Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Confidence Quotes

"I think, head up and shoulders back. Not only does it make you look taller and thinner, but it gives you confidence and boosts your self-esteem"

Shelley Long, Actress

"I wasn't getting the responses I hoped for. You can't protect yourself from other judgments"

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Actress

"I feel very confident with the way I look. But I felt just as confident the way I looked before. I've always been confident with who I am!"

Ashlee Simpson, Musician

"I don't need to hang out in a posse and try to act cool"

Jeremy London, Actor

"What I do now defines who I am as a woman and how people see me; they don't see me as a little girl"

Ashlee Simpson, Musician

"I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life"

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Actress

"I've been told before, and I tend to believe it, I'm not like most actresses out there"

Moira Kelly, Actress

"You have to assert something about yourself in order to be yourself"

Dennis Potter, Dramatist

"My eyes are too big, my nose is too flat, my ears stick out, my mouth is too big and my face is too small... My body is thin as a clarinet and my ankles are so skinny that I wear two pairs of bobby socks because I don't want people to see how thin they are"

Goldie Hawn, Actress

"I'm a modern woman in the sense of I take care of myself, I'm fiercely independent, and I'm really ambitious. Yet I have these old-school thoughts in my mind"

Eva Mendes, Actress

"I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time"

Ethel Merman, Musician

"Sure, I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities"

Christine Lahti, Actress

"I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent"

Dennis Potter, Dramatist

"I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure"

Evan Dando, Musician

"I'm definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I don't want 'sexy' to be my defining characteristic. I'd love for my ambition and will and intellect and sense of humour to define me as well"

Eva Mendes, Actress

"Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance"

Derek Luke, Actor

"Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem"

Barbara Sher, Businessman

"Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it, the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me"

Arianna Huffington, Journalist

"I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I have a lot of insecurities about myself"

Christopher Atkins, Actor

"A good photographer can make you look incredible, even when you're not feeling very sexy"

Cindy Margolis, Model

"The more we refuse to buy into our inner critics - and our external ones too - the easier it will get to have confidence in our choices, and to feel comfortable with who we are - as women and as mothers"

Arianna Huffington, Journalist

"I'm going to be the nominee. It's very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high, I'm going to be the nominee"

Newt Gingrich, Politician

"I'm certainly not a prude"

Kim Cattrall, Actress

"I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb"

Tommy Hilfiger, Designer

"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time"

Anna Freud, Psychologist

"I am no longer afraid to say anything"

Anna Freud, Psychologist

"Everyone here says in a surprised manner that I have grown... They are so stupid and do not notice that I am standing up straighter!"

Anna Freud, Psychologist

"My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV Awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love"

Cat Deeley, Celebrity

"Everybody has a bad hair day, but us girls still like to be told we look nice even if we don't feel like we do"

Cat Deeley, Celebrity

"As long as you smile, have sparkly eyes and stick your shoulders back, nobody's going to notice your bum or your waist or your feet, for that matter"

Cat Deeley, Celebrity

"The circumstance is the incredible part, but I always knew in my heart that something was going to be out there, just for the world to notice me. It sounds so cocky, but it's happening"

Kato Kaelin, Celebrity

"Fake it until you make it"

Steven Tyler, Musician

"As you know, I'm androgynous. I can wear a jacket that most guys wouldn't put on. But you make it in guys' sizes, and suddenly they're wearing them. I think styles should get back to getting people to wear things that look so good that they don't care"

Steven Tyler, Musician

"So often when I act, or in any expression of the arts, you learn to trust yourself"

Timothée Chalamet, Actor

"Who would have thought that somebody Latino was going to be singing with Beyonce at Coachella? Years ago? Nobody. But I did believe in me. So, that's what I want to do: keep inspiring people as much as possible"

J Balvin, Musician

"I think it's important to show people, especially young people, that it's okay to have a personality. And that they can express themselves however they like"

J Balvin, Musician

"I just think that you should be yourself. You should have fun and you should not care what other people think"

Jason Momoa, Actor

"I have to have some of my voice because I have my own experiences that I lived through"

Jamie Kennedy, Actor

"I really dislike watching myself on screen. I am very insecure about my acting. We are our own biggest critics"

Sophie Turner, Actress

"I think it's really important to be true to yourself and trust your instincts; that way, you can't have any regrets"

Sophie Ellis Bextor, Musician

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