Confidence Quotes and Sayings

Confidence is preparation.  Everything else is beyond your control.
- Richard Kline

If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
- Henrik Ibsen

Chiefly the mold of a man’s fortune is in his own hands.
- Francis Bacon

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
- Bruce Barton

Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.
- Mignon McLaughlin

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
- Edmund Hillary

Have 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

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
- Truman Capote

When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there.
- Cecil Selig

People are like stained-glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.
- Elisabeth Kübler Ross

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.
- Andrew Carnegie

Spirit can walk spirit can swim  spirit can climb spirit can crawl.  There is no terrain you cannot overcome.
- Irisa Hail

All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.
- Charles Dickens

We probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do.
- Olin Miller

Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
- Michel de Montaigne

Don’t live down to expectations.  Go out there and do something remarkable.
- Wendy Wasserstein

You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.
- Lou Holtz

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.  Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
- Sydney Smith

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
- Paul Tillich

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
- Dale Carnegie

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