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Quotes about Confidence


If we devote our time disparaging the products of our business rivals, we hurt business generally, reduce confidence, and increase discontent.

Edward N. Hurley

There is only one theory about angling in which I have perfect confidence, and this is that the two words, least appropriate to any statement, about it, are the words "always" and "never."

Lord Edward Grey (Grey of Fallodon)

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

Henry Epicurus

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

George Washington

For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to the future with ever increasing confidence.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Gallantry to women--the sure road to their favor--is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it.

William Hazlitt

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

Adlai E. Stevenson

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom.

Rosilind Johnson

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Mark Twain

A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting. A boss is interested in himself or herself, a leader is interested in the group.

Russell H. Ewing

Kindness in words creates confidence, kindness in thinking creates profoundness, kindness in feeling creates love. . -Lao Tzu.

Lao Tzu

Those learned in the law, when they do give advice without the usual fee, and in the confidence of friendship, generally say, "Pay, pay anything rather than go to law.".

Isabella Beeton

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

Karl Raimund Popper

The main characteristics of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence. -James L. Fisher.

James L. Fisher

A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. -Unkown.

Peter F. Unkown

You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Gail Godwin

Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.

Joseph Wood Krutch

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Baruch Spinoza

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

Chris Evert

The great thought, the great concern, the great anxiety of men is to restrict, as much as possible, the limits of their own responsibility. - Borsi, A Soldier's Confidences with God.

Alice Giosué

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.

Eric Hoffer

I am optimistic and confident in all that I do. I affirm only the best for myself and others. I am the creator of my life and my world. I meet daily challenges gracefully and with complete confidence. I fill my mind with positive, nurturing, and healing thoughts.

Alice Potter

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Baruch Spinoza

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Baruch Spinoza

The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real estate, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.

Bertrand Russell

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