Confidence Quote by Jesmyn Ward Download Open image “Confidence definitely did not get me here! More of, like, desperation.” — Jesmyn Ward ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Confidence Desperation Like Me More
Yes, confidence was knowing I could do anything. But, I realized, confidence must always be rooted in work. In sweat. In pain-good pain. And… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
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Confidence came from people. I think I'm very confident in me, as a human being. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
Self-confidence is something I've always lacked in. But finally, at some point, I just decided to be honest. — Lauren Alaina Copy Share Image
My confidence was more of a fake-it-until-you-make-it kind of thing. I tried to build my own confidence and not rely on the opinions of… — Winnie Harlow Copy Share Image
Confidence is a funny thing, and sometimes that's all you need is just that little bit to elevate you to the next level. — DeAndre Yedlin Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I think that voodoo as a spiritual tradition has been demonized for so long in popular culture. I wanted to write against that and… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
There's so much I love about home, but then there's a lot that I can acknowledge that I dislike about home. And acknowledging that… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“The dream of her was the glow of a spent fire on a cold night: warm and welcoming.” — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
The first writer that I think of immediately that I studied with at Michigan is Peter Ho Davies. He was really important to me,… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like so much of what happened in the Delta over the decades since slavery was abolished seems much closer in the Delta,… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“Vines catch my arms, my head; we tear through until we break out into the clearing before the fence, the field, the barn, the… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“Before all the little mean things she told me gathered and gathered and lodged like grit in a skinned knee.” — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
People give the South a bad rap. It's often stereotyped as backwards and close-minded and dogmatic, and all of those things have been true.… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
By the time I wrote my memoir, 'Men We Reaped,' I had been running from writing it for a long time. When the events… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I was the only black girl at a small, private Episcopal school, where my tuition was paid by the… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
She was the murderous mother who cut us to the bone but left us alive, left us naked and bewildered as wrinkled newborn babies, as blind puppies, as sun-starved newly hatched baby snakes. She left us a dark Gulf and salt-burned land. She left us to learn to crawl. She left us to salvage. Katrina is the mother we will… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share
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
