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Inspirational Quotes About Confidence

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Index_card_top “Peace holds within itself trust in the Lord, the trust that He governs all things and provides all things, and that He leads towards an end that is good. ”
 
Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772);
Philosopher, Scientist, Theologian
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Index_card_top “Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. ”
 
Mary Kay Ash (1908-2001);
Entrepreneur
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Index_card_top “What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations...is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.”
 
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975);
Political Philosopher, Writer, Educator
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Index_card_top “There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.”
 
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Index_card_top “If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.”
 
Paul Bryant (1913-1983);
Athletic Coach


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Index_card_top “The question Who am I? is not a philosophical football meant to be kicked around coffeehouses by pseudo-intellectuals. It's a real-life question. Nothing is more important and more relevant than to know who you are.”
 
Chris Butler - (Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa), Yoga Master


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Index_card_top “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”
 
Marie Curie (1867-1934);
Chemist, Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner
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Index_card_top “Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”
 
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882);
Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist
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Index_card_top “I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.”
 
Anna Freud (1895-1982);
Founder Of Child Psychoanalysis


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Index_card_top “Be who you are and say what you feel, because in the end those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter.”
 
Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991);
Writer, Cartoonist, Animator
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Index_card_top “You have confidence in yourself, which is valuable, if not an indispensable quality.”
 
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865);
16th U.S. President
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Index_card_top “Getting ahead in a difficult profession — singing, acting, writing, whatever — requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows and unfair reversals. When I think back to those first couple of years in Rome, those endless rejections, without a glimmer of encouragement from anyone, all those failed screen tests, and yet I never let my desire slide away from me, my belief in myself and what I felt I could achieve.”
 
Sophia Loren (born 1934);
Actress
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Index_card_top “If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... Regardless of what they say.”
 
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992);
Genetic Botanist, Nobel Winner


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Index_card_top “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
 
Dr. Benjamin McLane Spock (1903-1998);
Pediatrician, Educator, Writer


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Index_card_top “Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.”
 
Theoore Parker (1810-1860);
Clergyman, Social Reformer


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Index_card_top “The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.”
 
Ayn Rand (1905-1982);
Writer, Philosopher
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Index_card_top “Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.”
 
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919);
26th U.S. President
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Index_card_top “Our doubts are traitors And makes us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt. --Lucio, Act I, scene iv Measure for Measure (c. 1603) ”
 
William Shakespeare (1564-1616);
Dramatist, Poet
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Index_card_top “Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control: These three alone lead life to sovereign power.”
 
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892);
Poet Laureate
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Index_card_top “Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.”
 
Dogen Zenji (1200-1253);
Buddhist Monk, Philosopher


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Index_card_top “Respect yourself most of all.”
 
Pythagorus (582-506);
Philosopher, Mathematician


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Index_card_top “Until you value yourself you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”
 
M. Scott Peck (1936-2005);
Psychiatrist, Author
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Index_card_top “As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.”
 
Oprah Winfrey (born 1954);
American Television Host, Publisher
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Index_card_top “At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.”
 
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900);
Scholar, Writer, Philosopher
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Index_card_top “Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all. ”
 
Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993);
Preacher, Author
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Index_card_top “The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.”
 
François Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680);
Writer, Moralist
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Index_card_top “If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.”
 
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001);
Aviator, Author
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Index_card_top “Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozey, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.”
 
Billie Jean King (born 1943);
Tennis Player


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“Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.”
 
Max L. Forman -


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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually who are you not to be? You are a child of the universe. You were born to manifest the glory of the universe that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.”
 
Marianne Williamson (born 1952);
Author, Lecturer
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Index_card_top This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 04/04/11
“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
 
William Faulkner (1897-1962);
Novelist, Nobel Prize Winner
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Index_card_top This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 05/19/11
“You can't lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”
 
John Peers - American Businessman


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“As is our confidence, so is our capacity. ”
 
William Hazlitt (1778-1830);
Essayist, Literary Critic
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