Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Confidence Quotes

"I think the quality of sexiness comes from within. It is something that is in you, or it isn't, and it really doesn't have much to do with breasts or thighs or the pout of your lips"

Sophia Loren, Actress

"You have to experiment and that's gonna help your confidence so much when you step out and try things"

Zendaya, Actress

"You can't grow and gain confidence from wearing the same thing every day"

Zendaya, Actress

"I'm very proud of my skin and my face, and I have no problem not wearing makeup. I don't wear makeup because I feel like I need to cover myself up or because I don't feel confident. I wear makeup because it's fun; it's like painting on my face"

Zendaya, Actress

"I'm one of those people who doesn't follow trends. I set them"

Zendaya, Actress

"I don't mind if people look at me like I'm crazy. I'm just being me"

Zendaya, Actress

"I just want to encourage people to be who they are"

Zendaya, Actress

"I think a lot of people are afraid to be themselves"

Zendaya, Actress

"If you're not confident in yourself, you're not going to be confident in anything you do"

Zendaya, Actress

"I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia"

Shakira, Musician

"I think I can be beautiful with all the little stuff done, and I can be ugly. A lot of attractive actresses can't be ugly"

Juliette Lewis, Actress

"You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself"

Peter Garrett, Musician

"I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine"

Marlee Matlin, Actress

"People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me"

Janet Jackson, Musician

"We are a nation of people who are afraid we are not enough"

Keith Miller, Author

"It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us"

Janet Jackson, Musician

"I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States"

Carol Moseley Braun, Politician

"I know that people think I'm sexy and I am looked at as that. It is cool with me. It's wonderful to have sexy appeal. If you embrace it, it can be a very beautiful thing"

Aaliyah, Musician

"The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself"

Marcel Pagnol, Dramatist

"I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer"

Marlee Matlin, Actress

"I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of media interviews, while these people who accuse me are running after them"

Zahi Hawass, Scientist

"I've been around where I knew other actors were going to steal the scene, and I don't compete with them"

Kevin Costner, Actor

"When I was younger, I think I intimidated people much more because I was far more insecure"

Claire Forlani, Actress

"There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who walk into a room and say, 'There you are' and those who say, 'Here I am"

Abigail Van Buren, Journalist

"I'm completely removed from any hype that comes my way"

Justin Timberlake, Musician

"Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years"

John Osborne, Playwright

"I've had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that's OK with me. I don't feel that really defines me. Should I change who I am to be popular?"

Kevin Costner, Actor

"As time goes by, people will see who I am for who I am"

Justin Timberlake, Musician

"Somewhere we turn ourselves into victims instead of being the powerful women we really are meant to be"

Judith Light, Actress

"I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that"

Catherine Bell, Model

"Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles"

Juliette Lewis, Actress

"If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am Woman"

Helen Reddy, Actress

"You learn so much from competition, you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform"

Natalie Gulbis, Athlete

"I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent"

James Taylor, Musician

"I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers"

Esther Williams, Actress

"Everyone's been so quick to say that I'm really thick or I haven't got a brain. People will think whatever they want to think"

David Beckham, Athlete

"I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing"

Aaliyah, Musician

"Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable"

Adolf Loos, Architect

"Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin"

Annie Lennox, Musician

"I'd like to believe that the women who wear my clothes are not dressing for other people, that they're wearing what they like and what suits them. It's not a status thing"

Marc Jacobs, Designer

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