20 Awesome Quotes on Self Confidence

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If you read this week’s Monday morning inspirational words segment titled “Where is Your Self Confidence,” you may have already taken a second look at the way you see yourself.   I hope that what you see is the limitlessness of your potential; but I know many of you see something far more disappointing.

In an effort to further nudge you towards loving and believing in yourself, I’ve put together this list of quotes on self confidence.  May you find encouragement in these wise words and begin building self confidence one day at a time.  You, more than anyone else, are deserving of your own faith.

Self Confidence Quotes

“The secret of making dreams come true can be summarized in four C’s. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy; and the greatest of these is Confidence.”
~Walt Disney

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
~E. E. Cummings

“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
~Eleanor Roosevelt

“Don’t live down to expectations.  Go out there and do something remarkable.”
~Wendy Wasserstein

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

“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”
~African Proverb

“If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.”
~Author Unknown

“Self-confidence gives you the freedom to make mistakes and cope with failure without feeling that your world has come to an end or that you are a worthless person.”
~Author Unknown

“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.”
~Bruce Barton

“Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.“
~Norman Vincent Peale

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.”
~Marcus Garvey

“When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited.”
~Brian Tracy

“Confidence, like art never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions.”
~Earl Grey Stevenson

“A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.”
~Lazarus Long

“People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.”
~Douglas MacArthur

“The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self confidence, bravery and tenacity.”
~Mahatma Gandhi

“Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.”
~Alan Alda

“With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.”
~Dalai Lama

“The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.”
~Andrew Carnegie

“The tragedy is that so many people look for self-confidence and respect everywhere except within themselves, so they fail in their search.”
~Dr. Nathaniel Branden

Related Self Help Goodies

Where is Your Self Confidence? (Blog post)

7 Days to Unstoppable Confidence (by Dr. Robert Anthony)

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