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Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.
Oct 1, 2025
Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.
Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don't let these feelings stop them.
If you're presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.
We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.
When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.
The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.
Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
If I had my child to raise all over again,I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less.I'd do less correcting, and more connecting.I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.I would care to know less, and know to care more.I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.I'd run through more fields, and gaze at more stars.I'd do more hugging, and less tugging.I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.I'd build self esteem first, and the house later.I'd teach less about the love of power, and more about the power of love.
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.
Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.
If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
I have great faith in fools,— self-confidence my friends will call it.
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.
Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
You can have anything you want
You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.
The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
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