Confidence Quotes

We need to have a pro-growth policy put in place that offers people hope and offers the opportunity for businesses to expand and for them to have confidence in what the world is going to look like for the next two or three or four years with respect to economic policy.

I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

Things said to a reporter in confidence should be kept in confidence.

Like my hero Virginia Woolf, I do lack confidence. I always find that the novel I'm finishing, even if it's turned out fairly well, is not the novel I had in my mind. I think a lot of writers must negotiate this, and if they don't admit it, they're not being honest.

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Our expanding Canadian operations are concrete evidence of General Motors confidence in Canada.

Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.

Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

President Bush offers the American people an optimistic vision and a clear choice in November. The President has provided steady leadership in remarkably changing times. He knows exactly where he wants to lead this country, and he has complete confidence in the American people.

Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.

Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years.

Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs.

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.

I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb.

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.

I presumed the president was being truthful until a series of events undercut that confidence.

At the moment we're trying to keep what we've learnt. Because we learnt a terrific amount with 'Deep Purple In Rock,' it took six months to make that album: we think it paid off, really. I can honestly say that it's the first album we've been 100 percent satisfied with; it gave us a hell of a lot of confidence.

It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region.

One of the ways to make sure policies are more transparent and to help restore people's confidence in politicians... is to ensure renewal at the highest level of office.

An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.

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.

I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly whether it was safe to breathe in the smoke. They did not have confidence in the museum not to use harmful smoke, and they certainly didn't have confidence that the city would protect them from harmful smoke.