Quote: Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness. Author: Joseph Addison 1672-1719, British Essayist, Poet, Statesman
Quote: It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. Author: Muhammad Ali 1942-, American Boxer
Quote: Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. Author: Aristotle BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher
Quote: He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted. Author: Red Auerbach 1917-, American Basketball Coach
Quote: One who has lost confidence can lose nothing more. Author: Boiste
Quote: Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure. In the assurance of strength there is strength, and, they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers. Author: Christian Nevell Bovee 1820-1904, American Author, Lawyer
Quote: What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence. Author: Terry Bradshaw American Football Player, Sports Commentator
Quote: Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's children. Author: Phillips Brooks 1835-1893, American Minister, Poet
Quote: I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A lot of golfers go to the range and just hit full shots. That doesn't build on-course confidence, because you won't always hit full shots out there. My confidence is built on knowing I can effectively work the ball in any circumstance. Author: JoAnne Carner 1939-, American Golfer
Quote: Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. Author: Marcus T. Cicero c. 106-43 BC, Great Roman Orator, Politician
Quote: The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion. Author: Marcus T. Cicero c. 106-43 BC, Great Roman Orator, Politician
Quote: Danger breeds best on too much confidence. Author: Pierre Corneille 1606-1684, French Dramatist
Quote: For they conquer who believe they can. Author: John Dryden 1631-1700, British Poet, Dramatist, Critic
Quote: The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return. Author: Maria Edgeworth 1767-1849, British Writer
Quote: If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. Author: Marcus Garvey
Quote: I don't feel any pressure. I just try to stay calm, follow my game plan and try not to overthrown. Author: Dwight Gooden
Quote: Winning breeds confidence and confidence breeds winning. Author: Hubert Green American Golfer
Quote: Never put much confidence in such, as put no confidence in others. A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself. As to the pure all things are pure, even so to the impure all things are impure. Author: J. C. Hare
Quote: As is our confidence, so is our capacity. Author: William Hazlitt 1778-1830, British Essayist
Quote: A decent boldness ever meets with friends. Author: Homer c. 850 -? BC, Greek Epic Poet
Quote: In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction. Author: St. John of the Cross 1542-1591, Spanish Christian Mystic and Poet
Quote: I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right. Author: Earvin ''Magic'' Johnson 1959-, American Basketball Player
Quote: It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability. Author: Samuel Johnson 1709-1784, British Author
Quote: Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Author: Samuel Johnson 1709-1784, British Author
Quote: There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. Author: Samuel Johnson 1709-1784, British Author
Quote: Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself. Author: Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1613-1680, French Classical Writer
Quote: Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life. Author: Ann Landers 1918-, American Advice Columnist
Quote: If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. Author: Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865, Sixteenth President of the USA
Quote: You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference. Author: Chris Evert Lloyd 1954-, American Tennis Player
Quote: With confidence, you can reach truly amazing heights; without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are beyond your grasp. Author: Jim Loehr American Sports Psychologist
Quote: Confidence is courage at ease. Author: Daniel Maher
Quote: There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake. Author: Orison Swett Marden 1850-1924, American Author, Founder of Success Magazine
Quote: Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. Author: Andre Maurois 1885-1967, French Writer
Quote: I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations. Author: John McEnroe 1959-, American Tennis Player
Quote: Confidence in another person's virtue is no light evidence of your own. Author: Michel Eyquem De Montaigne 1533-1592, French Philosopher, Essayist
Quote: The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence. Author: Michel Eyquem De Montaigne 1533-1592, French Philosopher, Essayist
Quote: Confidence is a very fragile thing. Author: Joe Montana 1956-, American Football Player
Quote: Show me a man with head held high and I'll show you a man who can't get used to bifocals. Author: Morse Telegraph Newsletter
Quote: I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself. Author: Eddie Murphy 1961-, American Actor, Comedian, Producer
Quote: If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything. Author: Ilie Nastase Romanian Tennis Player, Actor
Quote: Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work. Author: Jack Nicklaus 1940-, American Golfer
Quote: Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. Author: Michael O'Brien
Quote: People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude. Author: Ovid BC 43-18 AD, Roman Poet
Quote: Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks. Author: Joe Paterno American Football Coach - Penn State
Quote: You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit. Author: Joe Paterno American Football Coach - Penn State
Quote: Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee. Author: William Penn 1644-1718, British Religious Leader, Founder of Pennsylvania
Quote: Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart. Author: William Pitt 1759-1806, British Statesman
Quote: Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge. To show that I could. Author: Roman Polanski 1933-, Polish Film, Director
Quote: Who ever does not respect confidence will never find happiness in their path. Author: Proverb
Quote: Assurance is two-thirds of success. Author: Gaelic Proverb Sayings of Gaelic Origin
Quote: If you are prepared, then you are able to feel confident. Author: Robert J. Ringer American Writer
Quote: Watch my dust. Author: Babe Ruth 1895-1948, American Baseball Player
Quote: Confidence awakens confidence. Author: Friedrich Von Sachsen
Quote: Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it. Author: Stan Smith American Tennis Player
Quote: Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. Author: Roger Staubach American Football Player
Quote: Confidence is the result of hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. Author: Roger Staubach American Football Player
Quote: Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too. Author: David Storey 1933-, British Novelist, Playwright
Quote: Confidence is the bond of friendship. Author: Publilius Syrus 1st Century BC, Roman Writer
Quote: When you engage in systematic, purposeful actin, using and stretching your abilities to the maximum, you cannot help but feel positive and confident abut yourself. Author: Brian Tracy American Trainer, Speaker, Author, Businessman
Quote: I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't who will? Author: Johnny Unitas American Football Player
Quote: There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. Author: Johnny Unitas American Football Player
Quote: Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Courage comes from wanting to do it well. Security comes from knowing you can do it well. Confidence comes from having done it well. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: God knows best; he hasn't arranged your anatomy so as to make it easy for you to pat yourself on the back. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: The values of the Walt Disney company: The four C s: Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, Consistency, and the greatest of these is Confidence. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: True prosperity is the result of well-placed confidence in ourselves and our fellow man. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't. Author: Jerry West
Quote: Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how can we generate this imponderable quality most quickly? By thinking that other people are inferior to oneself. Author: Virginia Woolf 1882-1941, British Novelist, Essayist