Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Confidence Quotes

Erich Segal, Novelist

"When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different; you're often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem"

Greg Louganis, Athlete

"No matter what your choices are, you truly have no control about what people think of you"

Neve Campbell, Actress

"Stiletto, I look at it more as an attitude as opposed to a high-heeled shoe"

Lita Ford, Musician

"There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk"

Drew Barrymore, Actress

"I'm so in control of my life, you shouldn't dislike anything I do-because I'm not only in the best place I've ever been, but it keeps getting better and better"

Drew Barrymore, Actress

"It's hard to go with a trend. As soon as it's out, everyone picks it up. It's important to stay true to yourself. Have fun with fashion instead of letting it dictate"

Estella Warren, Model

"I'm not trying to be the new anybody"

Steve Forbert, Musician

"The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough"

Nina Simone, Musician

"I don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do"

Mariah Carey, Musician

"I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little mystery"

Kristen Bell, Actress

"There is a shyness about me, and I really need to get out more"

Priscilla Presley, Actress

"In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best"

Mariah Carey, Musician

"I'm not going to become anybody I don't want to become"

Kristen Bell, Actress

"If our core belief is based on what other people think, then we eventually will allow their opinions to become our reality"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need"

Richard Gere, Actor

"I don't think I have the stomach Veronica has. I think I have the determination and the stubbornness and a little bit of the go-get-'em. But I think I'm about 20 percent more girl than Veronica is. There's a lot of Veronica that hits home with me, the sort of feisty area. But I think that I have a little bit more girl. I'd scream my head off if I saw a body in the freezer"

Kristen Bell, Actress

"It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere"

Gwen Stefani, Musician

"I don't mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song"

Gwen Stefani, Musician

"And if I let myself down, appear on stage when I'm not looking my best, it's not fun for me. I just beat myself up about it"

Gwen Stefani, Musician

"I always thought I should base how good I am on how good I feel I am"

Neve Campbell, Actress

"If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously"

Stefan Edberg, Athlete

"I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek"

Gwen Stefani, Musician

"There are a lot of people who would laugh at the idea of me being a good singer"

Nancy Sinatra, Musician

"The world will step aside for nearly anyone who has the courage of his of her opinions"

George Weinberg, Psychologist

"Believing in who you are is a major part of a powerful combination for success"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"I've never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort of people. I've always wanted to stay true to myself, and I've managed to do that. People have to accept that"

Jay-Z, Musician

"I'll be the judge of my own manliness"

Dennis Rodman, Athlete

"It doesn't worry me that people have criticised the building"

Harry Seidler, Architect

"I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect"

Drew Barrymore, Actress

"I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't"

Drew Barrymore, Actress

"I want to be a big, fleshy voluptuous woman with curves. I want a big bum, but I don't have one"

Cameron Diaz, Actress

"I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself"

Cameron Diaz, Actress

"There's nothing I'm embarrassed about"

Brian May, Musician

"I felt like a dork growing up, so this is shocking"

Christina Milian, Musician

"I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around"

Bjork, Musician

"I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife"

Elizabeth Taylor, Actress

"I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness"

Johann Kaspar Lavater, Theologian

"I'm not afraid of anything"

Jeanne Calment, Celebrity

"Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got"

Sophia Loren, Actress

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