Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are.

Confidence, not cockiness. Knowing who you are is confidence. Cockiness is knowing who you are and pushing it down everyone's throat.

Look the world straight in the eye.

When you are actually powerful, you don't need to be petty.

You can't please everyone, so proudly exclude people.

I'm an outgoing person when it comes to friends, but when it comes to being confident and sexy, the sexy word scares me.

You been around enough to see that if you think you're it, you better check with me.

Men's eyes were made to look, and let them gaze. I will not budge for no man's pleasure.

Great nations don't have to remind others of their greatness. They merely have to be great.

My mother always told me,”hide your face- people are looking at you”. I would reply,”It does not matter; I am also looking at them.

Demanding respect is like chasing a butterfly. Chase it, and you'll never catch it. Sit still, and it may light on your shoulder.

There is no reason to hide and every reason to flaunt.

A lot of fights in my life have been avoided through confidence and demeanor, so that's pretty masculine also.

I may be a princess, but I'm definitely not a drama queen.

One gets on better in life if one is not over modest.

When I need to wipe my face, I use the back of my hand, And I like to take up space just because I can, And I use my dress to wipe up my drink. I care less and less what people think.

All pride is willing pride.

I'm totally cool. I'm totally calm, and I'm totally cool. My calm is exceeded only by my cool. Which is total. Here we go.

It's been my experience that people who make proclamations about themselves are usually the opposite of what they claim to be. If someone is truly a loyal friend, then they wouldn't need to broadcast it; eventually, people will figure it out. I have a lot of good friends and not one of them has ever introduced themselves by saying, 'I'm a very good friend.'

Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.

I try my very hardest to remember that I don't have to be anything but Evangeline. That's all that's expected of me. And if I try to be more or less, I will fall flat on my face. So if I just continue to hold my head high and keep myself in check, I'm being who I was born to be.

When you're wrong admit it, when you're right, shut up.

a great man always knows better than to explain unless an explanation is demanded. To rush into explanations and excuses is always a sign of weakness.

It is an important distinction to note that she looked not only as if she had taken good care of herself, but that she had good reason to have done so. (...) She looked to be in such total possession of her life that only the most confident men could continue to look at her if she looked back at them. Even in bus stations, she was a woman who was stared at only until she looked back.