Laurie Halse Anderson Quotes

I'm always going to be confident in myself.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people

In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she's now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered.

I really built myself up, darn it, to be very strong.

There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge of her own life and problems.

My voice is stronger today than ever.

What's happened in my career has been about knowing myself and realizing my flaws are my strengths, and to embrace them; to access what I'm really good at, and what I'm not so good at; and tune out the voices that get inside your head and make you think you can't do something.

My motivation has always been high. I've never doubted myself.

I've learned to ignore the negative people and just be a living example of confidence and self-love.

I had to learn to have confidence.

Whether it be the gym or telling a guy to stop mistreating me or getting through school with a C+ average but making people think I'm much smarter... it's all about strength and how you wear it.

The only way to ever truly get your confidence and swagger back, I've learned, is to fight for them.

The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.

Humble enough to prepare, confident enough to perform.

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

Be strong, know who you are, no be shame, stand up, e ala e.

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

Let a man then know his worth and keep things under his feet.

Sometimes it just feels so amazing to finally stand up for yourself. I highly recommend it. Life is too short to be taken for granted.

I've always felt that if you're not on your side, why should anyone else be. So I always encourage people to be confident, and sometime even a little falsely so, just so you can give yourself an opportunity.

You can be excellent in every way. You can be first class. There is no need for you to be a scrub. Respect yourself. Do not feel sorry for yourself. Do not dwell on unkind things others may say about you. Polish and refine whatever talents the Lord has given you. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life and look for its opportunities.

I've put up with too much, too long, and now I'm just too intelligent, too powerful, too beautiful, too sure of who I am finally to deserve anything less.

Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own strengths is what, in fact, makes us strong.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.