Bill Burr Quotes

Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don't doubt yourself.

Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.

I couldn't even speak in front of a group of students when I was in high school. I could barely do that sort of thing. But once I started doing the "YES!" chant down to the ring and people would do it with me, it allowed me to feel more comfortable.

I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.

I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.

Fear of failure is caused by lack of self-esteem and confidence. Dealing with fear is the key to super success.

I kept a lot of my ideas to myself because I honestly thought no one cared. So it was surprising to find out that people did! Now I know that I can do anything, and I want other people to feel the same.

Bet on yourself and be... more than.

Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been...frighten ed enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must.

You start developing a championship attitude by, first of all, telling kids that they are really good and that they have the potential to become better.

Often really what you need is someone who will believe in you, who will encourage you to believe in yourself.

People pay to see others believe in themselves.

Affirm people. Affirm your children. Believe in them, not in what you see but in what you don't see - their potential.

If you believe in others and give them a positive reputation to uphold, you can help them to become better than they think they are.

Few things build a person up like affirmation. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, Third College Edition (Simon and Schuster, 1991), the word affirm comes from ad firmare, which means “to make firm.” So when you affirm people, you make firm within them the things you see about them. Do that often enough, and the belief that solidifies within them will become stronger than the doubts they have about themselves.

To help people believe they can achieve victory, put them in a position to experience small successes.

We are all more capable than we think we are.

Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.

I want people to feel like they can do anything.

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.

I didn't know how capable I was until the people around me in acting school would say I was good.

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

The first step is you have to say that you can.

Sometimes all you need is just for somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could.