no.
Nora Roberts
Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
M. Scott Peck
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Edmund Hillary
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The dictionary defines confidence as “the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust.”
When we feel confident in others, we know and trust in their ability to do what they have promised.
When we feel confident in ourselves, we are able to trust in our own abilities, qualities, and judgement.
Self-confidence is important to both your physical health and your psychological well-being. When you believe in yourself you’re more likely to try new things, devote your time and energy to tasks that matter, make good lifestyle choices, and foster healthy relationships.
Many of us struggle with confidence issues. In an age of social media, it can be difficult not to compare ourselves with other people. We might lack confidence at work, in public speaking, or in meeting new people, which makes us fear that we aren’t taken seriously or that we won’t meet new friends or a significant other.
But the great news is, we can do many things to help boost our self-confidence levels. From taking better care of our bodies to journaling, quitting social media and reading confidence-boosting quotes, there are plenty of ways to build trust in ourselves.
Here at keepinspiring.me, we want to help you reach a whole new level of self-confidence!
Confidence Quotes
Sabrina Carpenter quote "Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess"
“Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess.” – Sabrina Carpenter
In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.
Carter G. Woodson
When you have a lot of confidence and you feel like nobody can beat you, it’s game over for everyone else.
Jason Day
As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
William Hazlitt
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Vince Lombardi
When you have confidence, you can do anything.
Sloane Stevens
Mark Twain confidence quote "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure"
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” – Mark Twain
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.
Martin Luther
Confidence is everything. Confidence is what makes that simple white tee and jeans look good.
Ciara
Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don’t think you can, you won’t.
Jerry West
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
George Herbert
Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.
Robert Staubach
The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.
Blake Lively
Norman Vincent Peale Quote "Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy"
“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
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
Cicero
Confidence is a very fragile thing.
Joe Montana
Confidence comes from discipline and training.
Robert Kiyosaki
Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Confidence is when you believe in yourself and your abilities, arrogance is when you think you are better than others and act accordingly.
Stewart Stafford
Peter T. McIntyre quote "Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong"
“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” – Peter T. McIntyre
Confidence isn’t optimism or pessimism, and it’s not a character attribute. It’s the expectation of a positive outcome.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
Joe Namath
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
Stan Smith
Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good.
Diane Von Furstenberg
Marcus Garvey Quote "With confidence, you have won before you have started"
“With confidence, you have won before you have started.” – Marcus Garvey
If you don’t have any confidence, you’re not going to do anything.
Stefon Diggs
Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I’m able to do what I want without anybody thinking it’s dumb.
Amy Lee
The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
James Madison
Richard Kline quote "Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control"
“Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control.” – Richard Kline
Confidence Building Quotes
Now we know what some of the world’s great and good have described confidence as being, it’s time to start boosting those confidence levels!
Confidence means believing in yourself, feeling comfortable with who you are, and recognizing that you have worth.
When you feel confident, the way you present yourself to the world changes. People believe in you. You are more likely to be successful in work, sports, or other activities.
What’s more, the way you present yourself can have a profound impact on the new opportunities that come your way.
These quotes are all about building confidence and adopting the “get up and go for it” mentality.
Wendy Wasserstein confidence quote "Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable"
“Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.” – Wendy Wasserstein
Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.
Jessica Williams
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Lao Tzu
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
Barbra Streisand
Eleanor Roosevelt quote "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along'"
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'” – Eleanor Roosevelt
A fit body gives you confidence. And there’s nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you’ll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.
Virat Kohli
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.
Norman Vincent Peale
I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.
Jane Fonda
Find what makes you feel comfortable. The confidence you wear your clothes in is what’s really going to shine.
Hayley Hasselhoff
The level of confidence women are able to build in women-only groups is important.
Mae Jemison
Katy Perry self-confidence quote "If you’re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything"
“If you’re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.” – Katy Perry
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
I’ve always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.
Eddie Murphy
I think about trust and confidence as something that you earn every day, and we will keep at it, earning it every day.
Lynn Good
For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum.
Floyd Patterson
Rosalynn Carter self-confidence quote "You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through"
“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” – Rosalynn Carter
There’s a confidence and sense of self that comes with age that I didn’t anticipate.
Jillian Michaels
Successful people often exude confidence – it’s obvious that they believe in themselves and what they’re doing. It isn’t their success that makes them confident, however. The confidence was there first.
Travis Bradberry
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right.
Henry Ford
For me, so far, confidence has been a journey, not a destination.
Jessica Williams
Along with age comes more confidence, so it kind of works out.
Leslie Mann
Diego Maradona quote "When you win, you don’t get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far"
“When you win, you don’t get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.” – Diego Maradona
Confidence is one of the sexiest things in guys and girls.
Danica McKellar
Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.
Arnold Palmer
Sometimes, if you fake confidence long enough, you’re going to be confident.
Elle King
I think the best way to have confidence is not to allow everyone else’s insecurities to be your own.
Jessie J
Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.
Nicole Scherzinger
Conor McGregor quote "If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds"
“If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.” – Conor McGregor
Confidence comes from knowing what you’re doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.
Tom Landry
Through my education, I didn’t just develop skills, I didn’t just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence.
Michelle Obama
I taught myself confidence. When I’d walk into a room and feel scared to death, I’d tell myself, ‘I’m not afraid of anybody.’ And people believed me. You’ve got to teach yourself to take over the world.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
For me, it’s always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it’s only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.
Aaron Rodgers
Lillian Helman quote "It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it"
“It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.” – Lillian Helman
You just have to be yourself and go full with confidence and be courageous.
Gabby Douglas
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
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Zig Ziglar
Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you’re confident even when you’re not.
Vanessa Hudgens
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
Thomas Carlyle
Helen Keller quote "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence"
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
It takes a lot for you to find your confidence, but you shouldn’t let someone else be the person to find it for you.
Justine Skye
Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.
David Storey
Dalai Lama confidence quote "A calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health"
“A calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.” – Dalai Lama
Self-Confidence Quotes
It is certainly true that confidence is attractive. A person who believes in themselves and what they are doing is definitely more attractive than a person who cowers on the sidelines hoping no one will notice them.
There is, however, a fine line between confidence and arrogance.
Psychology Today tells us: “the best kind of confidence is like a classical virtue: it strikes the “golden mean” between self-doubt and arrogance, allowing a person to embody his or her positive traits without bragging about them.”
While some of us are much quieter and less open than others, it doesn’t mean that we can’t work on becoming more confident in ourselves. These quotes are all about finding self-confidence, facing the fear, and doing it anyway.
Teddy Roosevelt quote "Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing"
“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.
Lao Tzu
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. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? 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 around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Marianne Williamson
Anna Freud quote "I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time"
“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” – Anna Freud
I never had confidence – never. The hardest thing to know is your own worth, and it took me years and years to find out what mine is.
Peggy Lipton
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
Marcus Garvey
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
Benjamin Spock
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
E.E. Cummings
Bruce Lee confidence quote "Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it"
“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. ” – Bruce Lee
I’ve studied the lives of the 20th century’s great businessmen and concluded self-confidence was instrumental in all their success.
Alex Spanos
You’ve got to put in the work. And you’ve got to play with confidence. You’ve got to believe in yourself.
Paul Pierce
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Samuel Johnson
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Michael Jordan
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
Golda Meir
Eleanor Roosevelt quote "You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do"
“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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
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
It is confidence in our bodies, minds, and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures.
Oprah Winfrey
Always remember, you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Christopher Robin
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
Arthur Ashe
Buddha confidence quote "You, yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe deserves your love and affection"
“You, yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe deserves your love and affection.” – Buddha
Noble and great. Courageous and determined. Faithful and fearless. That is who you are and who you have always been. And understanding it can change your life because this knowledge carries a confidence that cannot be duplicated any other way.
Sheri L. Drew
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Mark Victor Hansen
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
David Storey confidence quote"Self-confidence is the memory of success"
“Self-confidence is the memory of success.” – David Storey
It’s all about confidence and how you feel about yourself. There’s no such thing as a perfect woman. I like imperfections – that’s what makes you unique.
Hayley Hasselhoff
Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.
Brian Tracy
Don’t take anything for granted. If you don’t believe in yourself, nobody else will. Have a little more confidence.
Cathy Moriarty
With the realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.
Dalai Lama
Oprah Winfrey self-confidence quote "Think like a queen. A queen if not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness"
“Think like a queen. A queen if not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” – Oprah Winfrey
Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.
Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
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
Don’t you dare, for one more second, surround yourself with people who are not aware of the greatness that you are.
Jo Blackwell-Preston
We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.
Roderick Thorp
If you put a small value on yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.
Anonymous
Venus Williams self-belief quote "Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will"
“Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.” – Venus Williams
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Mark Twain
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
T. Harv Eker
Self-Belief Quotes
A big part of being and feeling confident is believing in yourself! Self-esteem, self-value, self-respect, self-love… they all start with you!
Believing in yourself, having the confidence to live the life you’ve always imagined, is the ultimate goal for many people. But a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. If believing in your own abilities, qualities, and judgement isn’t something that comes naturally to you, start small.
Challenge yourself to do something new.
Whether it’s getting off the sofa to go out for a run, making friends with a stranger you see everyday, jumping into charity work, or even starting a new business… you don’t have to get it right first time. What matters is that you stick with it and have faith in yourself.
These quotes are all about finding a sense of self-belief, and valuing and loving yourself for exactly who you are.
Roy T Bennett quote "When you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles, doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve"
“When you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles, doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve.” – Roy T. Bennett
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
Lucille Ball
Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn’t have the time to sit around and talk about you. What’s important to me is not others’ opinions of me, but what’s important to me is my opinion of myself.
C. Joybell C.
Love who you are, embrace who you are. Love yourself. When you love yourself, people can kind of pick up on that: they can see confidence, they can see self-esteem, and naturally, people gravitate towards you.
Lilly Singh
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote "As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live"
“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.
John Joseph Powell
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
David J. Schwartz
Depression weighs you down like a rock in a river. You don’t stand a chance. You can fight and pray and hope you have the strength to swim, but sometimes, you have to let yourself sink. Because you’ll never know true happiness until someone or something pulls you back out of that river–and you’ll never believe it until you realize it was you, yourself who saved you.
Alysha Speer
Maddy Malhotra quote "It doesn't matter if thousands of people believe in you, unless You believe in You"
“It doesn’t matter if thousands of people believe in you, unless You believe in You.” – Maddy Malhotra
The person in life that you will always be with the most, is yourself. Because even when you are with others, you are still with yourself, too! When you wake up in the morning, you are with yourself, laying in bed at night you are with yourself, walking down the street in the sunlight you are with yourself.What kind of person do you want to walk down the street with? What kind of person do you want to wake up in the morning with? What kind of person do you want to see at the end of the day before you fall asleep? Because that person is yourself, and it’s your responsibility to be that person you want to be with. I know I want to spend my life with a person who knows how to let things go, who’s not full of hate, who’s able to smile and be carefree. So that’s who I have to be.
C. Joybell C.
Self respect, self worth, and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value.
Rob Liano
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stephen Richards confidence quote "If you think you can then you can"
“If you think you can then you can.” – Stephen Richards
Role models are only of limited use. For no-one is as important, potentially powerful and as key in your life and world as you.
Rasheed Ogunlaru
Believe that you can make your way. Or don’t. Either way, you are right.
Jennifer Donnelly
Never let success go to your head, and never let failures go to your heart.
Anthony Joshua
We established most of our self-beliefs during our childhood, but they were based on our limited understanding of the world around us. They are either flawed or have become outdated. We can’t take these beliefs at face value anymore.
Yong Kang Chan
Self-belief is not self-centred. We can only fight effectively for others if we already believe in ourselves.
Carla H. Krueger
How strongly you believe you really can will play the biggest part in determining if you actually will.
Lorri Faye
Benjamin Kofi Quansah self-belief quote "If you are to succeed in life, you must believe that you can succeed. That self-belief lifts you up"
“If you are to succeed in life, you must believe that you can succeed. That self-belief lifts you up.” – Benjamin Kofi Quansah
We hope these confidence quotes have inspired you to believe in yourself, get out there, and try something new.
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