Buddhism Quote by David Michie

“Maybe it shouldn’t surprise us that Buddhism, with all its early austerity, was founded by a man who, as a member of the ruling…

— Robert Wright

Lack of self-confidence is, more often than not, simple laziness. We feel confused and uncertain because we do not know. But instead of making…

— Laurence Boldt

“Although it is nonreligious and nontheistic, it’s difficult to present Buddhism without sounding theoretical and religious. As”

— Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

Self-confidence without self-reliance is as useless as a cooking recipe without food. Self-confidence sees the possibilities of the individual; self-reliance realizes them. Self-confidence sees…

— William George Jordan

“Complete self-confidence is not merely a sin; complete self-confidence is a weakness.”

— G.K. Chesterton

This, perhaps, goes to show that conditional self-esteem, as I have said for many years, is an insidious, real sickness, so much so that…

— Albert Ellis

Self-confidence is apt to address itself to an imaginary dullness in others; as people who are well off speak in a cajoling tone to…

— George Eliot

“There is nothing lacking in you, and you yourself are no different from the Buddha. There is no way of achieving Buddhahood other than…

— Thomas Hoover

“Self-actualization is not a sudden happening or even the permanent result of long effort. The eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist poet-saint Milarupa suggested: "Do not expect…

— David Richo

“Some people call it self-confidence, I call it ambivalence to failure.”

— L.M. Long

“When you feel low self-confidence, it is usually the result of the negative thoughts your inner critic whispers in the darkness of your mind.”

— Susan C. Young

“Buddhism finds happiness in the midst of rather than the absence of problems.”

— Woody Hochswender