Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
Thomas CarlyleThere can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
TacitusThat extra confidence that I got from San Jose helped me [on beating Schuttler from a set and 5-3 down]
Andrew MurrayI have got a lot more confidence after winning against guys like Hewitt and Roddick
Andrew MurrayI thought that Mike Ruddock had had a wonderful run last year - the first Welsh Grand Slam in 27 years. He'd taken it on another couple of stages and he'd got the full confidence not just of the Welsh rugby team but also the Welsh nation.
Ian RobertsonThe greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
Robert HughesThey're playing with a lot more confidence - there's no doubt about that. They are more match aware [on England]
Glenn McGrathConfidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity.
William PittSelf-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Samuel JohnsonThere's no such thing as lack of confidence. You either have it or you don't.
Rob AndrewNational markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.
Kofi AnnanAll strikers need goals, the confidence of a striker when they score is right up there and it's the opposite when they don't
Sven Goran ErikssonLife 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.
Virginia WoolfIt is a lack of confidence in our systems of control that can foster bigotry.
Charles ClarkeConfidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not. [Wise words from one so young!]
Vanessa HudgensIt's one of the reasons [professional politicians] why people's confidence in the electoral system has declined so much. They have all become shadowy political creatures
Geoffrey HoweIt is simply not consistent with either my character or my confidence in my God-given athletic ability to cheat in any way.
Justin GatlinWe are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.
Jacob BronowskiI wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that the ghosts you chase you never catch
John MalkovichThe oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ball club - he doesn't try to do it all himself.
Burleigh GrimesIn the target seats we have been going like a bomb and there is a great deal of confidence. I think there's going to be a great deal of regional variation throughout the UK.
Sir Menzies CampbellRegardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.
Diane ArbusI am concerned about a society that has demonstrably lost confidence in its institutions, in the government, in the press, in the church, in the military - as well as in business.
George CabotConfidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Franklin D RooseveltSkill and confidence are an unconquered army.
George HerbertBelieve in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Norman Vincent PealeConfidence 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.
Jack NicklausHave no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
Pope John Paul IIHis great trick was making the game simple, supplying players with the confidence and self-belief of Muhammad Ali [on Brian Clough]
John McGovernAnd so with that spirit of confidence in our step and with that prayer in our heart, let us now quicken our pace to the victory that awaits us!
Perry ChristieBesides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.
Joe PaternoDanger breeds best on too much confidence.
Pierre CorneilleHe's playing with lots of confidence and no mistakes and holds his concentration all the time [on Roger Federer]
Juan Carlos FerreroIt was the timing in my life. I got a lot out of doing Rollergirl. I've gotten a lot from every director, but, psychologically, that role gave me a lot of confidence. [On her Boogie Nights role]
Heather GrahamThere is one child in every classroom who thinks that they know it all, well you should tell them that they don't but admire their confidence!
Alfred GriswoldIgnorance 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.
Charles DarwinIn the space of one delivery so much had changed. My confidence was sky-high. I was pumped up and rock'n'rolling.
Shane WarneWe do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.
EpicurusYou gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Eleanor RooseveltHe needs a bit of an adrenaline surge in the balls to give him confidence
Willie ThorneThere are few mortals so insensible that their affections cannot he gained by mildness, their confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn or neglect
Johann Georg Von ZimmermannConfidence is a very fragile thing.
Joe MontanaGiving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
Jack WelchBe courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George WashingtonI didn't play regularly because I was injured and when I did play I didn't get a run in my best position. I never felt any confidence from Stuart Pearce last year. It is why, even when I was on the pitch, I was not the real Antoine Sibierski
Antoine SibierskiEngland's main problem [in rugby] is they lack confidence. If you don't have confidence, you have no ambition, and it's very difficult to play without any ryhthm. [on 2006 performance]
Jonathan DaviesWe have got to have a leadership that has the confidence of the whole party that is attractive in putting forward our policies.
Michael FosterThose who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.
Thornton WilderIf 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.
Marcus GarveyA quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and given them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential.
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