Confidence that one's impressions are God-given is no guarantee that this is really so, even when they persist and grow stronger through long seasons of prayer. Bible-based wisdom must judge them.
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.
I have tremendous confidence in the capacity of the poor to transform not only their own lives but also to build a just, humane, and democratic society.
The biggest thing is that the people of the country have faith. That trust should never break. The public should have faith that this is the government they elected, and it's trying to work for their welfare with honesty and commitment. That's the biggest thing. If I can win the confidence of the people of India - not from my speeches - but by actions, then the power of 1. 25 billion Indians will come together to take the country forward.
Confidence is seen, not heard.
I certainly direct with confidence even if I'm not confident. I learned early on as an actor that confidence can be faked, and it's not always a terrible thing to do. A lot of times if people feel you're confident, then they're confident.
The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.
I'm young as morning and fresh as dew. Everybody loves me and so do you.
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.
With the realization of ones own potential and self-confidence in ones ability, one can build a better world. According to my own experience, self-confidence is very important. That sort of confidence is not a blind one; it is an awareness of ones own potential. On that basis, human beings can transform themselves by increasing the good qualities and reducing the negative qualities.
Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.
Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
Without training, they lacked knowledge. Without knowledge, they lacked confidence. Without confidence, they lacked victory.
I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.
My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident tomorrows.
Assertiveness is not what you do, it's who you are!
Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease.
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.