Top 120 Self-Confidence Quotes

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.

What destroys more self-confidence than any other educational thing in America is being assigned to some remedial math when you get into some college, and then it’s not taught very well and you end up with this sense of, ‘Hey, I can’t really figure those things out.’

We derive so much of our self-confidence and validation from Instagram. Just imagine one day Instagram gets deleted like all of your friends who you think you have on social media, all these likes and comments just disappear, what are we left with? We have stopped valuing human relationships and contact.

That’s the biggest part of our sport, is self-confidence, and self-belief.

Women of all ages need to be present in the media to instill girls and young women with self-confidence about their futures. And women of my age need healthy role models. Otherwise, how can we build the future dreams we still deserve to have?

I don’t think anyone is ‘born’ an entrepreneur. It is not a genetic thing. But you do need self-confidence, guts and a relentless attitude to life-it’s a24/7 treadmill, not a jump-on, jump-off routine.

Self-esteem should not be confused with self-confidence. Self-confidence is believing in your competence and your ability to do something, whereas self-esteem is believing in your goodness.

Racism is a very insidious thing. It’s dangerous to the psyche, to mind and body. It erodes the self-confidence. And I don’t know how we get through it.

For one thing, you need a lot of self-confidence to be on the top of your field. There are times probably where I appear to be over-confident or arrogant. It’s really in the eye of the beholder.

My only self-confidence and satisfaction comes from the people that I do meet; I have fondness for people. I mean, I like to hug. And I also like to be hugged.

Being on ‘America’s Got Talent’ has really helped me expand my self-confidence on the stage and anywhere – I’m more comfortable, and it’s just really helped, and I’m glad about that.

I have got a self-confidence that I have the ability but felt I was not being lucky and was an unlucky person.

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.

Music was always ever present when I was growing up, and it’s continued to be the most important and intrinsic part of me. It kept me from going off the rails as a kid, and it gave me rare purpose and self-confidence that I couldn’t find from anything else.

In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth whenever you need it.

Experts say that if children can’t read by the end of the fifth grade, they lose self-confidence and self-esteem, making them more likely to enter the juvenile justice system.

I’m very passionate about the use of sports in young people’s lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It’s been a big thing for me.

My Instagram doesn’t cover my insecurities, my lack of self-confidence, that week I spent crying… there’s a question of whether I should be sharing that online.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

I used to look so immature, like a young man without self-confidence. There was one particular light blue, shiny cape outfit I wore that still makes me cringe.

Football is all about self-confidence.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

It takes a lot of courage, self-confidence, and stubbornness to be an openly committed Christian – or openly committed to any of the great religious traditions – as an undergraduate in selective colleges or in the honors programs of large universities.

I had always been scared of the unknown, and I think it had a lot to do with a lack of self-confidence (and wearing thick, dark-rimmed glasses before they were considered cool).

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.

I sort of tend to equate tattoos with prisoners, punks or people with a high level of self-confidence. I don’t necessarily have a covered-in-tattoos personality.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

You know, I don’t talk about the characters that I play. Years ago, I was a little timid about it and I kind of squirmed when I was asked, ‘Could you tell us something about your character.’ Now with a little self-confidence that comes with the grey beard, I just flatly refuse.

We have a lot of really great companies in Canada, and I think there’s always been this fear that ‘great’ in Canada doesn’t mean great on a world stage. We need more self-confidence. We are building incredibly good businesses with incredibly good people, being loyal, dedicating themselves to solving important problems.

For one thing, you need a lot of self-confidence to be on the top of your field. There are times probably where I appear to be over-confident or arrogant. It’s really in the eye of the beholder.

The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.

Self-confidence is something I’ve always lacked in. But finally, at some point, I just decided to be honest.

My father and mother treated us children as intellectual equals, thus greatly bolstering our self-confidence and our interest in ideas of all kinds.

One of the reasons that I needed to become an actor was that I didn’t have any self-confidence.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

That’s something that I have to work on: Self-confidence and loving myself.

Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.

We’re trying to give a young man life lessons – sacrifice, commitment, teamwork, self-confidence, self-esteem. That’s what this sport does for kids.

Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents.

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.

I wanted to prove to myself I can do something on my own. Not for the world, but for myself. To have that self-confidence.

Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed.

Lucid dreaming has considerable potential for promoting personal growth and self-development, enhancing self-confidence, improving mental and physical health, facilitating creative problem solving and helping you to progress on the path to self-mastery.

Surrendering to jargon is a sign of journalism’s dismal lack of self-confidence in the optimized age of content-management systems.

Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.

I definitely think that, for a woman, the biggest turn-on is the mind. Otherwise, obviously you want someone who keeps up with himself and has self-respect and self-confidence.

Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.

TV has lost a lot of its self-confidence as its power has been eroded by the internet.

I couldn’t bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all.

Don’t let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.

You know, you kind of lose some self-confidence after having kids because you’ll never be the way you were. But I feel good.

The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.

I’ve always been a very artsy person, and I always preach self-confidence and knowing your worth.

Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field – no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind.

My Instagram doesn’t cover my insecurities, my lack of self-confidence, that week I spent crying… there’s a question of whether I should be sharing that online.

I’m very passionate about the use of sports in young people’s lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It’s been a big thing for me.

Doing projects really gives people self-confidence. Nothing is better than taking the pie out of the oven. What it does for you personally, and for your family’s idea of you, is something you can’t buy.

I had been a Maoist, and then when the Gang of Four was overthrown, I was completely distraught. I was bedridden for three weeks; it was a very painful experience for me. Not only because I had been wrong, but because I felt really embarrassed that I had been lecturing and pontificating with such self-confidence.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

I’m not good with pickup lines or flirting. I don’t have that kind of self-confidence or natural charisma.

What destroys more self-confidence than any other educational thing in America is being assigned to some remedial math when you get into some college, and then it’s not taught very well and you end up with this sense of, ‘Hey, I can’t really figure those things out.’

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

You know, I don’t talk about the characters that I play. Years ago, I was a little timid about it and I kind of squirmed when I was asked, ‘Could you tell us something about your character.’ Now with a little self-confidence that comes with the grey beard, I just flatly refuse.

When I’m away from sport and not doing something I have much self-belief in, I can lack self-confidence at times.

To be white in America is to assume, with total self-confidence and little afterthought, the personal ownership of public spaces.

I had a fantastic mother who taught me self-confidence.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

My school friends thought I was outgoing and bubbly, but that masked a lot of insecurities, and maybe that’s the reason I chose drama – to build a bit of self-confidence. I had a great teacher, and I won a few speech and drama competitions and just fell in love with it.

Always have self-confidence because that can take you a long way.

I feel social media can be very distracting, unhealthy, and harmful to one’s self-confidence. I don’t even log on to it on my phone except when I post something on Instagram.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

I’ll have people ask if they can take a picture with me when I’m not wearing makeup and I’m like, ‘I’m sorry, I don’t have the self-confidence for that’.

I don’t have an extraordinary degree of self-confidence, but I know the gift I have been given from God and I try to share it with as many people as possible. Having a great voice is not a merit. I don’t think it is a merit.

My biggest learning while working with Priyanka was self-confidence. What sets her apart from the rest is her knack for looking out for people. She ensures that, along with her, everyone around her also grows while working on a project.

Humor comes from self-confidence.

I have an unremovable stain of self-confidence.

When I started writing, I said, ‘I don’t know how to do this. I don’t know if it sounds good.’ Coming from being an underdog or being told that something wasn’t for you over and over repeatedly, it took a lot out of me. It took a lot of my self-confidence.

The great jazz and jazz-influenced singers carry themselves with a certain panache and a certain elegance and, for lack of a better word, self-confidence.

I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.

I like the feeling that I’m giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.

When I started writing, I said, ‘I don’t know how to do this. I don’t know if it sounds good.’ Coming from being an underdog or being told that something wasn’t for you over and over repeatedly, it took a lot out of me. It took a lot of my self-confidence.

It’s human nature – we want to be chosen, we want to be picked and when there’s this thing that isn’t choosing you, that can affect your self-confidence and your self-worth.

To have a successful writing career, you must be willing to sacrifice a great deal. The book, the deadline come first before anything else. Writing is not a job; it is a lifestyle, and it is a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows. You need self-confidence and an iron carapace.

You are as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fears; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

I’ve studied the lives of the 20th century’s great businessmen and concluded self-confidence was instrumental in all their success.

I’ve studied the lives of the 20th century’s great businessmen and concluded self-confidence was instrumental in all their success.

Lucid dreaming has considerable potential for promoting personal growth and self-development, enhancing self-confidence, improving mental and physical health, facilitating creative problem solving and helping you to progress on the path to self-mastery.

The three top issues have to be restoring jobs and private sector job growth to our country, getting the entitlement mess under control, and restoring back to our country a sense of self-confidence that Americans can achieve whatever we want to achieve.

You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone’s brain.

My self-confidence didn’t come from my appearance, it came from other things that I did. But certainly not my appearance.

I feel social media can be very distracting, unhealthy, and harmful to one’s self-confidence. I don’t even log on to it on my phone except when I post something on Instagram.

I think we can really use magic in a way never attempted before to inspire these children, help rally their self-confidence and even help them develop social skills. This is a national effort, not just here in Las Vegas. I know we can give them a true passion.

Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.

To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.

For me, drag is about two things – confidence and glamour. Drag is about using artiface and illusion to tap into the self-confidence we all have. And glamour is about taking what you have naturally and showcasing in a way that makes you feel good. It’s truly a practice in faking it until you make it.

I may be wrong, but I am never in doubt! And anyone who has been around me for even a minute understands that my self-confidence and self-esteem is sometimes overwhelming!

When I can talk about my teammates who help make me a better player, or even the coach who gave me the self-confidence to continue being who I am, these are fundamental people who have had an influence throughout my life and my professional career, and I’m very thankful to them, and they know it.

The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them.

Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.

This journey from non-dancer to dancer has given me a lot of self-confidence and inner strength. I feel like a different person.

A great figure or physique is nice, but it’s self-confidence that makes someone really sexy.

We’re trying to give a young man life lessons – sacrifice, commitment, teamwork, self-confidence, self-esteem. That’s what this sport does for kids.

Massive self-confidence is boring.

I love creepy old dudes. I love that they have so much self-confidence, despite having no evidence whatsoever to back it up.

I have a lot of social engagements, and I like to dress up for them. I try to wear what I feel comfortable in, as self-confidence is so much about how you look. Generally, I love to wear long dresses; they make you feel special.

Unfortunately, unless we’re focused on building up our courage, which gives us our self-confidence and all that we need to make quantum change in our lives, the voice of fear will always take the lead inside our minds.

Why did the rejection of the modelling industry get to me so much? I think the answer is that these rejections were based on how I looked and I had always prided myself on a healthy amount of self-confidence which I was now rapidly losing.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.

Boxing gave me self-confidence that I didn’t have growing up. When I was young, I was super quiet and I didn’t trust anybody. I didn’t like having friends.

A cravat has to be approached with consummate self-confidence and a devilish nonchalance. A cravat has to be grasped by a man who knows how to treat a cravat.

Being a thicker post player, and being someone who grew up with self-confidence issues, it’s pretty empowering that I’ve been chosen as this figurehead of basketball in my sport.

Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn’t need a monumental Olympics.

I wanted to be famous. It’s embarrassing to admit, but I came out to L.A. thinking it would happen in no time. I thought, ‘Once they see me, they’ll be so glad I came.’ I always had a ridiculous amount of self-confidence about what was going to happen to me.

I don’t possess a lot of self-confidence. I’m an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.

I didn’t do very well at school, and I suppose I’ve always had this sense, you know that, of being average, so I’ve been a bit low on self-confidence in my ability.

I used to look so immature, like a young man without self-confidence. There was one particular light blue, shiny cape outfit I wore that still makes me cringe.