Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Confidence Quotes

"I find the female tragedy of insecurity to be hilarious. We get obsessed over issues like the tiny skin tags on our backs or that we're fat. You read one line in a magazine and it sends you into a tailspin"

Lake Bell, Actress

"I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval"

William Shatner, Actor

"I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that"

Portia de Rossi, Actress

"As long as I continue to put forth who I am and what I believe, than I think it all balances out"

Lou Gramm, Musician

"I became more confident within myself, and matured as a person, and become a little bit more opinionated - maybe the lads might say a little bit too opinionated for their liking, but that is just a natural progression for a player"

Kenny Cunningham, Athlete

"If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like"

Jules Shear, Musician

"It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem"

Sheena Easton, Musician

"Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have that"

Monica Seles, Athlete

"People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent"

Portia de Rossi, Actress

"I feel like I'm not smart enough to answer the questions I'm asked"

Bret Easton Ellis, Author

"Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down"

Dennis Eckersley, Athlete

"By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate"

Joseph Epstein, Writer

"I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me"

Naima Adedapo, Musician

"I am not overconfident"

Romano Prodi, Statesman

"My first impression when I made it through was 'Good, because I'm going to prove to you that I deserve to be here', because they told me that sometimes I lack confidence in my performance and sometimes I'm not as consistent as they'd like me to be"

Naima Adedapo, Musician

"The only way to be happy and be a more enjoyable person to be around is to embrace what you've got. Everyone has issues about their body, but I feel confident now. I'm healthy and happy"

Mischa Barton, Actress

"When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up!"

Herschel Walker, Athlete

"I can't do all that riddly diddly stuff. I'm not good enough. It's all about not playing"

Will Champion, Musician

"I feel like I have to have a voice"

Debbie Harry, Musician

"I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself in my own head. I had no image beyond a stick figure. I wasn't a mean person as a kid, or dumb, and something has to be said to justify excluding you!"

Uma Thurman, Actress

"Beauty magazines make my girlfriend feel ugly"

James De La Vega, Artist

"And rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of emotions. If you're going to be strong on the radio, you got to let it all out, even the ugly stuff. And you can't apologize for it"

Howard Stern, Entertainer

"When you're single and in your 20s, you throw on a pair of jeans and look fabulous"

Sheena Easton, Musician

"And I began to tell little anecdotes that had happened to me, and people would laugh. And I began to like that, you know. But I knew that, 'cause I'd do that in school, but I wouldn't do it out there in front of all them people"

Mel Tillis, Musician

"I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like"

Lara St. John, Musician

"I was mild-mannered, wore glasses, was very shy with women"

Joe Shuster, Artist

"My style is all to myself"

John Lee Hooker, Musician

"All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them"

John Lee Hooker, Musician

"We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people"

Andrew Shue, Actor

"It's easy to say young people should believe in themselves, but the number one thing is recognizing that it's a journey, that you have to build confidence in yourself"

Andrew Shue, Actor

"I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable"

Laura Linney, Actress

"Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good"

Laura Linney, Actress

"But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying"

Abbey Lincoln, Musician

"The independent girl is truly of quite modern origin, and usually is a most bewitching little piece of humanity"

Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady

"The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and trembling"

Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady

"Community service has taught me all kinds of skills and increased my confidence. You go out there and think on your feet, work with others and create something from nothing. That's what life's all about"

Andrew Shue, Actor

"And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same!"

Kristen Johnston, Actress

"If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything"

Judy Holliday, Actress

"It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing? Am I any good? Will I ever work again?' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in"

Jacqueline McKenzie, Actress

"I feel pretty confident in my own ability"

Gerry Beckley, Musician

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