Trust in Oneself Quotes

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being.

I'm confident in the fighter I am, and I have nothing to worry about.

There is a struggle inside you between these two parts. It's as if at times your heart becomes a battlefield! The secret part, full of light, seems so small and weak in the face of the discouraging and morbid part, which seems enormous and overwhelming. However, if you light a small candle in a dark room, everything is lit up. It is a matter of trusting in this little light in the deepest part of your being which can gradually chase away the darkness.

When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.

I'm one of those guys that trusts my preparation.

I think faith can be anything. It can be believing in yourself, or if you believe there's a higher being that's watching over you.

The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.

If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself - so that without this underlying trust in the whole system of nature you are simply paralyzed

Our self-trust is such a subtle thing that it still comes around whispering to us even after we are sure it is gone.

I don't know if I'm teaching my kids right, but you have to go with your own instincts. You can't be so sure that other people are going to do right by you.

But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units -- because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves anymore, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his coattails.

It is not about never doubting, it is about coming out on the other side with twice the faith you had going into your doubt.

If your everyday practice is open to all your emotions, to all the people you meet, to all the situations you encounter, without closing down, trusting that you can do that - then that will take you are far as you can go. And then you'll understand all the teachings that anyone has ever taught.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

You go real long in this business, and then you have these light-bulb moments. I just had this fleeting moment of fearlessness and a moment of trust in myself that I'm not going to listen to anyone. I'm going to do it how I want to do it. And how I want to do is what people are going to want to see and promoters want to pay for.

I think it all circles back to me just trusting myself as a coach and believing in what I feel is the right thing to do.

Let those who believe, believe. Let those who doubt, doubt.

My mother told me when I was a kid that each time we get to what feels like the edge of a cliff, we have two choices: to turn around and run, or to jump. I have learned over time to jump - and though it is scary, I know somewhere inside me that I will be caught.

I've had a great life following my faith and my instincts.

When they lose their sense of awe, people turn to religion. When they no longer trust themselves, they begin to depend upon authority. Therefore the Master steps back so that people won't be confused. He teaches without a teaching, so that people will have nothing to learn.

Rules are the offspring of fear. If everyone trusted and followed their true inner spirit, the world would function flawlessly.

If we can't make and keep commitments to ourselves as well as to others, our commitments become meaningless.

Self trust is the essence of heroism.

LeBron always tells me to shoot the ball. Don't worry about stats, don't worry about percentages. 'We know what you can do, just shoot the ball and be comfortable.'

Be silent always when you doubt your sense.