Danica McKellar Quotes

When you're actually boxing, unless it's a proper grudge match, it's less about beating the person up and more about being better within yourself. Being patient, timing things, like chess, so really, it's as much down to you as what the other person does - and that's life.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

I think it was always there and it was maybe a matter of bringing it out. It was harder than I thought it would be and I had to try harder. I had to regain my confidence, maybe the most important thing. I have learned a lot to relax. I know what I can do now, and I do it.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Influential people have a profound impact on everyone they encounter. Yet, they achieve this only because they exert so much influence inside, on themselves.

Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.

Where I am today... I still have my ups and downs, but I take it one day at a time and I just hope that I can be the best that I can possibly be, not only for myself, but also young people that are out there today that need someone to look up to.

My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.

For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur.

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

I think the main thing for kids is to have them believe in themselves.

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

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

Aim high and don't sell yourself short. Know that you're capable. Understand that a lot of people battle with a lot of things - depression, body image or whatever else - so know that it's not just you. You're not alone.

I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.

Both of my girls have very high self-esteem because they were both able to master certain things; I should think that's good for their confidence.

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.

You are doing better than you think you are.

I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.

I am stubborn enough to know not to change myself.