Identity Quote by Tim Parks

“Self-affirm—build yourself up with honest and genuine praise.”

— Lorii Myers

“humble self- confidence.”

— Patrick Lencioni

There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.

— Seneca the Younger

“And before we can be clean and ready for Him to control, self-seeking, self-glory, self-interest, self-pity, self-righteousness, self-importance, self-promotion, self-satisfaction—and whatsoever else there be…

— Leonard Ravenhill

“The self-centered man will always expect nothing but praise. He will hope and expect all incoming criticism to be mere self-projection from the critic…

— Criss Jami

“One thing I know beyond doubt. Had [Babbage] overheard someone he respected praise him highly it would have sweetened life for him for more…

— Eric Hoffer

“The only legitimate antidote for self-doubt and the shameful weakness it breeds is joyful self-acceptance.”

— Idi Amin

“Yes, my particular virtue of being very often objective, and thus sidetracked from thinking about myself, suffers lapses of affirmation, as do all virtues…

— Fernando Pessoa

“Self-confident people are proud of their accomplishments, but can remain humble without bragging.”

— Susan C. Young

“found his conversation a strange mixture of self-laudation, showing through a flimsy veil of self-disparagement, and of satisfaction at the conviction that he was…

— Jerome K. Jerome

“man equate their self-esteem with accomplishment”

— Barbara De Angelis

Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has…

— Tryon Edwards