Absurd Quote by Marguerite Yourcenar

Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!

— Anonymous

When you empty yourself of the illusions of who and what you think you are, there is less to lose than you had feared.

— Carol Orsborn

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with…

— Demosthenes

Self-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“I strip myself emotionally when I confess need – that I would be lost without you, that I am not necessarily the independent person…

— Alain de Botton

If you feed your confidence, you will starve your fear.

— Anonymous

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is…

— Oscar Wilde

False hopes are more dangerous than fears.

— Anonymous

Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.

— Demosthenes

I think that I try really hard to think about how we deceive ourselves, and we let ourselves be deceived.

— Kevin Young

We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Just keep on going and keep believing in your own original vision, no matter what odds you have to overcome. And especially don't be…

— Angelina Maccarone