A man desires praise that he may be reassured that he may be quit of his doubting of himself he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.

Success produces confidence confidence relaxes industry and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine.

On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling the confidence in success which not seldom brings actual success along with it.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.

Wealth brings strength strength confidence.

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

With such thoughts in your mind now that you have resolved to love Him and please Him with all your strength your only fear should be to fear God too much and to place too little confidence in Him.

Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within so even if you're not wearing a sexy outfit you feel sexy.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.

We want to encourage the young ones to learn and get some confidence in sports. It's fun and keeps you active and moving.

I liked sports but I never really had the confidence. I was always coordinated and it came easy to me but I didn't have the confidence to go along with the physical skill.

Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society.

I would argue that we have a generation of young people particularly minorities who are no longer putting up with the kinds of things their parents put up with. They're much more self-confident. It's no longer acceptable to make fun of people because of race or sex. But it has always been present in American society.

A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit someone who is self-confident and can make you smile.

Smile for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

The assumption that nature is all there is and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began.

I sort of feel that climate change will be solved by science. I just feel instinctively that we will find a way of saving ourselves. But I am less confident that we won't destroy ourselves in other ways.