CONFIDENCE

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In all thy undertakings, let a reasonable assurance animate thy endeavors; if thou despair of success, thou shalt not succeed.
Khemetic Saying
Temt Tchaas: Egyptian Proverbs , Muata Ashaya Ashby, ed.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks on great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
Cicero
106-43 BCE, Roman Orator, Statesman, Essayist

If you have no confidence in yourself, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
Cicero

They can do all because they think they can.
Virgil
70-19 BCE, Roman Poet
Aeneid

Who has self-confidence will lead the rest.
Horace
65-8 BCE, Roman Lyric Poet, Satirist
Epistles

Lack of confidence is not the result of difficulty; the difficulty comes from a lack of confidence.
Seneca
c. 4 BCE-65 CE, Roman Philosopher, Poet, Dramatist, Essayist, Rhetorician, Statesman

You must act as if it is impossible to fail.
Ashanti (West Africa) Saying

Faith in one's self … is the best and safest course.
Michelangelo
1475-1564, Italian Sculptor, Painter, Architect

The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Moralist, Epigrammatist
Maxims

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, English Lexicographer, Poet, Critic, Essayist

Men die of fright and live of confidence.
Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist, Writer, Naturalist

Confidence as an outgoing act is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life, trusting them to bring instruction and support to a developing self.
John Dewey
1859-1952, American Educator, Philosopher, Reformer
Human Nature and Conduct

Do continue to believe that with your feeling and your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate in yourself this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it.
Rainer Maria Rilke
1875-1926, Czech-Austrian Poet
Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke 1892-1910

Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast, a man consumed with earnestness of purpose, with confidence in his powers, with faith in the worthwhileness of his endeavors.
B. C. Forbes
1880-1954, Scottish Journalist

Confidence … thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1882-1945, 32nd US President

Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making his dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four Cs. They are curiosity, confidence, courage and constancy and the greatest of these is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way.
Walt Disney
1901-1966, American Cartoonist, Film-maker

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
Rosalynn Carter
1927-, American First Lady

It's so important to believe in yourself. Believe that you can do it, under any circumstances. Because if you believe you can, then you really will. That belief just keeps you searching for the answers, and then pretty soon you get it.
Famous Amos
1937-, African-American Athlete, Entrepreneur

Our greatest problems in life come not so much from the situations we confront as from our doubts about our ability to handle them.
Susan Taylor
1946-, African-American Editor, Writer

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
Chris Evert
1954-, American Tennis Player

If you do not believe in yourself, do not blame others for lacking faith in you.
Brendan Francis

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