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Confidence10 quotes
The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls. — Tony Montana · 1983All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. — Mark Twain · 1887To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which, for better or for worse, constitutes self-respect, is potentially to have everything: the ability to discriminate, to love and to remain indifferent. — Joan Didion · 1961Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning. — Anthony Trollope · 1862Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion. — Tina Fey · 2010Keep your clothes neat and tidy; it gives you self-confidence and composure in your bearings. — Leo Tolstoy · 1854All 10 quotes →
Believe you can and you're halfway there. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1905Action brings with it its own courage, its own energy, a growth of self-confidence that can be acquired in no other way. — Eleanor Roosevelt · 1963
Arrogance1 quote
I'm not conceited-I'm convinced! — Little Richard · 1990
Balls1 quote
The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls. — Tony Montana · 1983
Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning. — Anthony Trollope · 1862
Keep your clothes neat and tidy; it gives you self-confidence and composure in your bearings. — Leo Tolstoy · 1854
Clothing1 quote
Keep your clothes neat and tidy; it gives you self-confidence and composure in your bearings. — Leo Tolstoy · 1854
I'm not conceited-I'm convinced! — Little Richard · 1990
Courage1 quote
Action brings with it its own courage, its own energy, a growth of self-confidence that can be acquired in no other way. — Eleanor Roosevelt · 1963
Keep your clothes neat and tidy; it gives you self-confidence and composure in your bearings. — Leo Tolstoy · 1854
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. — Mark Twain · 1887
Action brings with it its own courage, its own energy, a growth of self-confidence that can be acquired in no other way. — Eleanor Roosevelt · 1963
Naturalness and ease of manner-a product of sophistication which the gullible interpret as a sign of instant affinity. — Gustave Flaubert · 1869
To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which, for better or for worse, constitutes self-respect, is potentially to have everything: the ability to discriminate, to love and to remain indifferent. — Joan Didion · 1961
Self-worth1 quote
To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which, for better or for worse, constitutes self-respect, is potentially to have everything: the ability to discriminate, to love and to remain indifferent. — Joan Didion · 1961
Success1 quote
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. — Mark Twain · 1887
Action brings with it its own courage, its own energy, a growth of self-confidence that can be acquired in no other way. — Eleanor Roosevelt · 1963