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The common view of confidence is that it dervives from knowing that you will not fail. But confidence stems from not caring whether you succeed or fail.
"You are never dedicated to something that you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt."
A maiden's lace is her steel. Her ribbons are chains. Her hat is her helmet, and she surreptitiously changes the blood that flows from her wounds into true rose petals.... You are a noble being that no one may touch... Yes, the ideal aristocratic maiden, in my imagination, is very much like you... Say, I can see wings on your back - wings, with the luster of velvet. Please keep flying freely, without fear.
In our society, confidence leads to knowledge - which leads to power - which leads to pride - which leads to a fear of seeming ignorant - which constricts learning like an iron vice. We must understand that confidence is a blessing, for it is the embodiment of self-love, and through it we find the fuel for innovation and progress. We must realize that ignorance is merely the opportunity to learn more. And lastly, we must marvel rather than groan at the fact that there will always be more to learn...
Only then will we be free of the intellectual prisons we have so readily caged ourselves within.
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Confience comes not from always being right but from not fearing being wrong.
Confidence is preparation, everything else is beyond your control.
The person who will truly understand and appreciate you, the one you deserve, has not come into your life yet
You could wait for the world to invite you to the banquet and the ball. Or you could just show up in your red dress and your headdress ready to boogie.
"Human beings are not comparable. You can't compare us any more than you can compare roses and oranges, or mountains and the sea. You might prefer living by the sea to living in the mountains. You certainly like some people better than you like others. Preferences are perfectly valid…they're just your style asserting itself again. But you'd feel pretty silly saying 'The sea is better than the mountains.' It's every bit as silly to go around saying 'I'm better than Mary, but Joe is better than me.'"
"any dream will do"
"Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction,
strength of character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness,
backbone, and intestinal fortitude. They are mandatory for anyone
who wants to get to and stay at the top."
Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.
Confidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle.
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face... The danger lies in refusing to face the fear, in not daring to come to grips with it... You must make yourself succeed every time. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
An axiomatic system establishes a reverberating relationship between what a mathematician assumes (the axioms) and what he or she can derive (the theorems). In the best of circumstances, the relationship is clear enough so that the mathematician can submit his or her reasoning to an informal checklist, passing from step to step with the easy confidence the steps are small enough so that he cannot be embarrassed nor she tripped up.
The self-righteousness and other ego-puffery that makes missionaries and evangelists out of Christians is in truth a measure of how far they are from even the one thing they think is most certainly true, i.e. the confidence that they are truly Christians.
Danger breeds best on too much on confidence.
I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence.
All the best things I did at Apple came from (a) not having money, and (b) not having done it before, ever.
"Find out what you are, then do it on purpose"
It takes Strength, Courage and Confidence in which every experience you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself…I’ve lived through this Horror, I can take the next thing that comes along.
You must do the thing you think you cannot do!
"Peace is not the absence of war; it is a virtue; a state of mind; a disposition for benevolence; confidence; and justice."
Go forward with confidence. The universe will meet you half way (but never all the way).
After, I gave myself one hundren f***ing percent to the film. I still can't believe what I did. It was a journey. I'm no longer so scared what people think of me. Jane would say 'Do you think Ruth cares what people think of her?' 'No, of course not, she is unashamed and won't be judged.' 'And do you?' 'No, no, though of course I want people to like me.' 'Ah, so you do care then.' It changed me. It opened me up, made me less afraid. If I'm afraid of something, it's like 'See a mountain, Kate, and you climb it girl, or what's the point?' To back away from fear is the worst thing you can do. Fear shows.
My Primary Relationship is With Myself
My primary relationship is with myself- all others are mirrors of it. As I learn to love myself, I automatically recieve the love and appreciation that I desire from others. If I am commited to myself and to living my truth, I will attract others with equal commitment. My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another.
As I learn to love myself, I recieve the love I desire from others.
"No. I don't like people who speak or think in terms of gaining anybody's confidence. If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others, only their rational perception. The person who craves a moral blank check of that kind, has dishonest intentions, whether he admits it to himself or not."
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