Issa Rae Quotes

The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.

The more experience you have, the more confidence you get and the more ready you are.

...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around.

Experience alone can give, even to the greatest talent, that confidence in having done all that could be done.

I feel like I've really earnt my stripes - I feel ready to play a lead. I would just love to prove I'm good enough to carry a project.

I always try to do what I know best, and that is play well.

I feel that confidence is the essence for a good performance.

At my best I was as good as anyone.

The most powerful drive in the ascent of man is his pleasure in his own skill. He loves to do what he does well. And having done it well, he loves to do it better.

Demonstration of mastery gives a feeling of power and that feeling of power is a good feeling.

You can't dream up confidence. Confidence is born of demonstrated ability.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do.

Once you've found something you know how to do, it makes you feel you don't have to be intimidated by someone.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

I actually think I play better now than I've ever played.

I'm very good at what I do, and I don't turn my hand to something unless I'm very good at it, frankly.

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.

The more matches I play, the more confident I get.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

You get what you're good enough to take.

I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.

I'm becoming more powerful.

One thing about me, as far as my career is concerned, is that I'm very confident. I know I'm good.

I tell people, 'You can do this.' And they write back and say, 'You were right. I can do this. And now I believe I can do anything.'