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41 " Self-confidence is not the same thing as ego. This is not to say that the two don’t (frequently) dance hand in hand down the street, pushing over old ladies in crosswalks and kicking baby kittens. But they are definitely not the same entity. Ego is thinking you have all the answers. Self-confidence is knowing you don’t have the answers, but being pretty sure that you will be able to find them. "
― Maggie Stiefvater
42 " Building self-confidence is like building a muscle. Your confidence grows in response to your intensity of usage and the level of performance you require from it. If you don’t use it, you may lose it. Stretch, flex, life, and build! "
― Susan C. Young , The Art of Being: 8 Ways to Optimize Your Presence & Essence for Positive Impact (The Art of First Impressions for Positive Impact, #1)
43 " Self-confident people don’t make their self-esteem, self-image, happiness, or self-confidence dependent on another person’s approval, validation, or acceptance. "
44 " Even the smartest and most successful of people will experience lower self-confidence occasionally, but the difference is that they deliberately shift out of it and refuse to stay there. "
45 " Happiness and self-confidence can be the by-products of other things, but they cannot really be goals unto themselves. "
― Julie Lythcott-Haims , How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success
46 " In your heart there's a way around the criticizers, minimizes, and judgmental people that hurt you. When it's understood their self-confidence is very low. It's then you can pray for them, that they find peace, and allow all righteousness to come from Jesus Christ. Amen. "
47 " It’s ironic that those who lack self-confidence are often the ones who find it hardest to say no. "
― Fennel Hudson , A Writer's Year - Fennel's Journal - No. 3
48 " If you want to increase your self-confidence as a yoga teacher very fast – go out there, face your fears, and teach as much as you possibly can! "
― Gudjon Bergmann , Create a Safe Space: An Inspirational Guidebook for Yoga Teachers who want to Further Serve their Students
49 " A person with less knowledge and more self-confidence (which is primarily a way of thinking and acting) will often run circles around a person with more knowledge and less self-confidence; which means that self-confidence has the upper hand to knowledge when it comes to acting in the world. It has been interesting to see many of my star academic students struggle with teaching in the real world, while others who were less qualified in the academic field but had more self-confidence have gone out and positively affected many more people through their teaching. "
50 " If, like me, you suffer from lack of self-confidence you’ll know that the term is made up of two conflicting words, and that confidence isn’t easily found in the self. "
51 " Gracious Providence, to whom I owe all my powers, why didst thou not withhold some of those blessings I possess, and substitute in their place a feeling of self-confidence and contentment? "
― Charles William Eliot , Harvard Classics: The Complete Fiction
52 " The most important point to remember in developing self-confidence is to take responsibility for who we are. This empowers us. We can change anything, do anything, and be anything when we assume full responsibility for ourselves. "
53 " One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals. When we pool our strength and share the work and responsibility, we can welcome many people, even those in deep distress, and perhaps help them find self-confidence and inner healing. "
― Jean Vanier , Community And Growth
54 " It is not lack of ability, but lack of motivation, lack of focus, and lack of self-confidence that prevents most aspiring authors from finishing what they started. "
― Gudjon Bergmann , The Author's Blueprint
55 " Youth is not a time of life it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt your fear your despair. The way to keep young is to keep your faith young. Keep your self-confidence young. Keep your hope young. "
56 " The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense. "
57 " The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you. "
58 " The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you. "
59 " 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. "
60 " It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. "
