Confidence Quotes

3890 Confidence quotes by 2324 unique authors

Self-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the failure… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Confidence, once lost or betrayed, can never be restored again to the same measure; and we learn too late in life that our acts of… — Sydney J. Harris
The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's hatred for a fellow American.is… — Eric Hoffer
There is a close connection between lack of confidence and the passionate state of mind. — Eric Hoffer
Passionate intensity may serve as a substitute for confidence. — Eric Hoffer
Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. Where there is the necessary… — Eric Hoffer
Yet then from all my grief, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free, Whilst in the confidence of pray'r My soul took hold on thee. — Joseph Addison
Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations would not wish to disturb it . . . so that the confidence… — David Lloyd George
Sincerity is the surest road to confidence. — David Lloyd George
If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, as long as… — Lewis Carroll
Deceit and falsehood, whatever conveniences they may for a time promise or produce, are, in the sum of life, obstacles to happiness. Those who profit… — Samuel Johnson
The rules that I shall propose concerning secrecy, and from which I think it not safe to deviate without long and exact deliberation, are, never… — Samuel Johnson
I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts. — James Harvey Robinson
In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true… — George Washington
I have much more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the world-wide philanthropy which… — Anna Brownell Jameson
Come what may, I am bound to think that all things are ordered for the best; though when the good is a furlong off, and… — Arthur Conan Doyle
May you gain more and more confidence in what is difficult and in your solitude among other people. — Rainer Maria Rilke
If you trust in Nature, in the small Things that hardly anyone sees and that can so suddenly become huge, immeasurable; if you have this… — Rainer Maria Rilke
The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy. — James Madison
The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence in… — Edmund Burke
As people enable themselves to achieve one or two goals for the year that are most meaningful, they will find power, peace of mind, and… — Stephen Covey
False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with… — Hesiod
The landscape with its violent, pure colours dazzled and blinded me. I was always uncertain... — Paul Gauguin
Developing confidence is like watching the sun rise. First it seems very feeble and one wonders whether it will make it. Then it shines and… — Chogyam Trungpa
Satires and lampoons on particular people circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the friends of the parties, than by printing them. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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