Confidence Quote by Antonia Fraser

“She found herself suddenly surrounded by a host of assumptions. It was assumed that she trembled for joy in his presence, languished in his…

— Vita Sackville-West

Madame de Stael talks herself into a beauty.

— John Philpot Curran

“But this first clumsy attempt showed her that the imagination itself was a source of secrets: once she had begun a story, no one…

— Ian McEwan

“She had no existence, in herself. From earliest childhood she had believed this. Rather she was a reflecting surface, reflecting others' perception of her,…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Her confidence is extraordinary, her impertinence unforgivable, her words terribly true.”

— Philippa Gregory

“With insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of everybody's feelings; with unpardonable arrogance proposed to arrange everybody's destiny. She was proved…

— Jane Austen

“The variations of the Duchess's judgment spared no one, except her husband. He alone had never been in love with her, in him she…

— Marcel Proust

“She believed because it was that faith alone that gave her own life any kind of meaning.”

— Chinua Achebe

“We are confident when the story we tell ourselves comes easily to mind, with no contradiction and no competing scenario. But ease and coherence…

— Daniel Kahneman

“She herself vacillated when it came to belief. She did not particularly believe in God. Or, rather, she didn't believe in a particular God.…

— Allegra Goodman

“She observed the dumb-show by which her neighbour was expressing her passion for music, but she refrained from copying it. This was not to…

— Marcel Proust

“There is a thin line between confidence, and arrogance. Sadly those people who have no confidence often confuse the two when confronted with a…

— Sai Marie Johnson