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Confidence Quotes — 40 Confidence Quotes, Each Checked to Its Source

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

The Bible · The source reads: “I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” · Psalm 139:14. The familiar King James wording; the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations gives the Book of Common Prayer psalter.

Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

The Bible · Romans 14:5

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

Oscar Wilde

They can because they think they can.

Virgil · The source reads: “Hos successus alit: possunt, quia posse videntur. These success encourages: they can because they think they can.”

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who havnt and dont.

George Bernard Shaw

'Tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.

William Shakespeare · The source reads: “Virtue! a fig! 'tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.”

Greatness knows itself.

William Shakespeare

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity.

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham

And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own.

Persius · The source reads: “Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus) A.D. 34-62 Nec te quaesiveris extra. And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own.”

I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death.

John Keats

What ought a man to be? Well, my short answer is: himself.

Henrik Ibsen · The source reads: “Hvad skal manden v're? Sig selv, det er mit korte svar. What ought a man to be? Well, my short answer is 'himself'.”

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I, too, am a painter!

Correggio · The source reads: “Anch'io sono pittore! I, too, am a painter!”

We may be in some degree whatever character we choose.

James Boswell

Give me but one firm spot on which to stand, and I will move the earth.

Archimedes · With reference to a lever, in Pappus 'Synagoge' bk. 8, sect. 19, proposition 10.

I'm the greatest.

Muhammad Ali

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Muhammad Ali · Summary of his boxing strategy, in G. Sullivan 'Cassius Clay Story' (1964) ch. 8.

To me the worst thing seems to be for a school principally to work with the methods of fear, force, and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity, and the self-confidence of the pupil.

Albert Einstein · From his address on education at Albany, 15 October 1936.

I do not mind that you are a girl. But the main thing is that you yourself do not mind. There is no reason for it.

Albert Einstein · To Myfanwy, a girl who had written to him, in 1946, after he had taken her name for a boy's.

It ain't what people call you. It's what you answer to.

Tyler Perry · Madea's line, from Tyler Perry.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Attributed to Alice Walker · A line carried under Alice Walker's name, which she has said she does not recall writing.

When I show my daughter she can be anything she wants to be, she wonders why I ever thought she couldn't.

Candace Parker · The basketball player on her daughter.

Don't say yes to everything. No is also an answer, and it can be a full sentence.

Cynthia Erivo · The actress and singer on saying no.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.

Jesse Jackson · The refrain Jackson taught crowds in the 1970s and 1980s.

Confidence Quotes

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

They can because they think they can.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who havnt and dont.

'Tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.

Greatness knows itself.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity.

And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own.

I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death.

What ought a man to be? Well, my short answer is: himself.

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own.

I, too, am a painter!

We may be in some degree whatever character we choose.

Give me but one firm spot on which to stand, and I will move the earth.

I'm the greatest.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

To me the worst thing seems to be for a school principally to work with the methods of fear, force, and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity, and the self-confidence of the pupil.

I do not mind that you are a girl. But the main thing is that you yourself do not mind. There is no reason for it.

It ain't what people call you. It's what you answer to.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

When I show my daughter she can be anything she wants to be, she wonders why I ever thought she couldn't.

Don't say yes to everything. No is also an answer, and it can be a full sentence.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.

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Confidence Quotes

“They can because they think they can.”

“One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who havnt and dont.”

“'Tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.”

“What ought a man to be? Well, my short answer is: himself.”

“We may be in some degree whatever character we choose.”

“To me the worst thing seems to be for a school principally to work with the methods of fear, force, and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity, and the self-confidence of the pupil.”

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”

“When I show my daughter she can be anything she wants to be, she wonders why I ever thought she couldn't.”

Frequently asked questions

We Value Your Opinion Comments

They can because they think they can.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who havnt and dont.

'Tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.

What ought a man to be? Well, my short answer is: himself.

We may be in some degree whatever character we choose.

To me the worst thing seems to be for a school principally to work with the methods of fear, force, and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity, and the self-confidence of the pupil.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

When I show my daughter she can be anything she wants to be, she wonders why I ever thought she couldn't.