Quotes about self-confidence

They can because they think they can.

It is confidence which causes accidents and worry which prevents them.

It is hard to know whether an air of self-confidence precedes or follows success.

The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, ofen well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete, the body is simply the means it uses to run faster or longer, jump higher, shoot straighter, kick better, swim harder, hit further, or box better.

Belief in yourself is more important than endless worries of what others think of you. Value yourself and others will value you. Validation is best that comes from within.

“Do you have another plan?” I asked.

“No,” said Leslie. “I just want you to be careful. Just because you think you know what you’re doing doesn’t mean you actually know what you’re doing.”

“I’m glad we clarified that,” I said.

On the principle that if you walk briskly with an air of purpose ninety-nine per cent of the people you meet will assume it is a proper purpose, I did just that.

The problem is, some of us have either convinced ourselves that we are not creative, or are yet to find our way. Confidence in our own creativity can wane. Which is bad. Confidence is crucial. In my experience artists, like a lot of us, fear being “found out.” But somehow they manage to summon up enough self-belief to overcome the self-doubt, which enables them to back their creativity. The Beatles were just a bunch of young lads with time on their hands who found the confidence to persuade themselves and then the world that they were musicians.

Like many things in life, the problem I had been so sure I could solve proved more difficult than it sounded.

The more foolproof you think something is, the worse the failure when it happens.

She speaks with the authority of the ignorant.

“I know what I’m doing.”

You usually think you do. Occasionally you are correct.