551 quotes
The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
James Madison
President · American · 1751 – 1836
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.
Martin Luther
Leader · German · 1483 – 1546
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
Aristotle
Philosopher · Greek
To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.
Timothy Radcliffe
Clergyman · English
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Mary Kay Ash
Businessman · American · 1918 – 2001
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
Alfred North Whitehead
Mathematician · English · 1861 – 1947
We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.
Epicurus
There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
Orison Swett Marden
Writer · American
And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.
Michael Bloomberg
Politician · American · b. 1942
I leave Iraq gladdened by what has been accomplished and confident your future is full of hope.
Paul Bremer
Statesman · American · b. 1941
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.
Ben Jonson
Poet · English · 1572 – 1637
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
John Calvin
Theologian · French · 1509 – 1564
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
Robert A. Heinlein
Writer · American · 1907 – 1988
Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing.
Robert Collier
Publisher · American
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Baruch Spinoza
Philosopher · 1632 – 1677
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
Anna Freud
Psychologist · Austrian · 1895 – 1982
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
William Jennings Bryan
Lawyer · American · 1860 – 1925
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
Edgar Allan Poe
Poet · American · 1809 – 1849
False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth.
Hesiod
Poet · Greek
So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
Thomas Jefferson
President · American · 1743 – 1826
The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.
Carter G. Woodson
Historian · American · 1875 – 1950
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Norman Vincent Peale
Clergyman · American · 1898 – 1993
In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.
Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President · American · 1882 – 1945
In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody.
Gertrude Stein
Author · American · 1874 – 1946
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.
Dale Carnegie
Writer · American · 1888 – 1955
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
Robert Hughes
Critic · Australian · b. 1938
If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.
Roscoe Mitchell
Composer · American · b. 1940
Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
Francis Bacon
Philosopher · English · 1561 – 1626
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
Swami Vivekananda
Clergyman · Indian · 1863 – 1902
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.
Sigmund Freud
Psychologist · Austrian · 1856 – 1939
Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.
John Abizaid
Soldier · American · b. 1951
Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.
John Lothrop Motley
Historian · American · 1814 – 1877
If you're a director, your entire livelihood and your entire creativity is based on your self-confidence. Sometimes that's dangerously close to arrogance.
Trevor Nunn
Director · English · b. 1940
From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.
Richard Cobden
Businessman · British · 1804 – 1865
Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.
Alphonsus Liguori
Clergyman · Italian · 1696 – 1787
I am very confident that the Spirit is with us.
William P. Leahy
Educator · American
Believe in yourself and stop trying to convince others.
James De La Vega
Artist
In fact, in some ways, I actually feel much more confident about the quality of Carousel than I do about The Cottage Builder's Letter: probably because of its cohesive nature.
George Murray
Poet · Canadian
If we will maintain our hope and confidence in the genius of our people, they will work out this problem, and their ability and industry will bring us back to normal conditions.
Frank B. Kellogg
Politician · American · 1856 – 1937
Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.
Bainbridge Colby
Public Servant · American · 1869 – 1950
I hope you will respond to the crisis of confidence that Watergate has created by opening up your administration and reaching out to people in a more magnanimous spirit.
Elliot Richardson
Lawyer · American · 1920 – 1999
Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
Pope John Paul II
Clergyman · Polish · 1920 – 2005
I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.
Paul Wellstone
Politician · American · 1944 – 2002
There has not been a war in South America for fifty years, and I have every confidence that the countries of Central and South America are deeply in earnest in the maintenance of peace.
America's economy is resilient, and I am confident that Republican pro-growth policies will continue to keep our economy growing - just as it has since after the September 2001 terrorist attacks.
Dennis Hastert
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.
John Le Carre
Writer · English · b. 1931
They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls.
Laura Bush
First Lady · American · b. 1946