We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.
I have no confidence in any religion that can be demonstrated only to children.
No exchange rate for the confidence of youth.
Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.
It is the man who is sure of himself who disregards the opinion of the world. To be sure is to have power.
I would in fact tend to have more confidence in the outcome of a democratic decision if there was a minority that voted against it, than if it was unanimous. . . Social psychology has amply shown the strength of this bandwagon effect.
In a world where survival is always seen as a struggle, and in which some pitfalls always exist, if something brings into question our confidence in our own coping ability, it will threaten our safety.
Though nihilism has been relentlessly criticized for overemphasizing the dark side of human experience, it might be equally true that this overemphasis represents a needed counterbalance to shallow optimism and arrogant confidence in human power. Nihilism reminds us that we are not gods, and that despite all of the accomplishments and wonders of civilization, humans cannot alter the fact that they possess only a finite amount of mastery and control over their own destinies.
A leader's ability to convey confidence and his ability to communicate effectively are similar.
We're prepared, and we've done everything we can to prepare for this moment in time. That's what confidence is all about.
We must believe in ourselves or no one will believe in us.
Confidence is when you stand over a shot and know you're going to make it because you've done it time and time again.
In war you see your own troubles; those of the enemy you cannot see. You must show confidence.
To identify your own idols, ask questions like these: What things take the place of God in my life? Where do I find my significance and my confidence? What things make me really angry? Anger usually erupts when an idol gets knocked off the shelf.
To have family behind you who love you more than words can say gives you so much confidence, because it allows you to go off and be who you want to be.
I'm just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me.
When I realised I had a facility for humour, I latched on to it, and it gave me confidence and I built my personality around it. So I subconsciously made myself become the funny one so that would be my label rather than the ginger one or the red-faced one.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
I shall be like that tree-I shall die at the top.