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It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.

Appearing nude on film was not easy when I was twenty-six in Body Heat; it was even harder when I wa...

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Kathleen TurnerSend Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life

Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of the...

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I have long been a supporter of The Prince's Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch ...

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All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces da...

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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest ...

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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest ...

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No name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident...

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I think we can do it.""But you don't know for sure," he said."No.""Geez, Anita.""Don't get rattled o...

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Confidence is a fine trait. Over-confidence isn't.

Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was ...

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Leo TolstoyВойна и мир

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.

The die is set and Malcolm will not escape for the foolish talk he spoke against his benefactor, suc...

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The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask abou...

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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be over...

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Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the p...

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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a c...

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For so many years, I felt so insecure, so inferior, and I still have those moments, but I have a new...

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Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult whereas I am merely in disguise.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet ...

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With confidence, you have won before you have started.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are you aren't.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We...

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Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence...

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...there are four rules for miraculous work creation: Be positive. Send love. Have fun. Kick ass. Am...

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Marianne WilliamsonThe Law of Divine Compensation: On Work

Your Majesty may rest assured about my conduct towards the Comtesse de Provence; I will certainly tr...

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In youth we learn in age we understand.

If there be a faith that can move mountains it is faith in one's own power.

Trying to build myself up with the fact that I have done things right that were even good and have h...

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

"Glamour" is assurance. It is a kind of knowing that you are all right in every way mentally and ph...

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I love the challenge of starting at zero every day and seeing how much I can accomplish.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his ...

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If you criticize what you’re doing too early you’ll never write the first li

Before the sacred, people lost all sense of power and all confidence; they occupy a powerless and hu...

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Before the sacred, people lose all sense of power and all confidence; they occupy a powerless and hu...

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It is common knowledge among psychologists that most of us underrate ourselves, short-change ourselv...

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Maxwell MaltzThe New Psycho-Cybernetics: The Original Science of Self-Improvement and Success That Has Changed the Lives of 30 Million People

Your crown has been bought and paid for. Put it on your head and wear it.

I'm young as morningand fresh as dew.Everybody loves meand so do you.

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Maya AngelouI Shall Not Be Moved

It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. ...

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Maya AngelouPhenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

... Up until then he had always wanted to be someone other than he was, but he didn't want to change...

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When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true

So many people along the way,whatever it is you aspire to do, will tell you it can't be done. But it...

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

My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mother's into reading and poetry...

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I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

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

Faith in oneself ... is the best and safest course.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your ...

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Through my education, I didn't just develop skills, I didn't just develop the ability to learn, but ...

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My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a sys...

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My message to you all is of hope, courage, and confidence.

Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.

I walked out. I left. Andy Jankowski had taught me how.

You’ve got to be sure of yourself beforeYou can ever win a prize.

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Napoleon HillThink and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller - Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

Working with great people makes you great you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and c...

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Someone with a low degree of epistemic arrogance is not too visible, like a shy person at a cocktail...

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Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

The rose has toldIn one simplicityThat never lifeRelinquishes a bloomBut to bestowAn ancient confide...

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A mind that trusts itself is light on its feet.

No," said the cat. "Now, you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know w...

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In their huge bedroom that night, Tyr said to Thor, "I hope you know what you are doing.""Of course ...

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It's astonishing how much trouble one can get oneself into, if one works at it. And astonishing how ...

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Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.

And suddenly she knew exactly why Catherine had fallen in love with him. It wasn't that he was unusu...

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Nicholas SparksMessage in a Bottle

The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause...

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Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in you...

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What I find powerful is a person withthe confidence to be her own self.

If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in t...

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When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you becom...

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...If there's one thing I'm well versed in it's my own good qualities.

The only thing she could do now was to shed a few tears, feeling rather afraid of herself, an intell...

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Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people.

A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is v...

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Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, ther...

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Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

I have always felt strongly about empowering women. I'm living proof that, with confidence and by be...

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Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest the more strongly...

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One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have much lighter, much stronger m...

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The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assuranc...

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The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.

Change excites me. I am fifty years old. It's when the mind catches up with the body.

Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself and you b...

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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, tha...

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The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as...

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What has our culture lost in 1980 that the avant-garde had in 1890? Ebullience, idealism, confidence...

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