Personal Growth & Self-Improvement: Confidence Quotes

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"I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people, and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be"

Emily Mortimer, Actress

"Doubt is the brother of shame"

Erik Erikson, Psychologist

"Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress or tension, they won't go out on a limb because they won't want to embarrass themselves if they don't feel completely comfortable"

Peter Farrelly, Director

"I just always considered myself to be different and able to explore whatever I wanted"

Chad Hugo, Musician

"I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done"

Robert Downey, Jr., Actor

"You're either sexy or you're not. I'm very self-conscious about my physiognomy"

Bobby Darin, Musician

"You have to be willing to accept the idea that people may think you're stupid"

Anna Faris, Actress

"You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?"

Bernadette Peters, Actress

"I wasn’t my completely free self. Even though I was in search of myself, I was still afraid to be completely my full self"

Tabitha Brown, Celebrity

Tabitha Brown

"I was born in high heels and I've worn them ever since"

Helena Christensen, Model

Helena Christensen

"My mother always taught me, even my dad: just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will"

Ruben Studdard, Musician

"I remember certain people in the audience laughing, and I wanted to ask: 'What are you laughing at? This isn't funny.' Now I realize that laughter can come from insecurity. They don't know how they should be feeling"

Jim Dale, Musician

"I believe I can do anything. If I decide I want to be a doctor tomorrow, I'm going to be a doctor"

Amy Jo Johnson, Actress

Amy Jo Johnson

"Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves"

Nathaniel Branden, Psychologist

"The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority"

John C. Calhoun, Statesman

"I'm not the new Penelope Cruz. I'm Paz Vega. There's only one Penelope and she's marvellous"

Paz Vega, Actress

"I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful"

Isabelle Adjani, Actress

Isabelle Adjani

"I was very shy. I'm still shy!"

Patti LaBelle, Musician

"You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life"

Ethan Embry, Actor

"My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions"

Eartha Kitt, Actress

"When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation"

Adelbert von Chamisso, Poet

"The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers"

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Trust yourself, then you will know how to live"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"You have to be someone"

Bob Marley, Musician

Bob Marley

"Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself"

Cicero, Philosopher

Cicero

"Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

Publilius Syrus

"How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"To know oneself, one should assert oneself"

Albert Camus, Philosopher

Albert Camus

"I don't see why I should bow my head when I could hold it high, or place it in the hands of my enemies when I can defeat them"

Jose Rizal, Writer

Jose Rizal

"It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability"

Samuel Johnson, Author

Samuel Johnson

"Nobody thinks of themselves as sexy, really. Some days you go, 'Hey, I'm not going too bad today.' But if you try and be sexy, you'll never be sexy"

Jennifer Aniston, Actress

"I don't know what it means to be a sex symbol. When I look myself on a magazine cover, I don't see it as me, but as someone painted, fluffed, puffed and done up"

Jennifer Aniston, Actress

"I may be no better, but at least I am different"

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"In order to win, you must expect to win"

Richard Bach, Novelist

Richard Bach

"I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything"

Elizabeth I, Royalty

Elizabeth I

"Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it"

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves"

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public, will convince them as he himself appears convinced"

Jonathan Swift, Writer

Jonathan Swift

"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself"

Muhammad Ali, Athlete

"I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest"

Muhammad Ali, Athlete

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