Albert Bandura Quotes

It's not what other people believe you can do; it's what you believe you can do.

The self-confidence one builds from achieving difficult things and accomplishing goals is the most beautiful thing of all.

Your level of performance matches your dominant self image.

In order for me to achieve... I had to regard myself greater than what I was. In other words I had to fake it until I make it.

I don't have a lot of self-confidence. I'm getting there. Before I had zero confidence, but it's one of those things you learn and accept.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.

Ego is good.

I have done good roles. I feel good about myself.

To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities

If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you'll never perform at the level of a 10. You'll perform as a 5 or lower. People are ever able to outperform their self-image.

Self-confidence is the most important thing, and this comes from identifying your goals, knowing your limits and roping in all the help you can get.

When you raise your opinion of yourself and what you are capable of it has a decided influence on what you do.

Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are. Successful people are not superhuman. Success does not require a super-intellect. Nor is there anything mystical about success. And success isn't based on luck. Successful people are just ordinary folks who have developed belief in themselves and what they do. Never...yes, never...sell yourself short.

Even the self-assured will raise their perceived self-efficacy if models teach them better ways of doing things.

I have so much more confidence in myself now than I ever did before.

We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem.

Once you develop confidence in your own ability, you'll be able to make a real contribution to creating a better world. Self-confidence is very important. Not in the sense of blind pride, but as a realistic awareness of what you can do. As human beings we can transform ourselves by our good qualities and reducing our faults. Our intelligence enables us to judge what is good from what is harmful.

No one is born with self confidence. Self confidence is learned and earned with experience.

Make a true estimate of your own ability, then raise it ten per cent.

Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards.

The ultimate high: A man's abilities equaling his opinion of'em.

Once you see a child's selfimage begin to improve, you will see significant gains in achievement areas, but even more important, you will see a child who is beginning to enjoy life more.

I think my game measures up pretty well to myself.

If you would make the most of yourself, never picture yourself as anything different from what you would actually be, the man or woman you long to become.