Confidence Quote by Jane Smiley Download Open image ““It is hard to know whether an air of self-confidence precedes or follows success.”” — Jane Smiley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Confidence Success
“self-confidence is the most important characteristic of successful people.” — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
“Confidence is what happens when you’ve done the hard work that entitles you to succeed.” — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
“SELF-CONFIDENCE IMPLIES THAT YOU ARE CONVINCED YOU CAN ACT UPON YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE.” — Théun Mares Copy Share Image
“Real confidence comes from mastery experiences, which are actual, lived moments of success, especially when things seem difficult.” — Meg Jay Copy Share Image
“Confidence is something we all search for in ourselves, but! Its always there to give us strength and hope.” — Saleem Durrani Copy Share Image
Some novelists are luckier than others in the eras of their formative intellectual years, but all Weltanschauungs return, which means that most novelists have… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome. Instead, I have an interesting brother and sister,… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
You know what getting married is? It's agreeing to taking this person who right now is at the top of his form, full of hopes and ideas, feeling good, looking good, wildly interested in you because you're the same way, and sticking by him while he slowly disintegrates. And he does the same for you. You're his responsibility now and… — Jane Smiley Copy Share
Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“We watched the swimmers and sunbathers and I thought about this. Had I faced all the facts? It seemed like I had, but actually, you never know, just by remembering, how many facts you were allowed to have faced. Your own endurance might be a pleasant fiction allowed you by others who've really faced the facts. The eerie feeling this… — Jane Smiley Copy Share
“They throw themselves on the waters of the world, and they know they will be borne up.” — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
everything is toxic. That's the point. You can't avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“Shame is a distinct feeling. I couldn’t look at my hands around the coffee cup or hear my own laments without feeling appalled, wanting desperately to fall silent, grow smaller. More than that, I was uncomfortably conscious of my whole body, from the awkward way that the shafts of my hair were thrusting out of my scalp to my feet,… — Jane Smiley Copy Share
“She could not have created this moment, these lovely faces, these candles flickering, the flash of the silverware, the fragrances of the food hanging over the table, the heads turning this way and that, the voices murmuring and laughing. She looked at Walter, who was so far away from her, all the way at the other end of the table,… — Jane Smiley Copy Share
Horse racing is really much more intimidating than anything having to do with literature. When I had horses at the racetrack, I would wake… — Jane Smiley 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
