Ted Turner Quotes

Confidence is on one side of the line, and self-belief is on another. People all think those are mixed up.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

I always thought I was powerful, since I was a kid.

I think everybody, especially every woman that you speak to, has gone through periods of their life where they feel uncertain or insecure. But I've been fortunate in my own life never to have gone through extended periods of crippling insecurity.

Youth is really in your attitude, not in what you look like.

You can even say that I hated myself at certain periods. I was too fat, or maybe too tall, or maybe just plain too ugly ... you can say my definiteness stems from underlying feelings of insecurity and inferiority. I couldn't conquer these feelings by acting indecisive. I found the only way to get the better of them was by adopting a forceful, concentrated drive.

Know this. I think you could be special if you only thought there was anything special about yourself.

There's no such thing as lack of confidence. You either have it or you don't.

One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl. I wear colors that I really like, I wear makeup that makes me feel pretty, and it really helps. It doesn't have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see.

Diane Keaton, I've worked with her as a director, and I think she's a really intelligent woman. I like the fact that the things that make her feel beautiful are more than just her face; it's who she is, and I live by that same theory. There are things I want to achieve in my life intellectually that make me feel beautiful.

'Nappy' is a state of mind, not an appearance.

What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.

It's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.

If my accomplishments frighten someone, it's nothing to do with me - that's to do with them. But the men who are in my life see me as a person - as a woman - not as a character I've played.

We are what we believe we are.

I think I think I am Superwoman sometimes but I am not.

No one can figure out your worth but you.

And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think.

After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.'

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You couldn't give me any more confidence than when I was on T.V. because I was in control, but I wasn't in control in my private life.

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks.