Confidence Quotes

Lay a beam between these two towers of such width as we need to walk on: there is no philosophical wisdom of such great firmness that it can give us courage to walk on it as we should if it were on the ground.

An hour's terror is better than a lifetime of timidity.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

I would rather have honesty and character than prestige and wealth. I can walk and ride the streets of this city, hold my head up, and look all men in the face.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

I never wear flats. My shoes are so high that sometimes when I step out of them, people look around in confusion and ask, "Where'd she go?" and I have to say, "I'm down here.

true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

I don't give a f***. We're not fighting. I don't care what anyone thinks about me. All the stuff I have to do outside the fighting, the promotion, this, I don't give a f***. But when I am facing up for a fight, I know what they're thinking. I can read their minds. When I am going face to face with an opponent, nose to nose, I can smell the fear, and I'm feeling no fear at all.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get.

Singing is something I love to do. I feel very confident doing it.

Men trust a great man because they do not trust themselves. And hence the worship of great men always appears in times of weakness and cowardice; we never hear of great men until the time when all other men are small.

Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.

I laugh at it now, but one time I had an agent tell me I would never work in TV if I didn't get a nose job. People tell you to change yourself to fit into the L.A. scene, but the advice usually doesn't make any sense. The next agent told me my nose was great!

Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.

I've never been in style, so I can't go out of style.

I've always kind of known what I like and what I don't. And never felt any pressure to wear certain things or watch certain things... It's hard to explain, but I've just always felt it.