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What I learned about stammering was that, when as a young child you lose the confidence of anyone who wants to listen to you, you lose confidence in your voice and the right to speech. And a lot of the therapy was saying, 'You have a right to be heard.'
Tom Hooper
Director · British · b. 1972
It's not a field, I think, for people who need to have success every day: if you can't live with a nightly sort of disaster, you should get out. I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that the ghosts you chase you never catch.
Michael Korda
Novelist · English
We must regain the confidence and drive to decide our own destiny.
Moo-hyum Roh
Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress or tension, they won't go out on a limb because they won't want to embarrass themselves if they don't feel completely comfortable.
Peter Farrelly
Director · American · b. 1956
We've played with a lot of confidence and that's been the key so far. Hopefully, we can take more confidence into the playoffs.
Teemu Selanne
What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.
Terry Brennan
Well, it seems to me a scientist has need for both vision and confidence.
Harry Essex
And I might add the confidence with which distracted persons do oftentimes, when they are awake, think, they see black fiends in places, where there is no black object in sight without them.
Robert Boyle
Philosopher · Irish · 1627 – 1691
Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.
Henry Campbell Bannerman
d. 1908
I am disposed to be thus particular from the interest you take in our welfare and from the entire confidence I have in your knowing, that you will be sympathetic with us in our misfortunes.
John Hawley
I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.
Jeannette Walls
It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook.
James Keller
It is important that the Iraqi people have confidence in the election results and that the voting process, including the process for vote counting, is free and fair.
Zalmay Khalilzad
Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.
Henry Norris Russell
Scientist · American · 1877 – 1957
I'm sure that they will continue to look for ways to try and undermine my support, but I have every confidence that in doing this job for South Dakota, I will continue to build on my support and be able to succeed once again in November.
Stephanie Herseth
Politician · American · b. 1970
I'm not being evasive but I am saying I'm not a scientist and I'm not directly involved in the consultation however the science must be sound, it must be agreed and the consultation must be of a high quality or no one will have any confidence in the process.
John Anderson
Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.
Hedy Lamarr
Actress · Austrian · 1914 – 2000
Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.
Lindsay Lohan
Actress · American · b. 1986
We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.
Andrew Shue
Actor · American · b. 1967
I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
Alain Prost
Celebrity · French · b. 1955
And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.
Alicia Keys
Musician · American · b. 1981
When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming.
Della Reese
Musician · American · b. 1931
Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it.
Robin Wright Penn
Actress · American · b. 1966
You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.
Natalie Gulbis
Athlete · American · b. 1983
Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.
Roger Staubach
Athlete · American · b. 1942
I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.
Dale Earnhardt
Celebrity · American · 1951 – 2001
Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
Vanessa Hudgens
Actress · American · b. 1988
I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.
Gabriela Sabatini
Athlete · Argentinian · b. 1970
Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.
Brooke Shields
Actress · American · b. 1965
You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
Chris Evert
Athlete · American · b. 1954
Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.
George Foreman
Athlete · American · b. 1949
Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.
George Thorogood
Musician · American · b. 1950
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
Joe Namath
Athlete · American · b. 1943
For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.
Charley Pride
Athlete · American · b. 1938
The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.
Kathleen Turner
Actress · American · b. 1954
If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously.
Stefan Edberg
Athlete · Swedish · b. 1966
Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.
Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.
Harry Houdini
Entertainer · Hungarian · 1874 – 1926
Be yourself, fill your life with good people, and don't get a big head. It can all be gone tomorrow.
Shannon Elizabeth
Actress · American · b. 1976
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.
Joe Paterno
Coach · American · b. 1924
When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.
You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.
Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.
Martin Short
Actor · American · b. 1950
I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence.
Charles Dance
Actor · English · b. 1946
Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.
Tom Landry
Coach · American · 1924 – 2000
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Vince Lombardi
Coach · American · 1913 – 1970
I love the confidence that makeup gives me.
Tyra Banks
Model · American · b. 1973
You start to think bigger when you see how quickly a TV show can catch on in a whole country. That confidence, and thinking big, opened a lot of doors.