Confidence Quote by Colm Tóibín Download Open image ““It had been easier to present a self in full possession of pride and confidence.”” — Colm Tóibín ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Confidence Identity Pride
“pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Pride was an illusion, an artifice that could be set aside when circumstances warranted.” — Alec Hutson Copy Share Image
“Confidence cannot escalate to arrogance, it only happens if the blood of pride is running through your veins.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“It is easy to tell confidence from pride. Confidence lifts, encourages, helps, and is full of gratitude. Pride demeans, mocks, destroys, and is bitter… — Damon Throop Copy Share Image
“pride is not always the result of more success, but sometimes only an attempt to cover up the real situation” — kidicoyches Copy Share Image
“There had been an attempt to humiliate him. It had not succeeded. He had paid, but pain, like pleasure, has no duration. Pride was… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
“For herself she was humbled; but she was proud of him. Proud that in a cause of compassion and honour, he had been able… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Take every opportunity to inject self-confidence into those who have earned it. Use ample praise, the more specific the better.” — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
“Self-confident people are proud of their accomplishments, but can remain humble without bragging.” — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I first went to Barcelona in 1975 after university, and I stayed for three years. I learnt Catalan because that's what everyone speaks in… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
Suffering is too strong a word, but writing is serious work. I pull the stuff up from me - it's not as if it's… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
It may be enough to study history in all its nuance and ambiguity for its own sake. But there is no country free of… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
The only routine I have is that I finish everything I start. I wake up early every day - about 6.30 A.M. - but… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
While historians may go on attempting grand, sweeping and defining narratives, they work in a time when readers know that another narrative always lies… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
John McGovern taught me that it's OK to write repeatedly about the same things. — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
Some of our loves and attachments are elemental and beyond our choosing, and for that very reason they come spiced with pain and regret… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
Solitude is good in the evening. Dublin is a quiet city when you get to a certain age, when your friends settle down and… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“The details of what I told him were with me all the years in the same way as my hands or my arms were… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
I did think of becoming a priest quite late on, when other boys were thinking of knocking over fences and going out with girls.… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency rather than… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
I am confident when I take the penalty otherwise I would pass for somebody else. — Bruno Fernandes Copy Share Image
I started out dancing on a reality TV show, but always with the intention of making my way over to film. I transitioned into… — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love. — Cat Deeley Copy Share Image
I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not. — Lucille Ball Copy Share Image
You want to remain hungry and stay in a good place as a competitor; at the same time, you want to be confident but… — Lamar Odom Copy Share Image
Get to know yourself well enough to not only expect, but also control, your response to the unexpected challenges in life. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence. — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
I look for someone who has confidence. Also someone whose energetic, cause I'm NOT that energetic. — Nick Jonas Copy Share Image