Confidence Quote by John Dewey

Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.

— Timothy Radcliffe

“It is by the activity of our passions, that our reason improves: we covet knowledge merely because we covet enjoyment, and it is impossible…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

— Oscar Wilde

There is a close connection between lack of confidence and the passionate state of mind.

— Eric Hoffer

“Reason is God's crowning gift to man, and you are right To warn me against losing mine. I cannot say— I hope that I…

— Sophocles

We're only human and when things aren't going well the confidence does go a little bit.

— Jamie Carragher

Mans most disagreeable habits and idiosyncrasies, his deceit, his cowardice, his lack of reverence, are engendered by his incomplete adjustment to a complicated civilisation.…

— Sigmund Freud

“One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance…

— Oscar Wilde

“Alas! Why does man boast of sensibilities superior to those apparent in the brute; it only renders them more necessary beings. If our impulses…

— Mary Shelley

Man cannot survive except by gaining knowledge, and reason is his only means to gain it.

— John Galt

To lack confidence is to have feelings of low self-worth. We are preoccupied with our weaknesses, and we lack faith in the Lord's ability…

— Glenn L. Pace

Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood.

— Nicolas Chamfort