Confidence Quotations | Page 3

My confidence came from the way I grew up, and I'm grateful for it.

Boys and girls, have confidence in the direction and counsel and advice of your parents and grandparents who love you more than anybody else in the world does.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

You may be right that people say: 'You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.'

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.

The words spoken by the leader of the free world can expand the frontiers of freedom or shrink them. When Ronald Reagan called on Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall,' a surge of confidence rose that would ultimately breach the bounds of the evil empire.

I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence.

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

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.

I've never done anything so political before. I've spent years shouting my mouth off about serious issues over dinner tables but never really had the confidence to express my views in a song.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action.

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

Children touch all of our lives. We all have the opportunity to sow seeds into the next generation, and there's nothing more important that we can leave on this earth than a legacy of faith, hope, and confidence in our God.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the patients and the doctors without government rationing.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody.

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

A great man is always willing to be little.

The positive consumer confidence could have been a negative.

The performance has given us the confidence to both pay the dividend and, more importantly, to continue the high level of investment in the business,

The point is that mounting layoffs and weak consumer confidence will keep consumer spending fairly weak.

We are seeing a show of force. It's putting confidence back in our hearts and in the minds of our people, ... We're going to make it through.

We are proud to be doing business with such an exceptional group of financial institutions. The willingness of our banks to provide these credit facilities demonstrates their confidence in our business model and provides us with strong financial backing as we continue to pursue our development opportunities.

We are proud of the work Activision has done to help make this excellent program possible, and it is an honor to witness the Tomorrow's Leader's youth graduate to the next stage of their lives. We have confidence that these youth will positively impact Los Angeles in ways unimagined before this program.

We are pretty much considered the underdogs here but I have a lot of confidence in the young women that are here and we are really looking ahead to a good match.

We are pretty happy with where we are at so far, especially the fact that the players are backing themselves. Their confidence is coming as much from the pre-season preparation we had, including the tour to Australia, as anything else, but there is still a lot to do. We've won nothing yet.

We are pretty confident that the usability and visual enhancements to the Linux desktop will fuel more growth in this market. We think this should give customers more choice and confidence to begin integrating open solutions.

We are possibly on the brink of war, so it would have been a great surprise if consumer confidence hadn't fallen.

We are pleased with this ruling and look forward to proceeding to the patent phase of our case. We have great confidence in our intellectual property position and are pleased with the opportunity to present our position to a jury.

We are pleased with the solid first quarter (ended December 31) result with beer volume and overall group earnings in line with our business plan, giving us confidence that we are on track for our full year profit guidance.

We've also had the opportunity to work with Dr. Long for six years. We've seen him grow professionally. I have the utmost confidence that Dr. Long is the right choice for this job.

We started to gain confidence from turnovers that the defense was coming up with, and it gave our offense a better outlet for attacking. When the defense is strong and playing like that you can take a lot more risks.

We started to believe what the coaches were telling us. You can see the confidence we have.

We started the season with a little setback because we had to have two seniors move to the setter position where they haven't ever played. I know I have the hitters that I can use to run some plays and we're just now getting the confidence in the setters.

We started the season slow, but our intensity and determination have really improved. Once we started winning some games we got our confidence back. Now we know we can do it.

We started the game very well. I don't know that we got timid to let them back in the game. I just think they got their confidence going and they made a run at us. I am just glad that my team got the job done.

We started talking about this long before the collapse. I'm just grateful that Arthur has shown this confidence in me.

We struggled this weekend. We didn't play with any effort or emotion last night and Princeton took advantage. Tonight, we had better effort but our confidence and execution wasn't good enough.

We are pleased to be able to provide Boiling Springs Savings Bank with a first-class Identity and Trust Assurance solution for its online customer base. Our Content Verification Certificate solution will allow Boiling Springs to maintain confidence and trust among its consumers thus increasing online transactional volume as well as build awareness that it is truly a leader in customer-care and security.

We are looking forward to trying to get in the playoffs and make something happen. It's all a matter of confidence and we have that now. We can still make the playoffs, it's all up to us.

We believe that our stock remains significantly undervalued in the market and we continue to have confidence in the long-term value of our organization. Our plans to pay down $100 million of debt in 2006 remain unchanged.

There are concerns that the revival in euro zone business confidence has been driven by the external sector, which could be undermined if the euro keeps on rising.

There are common building blocks that every parent needs to be successful. There are also common problems that parents face on a daily basis and the class I developed will help give parents the skills they need, answers to problems they face every day and the confidence to use the skills.

There are certain rules that are very important in political negotiations. The first rule is to create more trust and confidence between the parties.

We stood in the sunshine of her being. Through her inexhaustible giving, we learned to give. Through her faith, we learned the confidence of knowing that peace on Earth is inevitable.

We're in for a grind, since they've beat us they've really gotten on a roll here. I don't know if we gave them confidence or whatever. We know what we're up against. Hard work is their team identity.

We started out making shots, and that gave us confidence. For the most part, we fed off our defense and were able to finish plays.

When you've had as many wins as we've had, our confidence has been up. But they've got a great team. This district is going to be anybody's.

When you've got a lot of confidence in what kind of work you can do every day, there's no pressure. I've been in this league pretty much 2 1/2 years, and I've been in the big leagues for a little while, so I've got some experience. I know you have to go through a lot of bad days. You have to work and then come back.

When you've got a guy like Elliott between the pipes, he's like a brick wall. He's making every save we need. He's giving us all the confidence in the world.

We appreciate the cooperation and constructive dialogue between our organizations over the past few months and respect the hard work they've done to provide the information we requested. We're also offering our continued assistance as they move forward in ways that enhance their work and the public's confidence in all that they do.

There is no major disruption of people's lives for the time being, and so there is no great risk to the economy for now. But if the discontent became a national phenomenon, then consumer confidence could suffer.

Unusually for social housing of this type, there is nothing institutional about the feel of this building. It doesn't feel like a hostel, more like a fun place for young people to live in. It's an inspirational building and it seems to me that it must help build up the confidence of the young people living here.

Until we regain a defensive swagger we are going to continue to struggle. It's a mystery to me why we have lost our confidence to play defensive with intensity. Letting another team shoot nearly 60 percent from the field is a tragedy.

We don't have any confidence in anything he might propose here, whatever it is will only prolong hunger, poverty and death in Latin America .

We'd like to be winning, but the thing I like about my guys is that they're playing hard and don't quit. I think the win at Shaw helped us get some confidence we can win on the road.

We believe that IBM is a second-half story and now we're there. We believe earnings growth should take the stock higher and we'd be even more optimistic if we had confidence in execution. We think the key to long-term appreciation is figuring out if IBM is a new technology or old technology stock. It's some of both now.

We believe that Douglas should continue to outperform the German retail sector. Recent economic data suggest that German consumer confidence is improving.

We believe that a significant share decline in 2006 could undermine confidence in the Way Forward plan as the year progresses.

Whether we play well or not, we have to win this game. We must call on all our fans to create the right atmosphere, as this is like a final. My players are not brimming with confidence but they understand that they have the responsibility of putting in a decent performance.

Watching them, they're very well coached, ... The game's at their place and they're playing pretty good right now, so their confidence will be high.

Watching James do what he did gave me the confidence to pursue my dream. He handled the situation so perfectly.

We've been able to get it done, and that's important. That's important to the confidence of this team, knowing we can always come back.

We've been able to get a strong team on the field and confidence comes from that.

We've always said it's about us, and it's about us getting better, ... We've got a lot of confidence right now. We're playing well, the defense is playing unbelievable, and I want to get back out there and keep that going.

We've always had a lot of confidence in their care.

When I was in my teens and 20s, I looked to older Italian and French women. They always seemed so incredibly attractive to me because of their confidence. And because their faces had evidence of age: lines, dark circles, and half-lidded eyes, it made that confidence so rebellious. And that was incredibly attractive to me.

Tony is an all-day tough kid. We have a lot of confidence in him to get out of those tough situations. I'm not surprised he came through today.

To move ahead you need to believe in yourself...have conviction in your beliefs and the confidence to execute those beliefs.

We remain convinced that the NBA does not have the right to unilaterally create new ways to punish teams that want to improve by spending on player salaries. The effect of this decision is to continue to undermine player confidence in the NBA's administration of our collective bargaining agreement.

We're going to try and do that as often as we can between now and the end. He had a good day (Monday), and that's a positive. Confidence comes from succeeding. He can build confidence this way.

We're going to take this one year at a time. Our kids have a lot of confidence that they can swim fast when they have to.

We're going to hang tough. The majority of it is mental. Once you start winning you get confidence going. You can't get used to losing.

We're going to get there. We're just not playing with any confidence right now. We got to get better and the only way we are going to get better is to keep playing.

What we're seeing right now is a dangerous combination of higher costs, lower confidence and a still shaky employment outlook.

What we're looking for is evidence of the corporate side of the economy gaining confidence and making real commitments in its own spending. There, I'd say the news is at best mixed,

What this gift does is give us the kind of confidence to know that we have sufficient resources to attract an exhibit like this and adequately market it.

When we broke Lewistown's record, gave them their first loss, our confidence went up. We said we could beat any team if we set our minds to it.

When we beat them the first time, some people thought it was a fluke. But then we beat them again? We proved to people we could play and that gave us confidence heading into states.

When we can step on the court, knowing that we've been here before, it's huge. The nerves are always going to be there, but you have that confidence of saying 'hey, we've been here before, we can do it again,' it helps out tremendously.

When we can mix in our young kids in the relays, that's always good. We do that whenever we can. Nothing helps your confidence like success.

What a difference three months makes. This is strong news for our economy and Bay Area workers. Last quarter, with the hurricanes and spike in energy costs, local confidence plunged to the worst level in 33 months, and many survey respondents were considering postponing new hiring. As we suspected, that now appears to have been only a momentary shock, and the Bay Area business community expects the region's economy to steadily improve.

What a day Brock had. Brock had all kinds of confidence today. He got better with each match and had a great tournament.

We wrote several key words on the blackboard before the game, but the most important one was 'confidence. It's confidence in their shooting. I told the kids that they're the best shooting team in the state of Washington. They showed that in the first half.

We would really like to be able to sweep (the first series). That would put some confidence in our team.