The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
- Sven Goran Eriksson
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.
- Ansel Adams
Once you become self-conscious, there is no end to it; once you start to doubt, there is no room for anything else.
- Mignon McLaughlin
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
I’ve spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops blurred my vision and burned holes in my heart. Once I learned to use the umbrella of confidence, the skies cleared up for me and the sunshine called joy became my faithful companion.
- Astrid Alauda
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
- Rosalynn Carter
If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.
- Author Unknown
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
- Oscar Wilde
If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.
- Nicholas de Chamfort