Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
People who want the most approval get the least and the people who need approval the least get the most.
Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.
Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
You have no control over other people's taste, so focus on staying true to your own.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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.
To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.
Always be yourself, express yourself have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.
Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control.
With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.
It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures.
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.