Alec Waugh Quotes

Build your self-esteem by recalling all the ways you have succeeded, and your brain will be filled with images of you making your achievements happen again and again. Give yourself permission to toot your own horn, and don't wait for anyone to praise you.

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.

I have been in there with all of them and there is nothing left for me to prove.

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

My best and worst 'Idol' moments? I don't have a worst 'Idol' moment... I've been spectacular. Yes, I am going to toot my own horn. And then my best moment is every single moment. I'll toot it again!

I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can't be all that bad.

I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

Awards bolster your confidence in wonderful ways. But they aren't the world.

The more confident you are, the less doubt you will have, and the more likely your success will be.

You have to be confident to be successful... I am somewhat confident.

When you continue to perform, your confidence level increases dramatically.

With every film, my confidence gets boosted; I feel motivated.

It's been a massive confidence booster to know the managers picking you each game in a position where you're playing well. It gives you a lot of belief that you're doing the right things.

I got a lot of confidence in myself.

Once you get a couple good plays, you get confidence and it carries over.

I do feel at times like I'm always proving myself. But I also feel that I'm proven. I've proven I can get to the mountaintop.

I truly felt like I was a Division I quarterback, and I'd felt that way for a long time. I just wanted other people to see it.

To be the best and to have others call me that, I like it.

And I know it's an old cliche, but winning and being in a winning position breeds confidence - cliche or not, it's still true.

I do feel that I myself wouldn't have had, in my life looking back, the courage to go out and say, 'I'm a good actress.' So I think I'm one of those people that needed to be seen by someone else to see myself.

When I first got two stars, I didn't think I deserved it. Now I have three I think I am worthy.

I don't need to get any validation by someone else who sits next to me in first class. If you think a seat in first class makes you a star, then you're not one.

No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments.

The initial two or three wins that you get really give you a surge in confidence. That helps for the following games.

Ever since I was young I've always been told how good I am.