My dad is like a cactus – introverted and tough. I’m a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He’s my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me. 603
Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease. 609
The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself. 706
I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true. 536
Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don’t do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals. 567
I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves – that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness. 565
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised. 2.45K
The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition. 581
Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends. 1.92K
Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone. 598
It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook. 1.06K
I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world. 545
When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming. 1.58K
There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake. 2.42K
My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation. 552
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. 665
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. 594
Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude. 496
If 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. 2.15K
