The decision destroyed my confidence, which has always been fragile. I need people to support and back me — and I was mentally broken by being left out by England.
Robin SmithWhen I see all my legs out, I have confidence. I look at my muscles and they look big and I feel strong. With big shorts, I can't see my muscles at all.
Paolo Di CanioThose who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.
Thornton WilderGiving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
Jack WelchConfidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not. [Wise words from one so young!]
Vanessa HudgensThere 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 MontanaDanger breeds best on too much confidence.
Pierre CorneilleSkill and confidence are an unconquered army.
George HerbertI 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 RobertsonSelf-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Samuel JohnsonHealth is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
Lao TzuYou gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Eleanor RooseveltPeace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Benedict SpinozaConfidence 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 NicklausNational 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 AnnanThe man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
Ralph Waldo EmersonHe needs a bit of an adrenaline surge in the balls to give him confidence
Willie ThorneThere can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
TacitusAction is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
Norman Vincent PealeYou've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
Chris EvertThere's no such thing as lack of confidence. You either have it or you don't.
Rob AndrewSmile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
Andre MauroisWhatever the true cause of the government's baffling support for Sir Ian Blair, the public can have no confidence while he is in charge that the Met can be replied upon to keep them safe. That is why, once again, he must go.
Melanie PhillipsI believe it is wrong to undermine public safety, and indeed public confidence in the concept of human rights, by allowing highly dangerous criminals and terrorists to trump the rights of the people of Britain to live in security and peace
David CameronKindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Lao TzuAll 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 ErikssonConfidence in conversation has a greater share than wit
Duc De La RochefoucauldWe do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.
EpicurusBe courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George WashingtonMost frequently we make confidants from vanity, a love of talking, a wish to win the confidence of others, and to make an exchange of secrets
Duc De La RochefoucauldHopefully that will prepare the boys well as well as thay can be for a long season - we've got a strong squad and there's confidence in the camp
Simon JonesConcentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.
Arnold PalmerHis great trick was making the game simple, supplying players with the confidence and self-belief of Muhammad Ali [on Brian Clough]
John McGovernMorale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is elan, esprit de corps and determination.
George MarshallI 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 CabotThey're playing with a lot more confidence - there's no doubt about that. They are more match aware [on England]
Glenn McGrathI 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 SibierskiI love the confidence that makeup gives me
Tyra BanksThat extra confidence that I got from San Jose helped me [on beating Schuttler from a set and 5-3 down]
Andrew MurrayIt is a lack of confidence in our systems of control that can foster bigotry.
Charles ClarkeIf a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.
Sigmund FreudConfidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Vincent T LombardiA great figure or physique is nice, but it's self-confidence that makes someone really sexy.
Vivica FoxA 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.
Audrey HepburnConfidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Franklin D RooseveltThe greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
Robert HughesWe 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 BronowskiOne important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
Arthur AsheIt's great that we're having all this success in the Champions League and we always have confidence in European games.
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