Inspirational Self Confidence Quotes & Sayings

The secret to happiness, peace, and self-confidence is to forgive yourself and forgive others. — Debasish Mridha

Be enthusiastic about life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May you find the confidence and courage to climb new heights. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May you climb higher heights. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Staring at the light of another blinds the view of our own. — Charles F. Glassman

Gracious words nourish the soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Here's to everyone who has survived something devastating
something that shattered your self-confidence and distorted your world in one blow. Whether you were fierce in the face of it or fell to pieces or shoved it out of sight for years
I don't care how you got here. Every day you are stronger. Every day you are healing. Every day that you survive, you are telling that event, that person, that illness, that memory: YOU DO NOT DEFINE ME. Keep on.
Acknowledgements — Tammara Webber

Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way. — Ryan Lilly

We live in a society of {more, faster, and extra.} So we feel the need to respond {more, faster, and extra.} Such a useless exercise. So much joy can be found in slowing down. — Emily Ley

Trust in God gives self-power. — Lailah Gifty Akita

After more than two thousand miles on the [Appalachian] trail, you can expect to undergo some personality changes. A heightened affinity for nature infiltrates your life. Greater inner peace. Enhanced self-esteem. A quiet confidence that if I could do that, I can do and should do whatever I really want to do. More appreciation for what you have and less desire to acquire what you don't. A childlike zest for living life to the fullest. A refusal to be embarrassed about having fun. A renewed faith in the essential goodness of humankind. And a determination to repay others for the many kindnesses you have received. — Larry Luxenberg

Faith gives self-confidence, self-courage and strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Inspiration gives strength to do, what we are capable of doing. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest thing to conquer is self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You can develop a positive self image with positive thoughts. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Positive goals lead to positive actions for purposeful life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Attachment to praise and avoidance of criticism keeps us from doing innovative, controversial work and--more simply--from following the paths we feel called toward, whether or not those around s understand or approve. — Tara Mohr

I love to play the game of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I would hesitate to use the word 'success' in the way many people do. I don't know that I would apply it to what I've done as though I have now reached the ultimate goal. To me success is a continuing thing. It is growth and development. It is achieving one thing and using that as a stepping stone to achieve something else. Success comes as you have confidence in yourself. Self-confidence is built by succeeding, even if the success is small. It is the believing that makes it possible. — Walter Knott

Your greatest competence are your courage and confident. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Believe in your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear, and get a record of successful experiences behind you. — William Jennings Bryan

Great faith, Great confidence. — Lailah Gifty Akita

[He] said don't let them take you over. Walk into the room knowing you are the best. Shoulders back, chin up. Their attitudes will totally change. — Misty Copeland

You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize. — Napoleon Hill

You don't need to be rich to have high confidence, all you do need is to be proud of yourself and there you'll go with confidence. — Auliq Ice

The miracle of life is self-confidence. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Hold yourself in great esteem. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I am my own self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief, in their own gifts. — Jean Vanier

What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve. — Norman Vincent Peale

Keeping or holding on to a concept shows belief but building or adding to it shows confidence and depth of character. — Delma Pryce

You must have courage and confidence to pursue the visions. — Lailah Gifty Akita

For the first time maybe ever, it didn't matter if I looked beautiful or not. I felt it. — Kiera Cass

If you don't feel you have any choice in a situation, self-esteem and confidence plummet. But once you understand that you do have a choice, self-esteem will improve. You aren't a helpless victim anymore. You decide how you deal with a situation. You aren't just reacting to life; you're creating your life. — Theresa Cheung

There had been a time when I owned my life and now I felt like I was coming around to myself again. It's like I've finally discovered bones in myself I never knew I had. I discovered that it takes bravery to be one's self. I now know that the only thing I needed to be afraid of was of not finding my true self and having the courage to be me. — Benilde Little

God created you because He loves you and want you to live life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Laugh it off, Life gets better. — Touaxia Vang

I know the value of my time! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-courage, Self-confidence, Self-will! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Never think twice, when you have decided once. — Auliq Ice

For the first time ever, I was alone in a different country. I was nervous about how I was going to cope in this big bustling city and so I employed a technique which still serves me well today. I imagined myself as someone who relished new exciting opportunities, who was utterly unafraid and perpetually optimistic. It was a kind of reinvention. Everyone I met was new. These people didn't know me, there was no shared history, so I could be anything or anyone I wanted to be. My theory was that if I behaved like a confident, cheerful person, eventually I would buy it myself, and become that. I always had traces of strength somewhere inside me, it wasn't fake. It was just a way of summoning my courage to the fore and not letting any creeping self-doubt hinder my adventures. This method worked then, and it works now. — Dawn French

You only have to view life in a positive way. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't take to heart, any negative criticism. Focus on positive thoughts — Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't allow someone else's thoughts become the illustrations of YOUR story — Netiera Danise

The power we discover inside ourselves as we survive a life-threatening experience can be utilized equally well outside of crisis, too. I am, in every moment, capable of mustering the strength to survive again - or of tapping that strength in other good, productive, healthy ways. — Michele Rosenthal

Dare the impossible. By grace it will be possible. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We dare travel on unknown path. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Perhaps defining a self begins with simply making the first choice, simply rising up and deciding what you desire, and then methodically, like writing, putting one word after the other until you have created a whole self and a whole life in the process. — Michele Rosenthal

Whenever it comes to doing anything. Remember the part about having confidence. — Auliq Ice

Women who've made peace with living alone," she started, counting off on one finger, "and women with healthy self-confidence ... " She counted off a second finger, then cocked her head at Kate. "Are you getting this?"
Kate nodded. "Women who've made peace with living alone and women who have a healthy self-confidence ... "
"Can always, BUT ALWAYS, afford to be picky. — Becky Wade

What an excellent great soul you are? — Lailah Gifty Akita

Respect yourself and the whole world will respect you. — Abhijit Naskar

I am bold as a lion. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Confident is spirit of faith — Lailah Gifty Akita

That's the key, you know, confidence. I know for a fact that if you genuinely like your body, so can others. It doesn't really matter if it's short, tall, fat or thin, it just matters that you can find some things to like about it. Even if that means having a good laugh at the bits of it that wobble independently, occasionally, that's all right. It might take you a while to believe me on this one, lots of people don't because they seem to suffer from self-hatred that precludes them from imagining that a big woman could ever love herself because they don't. But I do. I know what I've got is a bit strange and difficult to love but those are the very aspects that I love the most! It's a bit like people. I've never been particularly attracted to the uniform of conventional beauty. I'm always a bit suspicious of people who feel compelled to conform. I personally like the adventure of difference. And what's beauty, anyway? — Dawn French

Confidence comes from within. You teach people how to perceive you, by your own example of how you perceive yourself. If you believe in yourself that confidence shines through and others will believe in you too. — Lindsey Rietzsch

Sometimes standing for truth is painful and an isolated journey because truth is not always what we like to hear and live with. However, it is your belief in the purity of truth, your confidence in yourself and your godly values that will give you the strength to be a torchbearer of truth. With truth you are always a winner even if it comes late or with a price to pay. — Vishwas Chavan

Aspire to be who you most admire — Deborah A. Carr

philosophers have noted that people who habitually deceive
finally fall for their own deceptions. This is the well-known
phenomenon that confidence artists appeal to the willingness of
their victims to deceive both themselves and others in one and
the same act: The victims are encouraged to deceive
themselves into thinking that they deceive only others while
ignoring their own greed and the immorality of the way they
choose to satisfy it. To this Russell added that the same holds
true for all self -deception: — Joseph Agassi

Don't back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for yourself builds self confidence and self esteem. — Oprah Winfrey

Inner Awareness is often gained in incremental steps at first. The distraction of the perceived physical world dictates this. However, once one realizes this process, a new skill in "awareness recognition" emerges ... and like riding a bike for the first time, one peddles faster, gaining confidence in their new skill, a skill that will take them much farther than any distraction previously experienced — Gary Hopkins

Be brave, be great! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Start small and keep going. — Abhijit Naskar

Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything. — Charles M. Schulz

Brave people believe in a higher power than themselves. — Lailah Gifty Akita

And don't you let your guard down for a second because you think anything's inevitable. — Suzanne Collins

Life is a journey, a ride of endless means and emotions. — Mary V. Pate

You must seek to thyself. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I want you to believe in yourself, and take chances, even if it is scary and even if you don't know what you are doing yet. — Auliq Ice

It feels great to do what you love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The most important point to remember in developing self-confidence is to take responsibility for who we are. This empowers us. We can change anything, do anything, and be anything when we assume full responsibility for ourselves. — Rachael Bermingham

The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. — Swati Sharma

All emotions have an opposite. Anger and sadness are two of the same. When someone is angry, when they calm down, you may discover they're actually sad about some part in their life. Do you know what the other side of envy is?"
I shook my head.
"It's a lack of confidence, self-esteem. If he envies Silas's strength, then he's unsure about his own. If he's envious of Victor's wealth and what he can give you, it's because he's insecure about his lack of money and ability to give you those material things. Gabriel's greatest weakness is his own perception of himself. — C.L.Stone

Do not despise your gift. We are all valuable. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Go forward and fulfil your dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Self belief is directly proportional to confidence i.e more the self belief more is the confidence and less of it will lessen the confidence. Success gets attracted to persons with high self belief. — Sandeep Kakkar

Arrogant S.O.B.s run the world. A performer can never have too much self-confidence. The best in every field are likely to strike most people as irrationally confident, but that's how they got to the top. — John Eliot

Hope is the anchor of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You are a painter of success. Paint your life into a masterpiece of excellence. — Mark LaMoure

Never let fear hold you captive.
Never let self-doubt hold you captive.
Never let frustration hold you captive. — Roy Bennett

I want to be judged by who I am as a person, not by what happened to me. In fact, all the bad things have only contributed to my confidence and sense of self, because I survived them and became a better and stronger person. — Jenna Jameson

Shine bright like a diamond. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Self confidence plays an important part in every aspect of man's life. — Dalai Lama

Self-respect is nothing but self-confidence. — Debasish Mridha

Despite his evasiveness and his determination to hew to a single message, Jobs was a vivid presence. The intensity of his self-confidence made me hang on his every word. He spoke in carefully constructed sentences, even when trying to answer an unexpected question. — Brent Schlender

Be weird...only losers are normal. — Marie

Be excellent in your own terms. Do not look for approval from a single soul on this planet. Respect yourself and in time the whole world will respect you. — Abhijit Naskar

I was hoping that perhaps I could roll with you ... "
"You cannot roll with me," said the Big O, "but perhaps you can roll by yourself. — Shel Silverstein

Never allow anyone to look down upon you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Never doubt yourself! — Lailah Gifty Akita

One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world
making the most of one's best. — Harry Emerson Fosdick

Let your spirit be great. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be YOU. There is nothing sexier than someone who is confident enough to be themselves, quirks and all. It is often your unique nature that separates you from the crowd in the best way possible for your romantic match to notice you. — Alaric Hutchinson

Be confident, be bold! These are your life greatest strength for success. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A person with less knowledge and more self-confidence (which is primarily a way of thinking and acting) will often run circles around a person with more knowledge and less self-confidence; which means that self-confidence has the upper hand to knowledge when it comes to acting in the world. It has been interesting to see many of my star academic students struggle with teaching in the real world, while others who were less qualified in the academic field but had more self-confidence have gone out and positively affected many more people through their teaching. — Gudjon Bergmann

You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn't determine who you are. You must all realize what you're worth on your own. — Koushun Takami

If your comfort zone is misery, it's time to get uncomfortable. — Charles F. Glassman

The odds are, you highly underestimate how awesome you are. Stop doing that. — Rob Liano

With certainty, courage and commitment, the dream will be a reality. — Lailah Gifty Akita