Best Self Assurance Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 2

Source: Regency Rogues and Rakes: Silk is for Seduction / Scandal Wears Satin / Vixen in Velvet / Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed / A Rake's Midnight Kiss / What a Duke Dares (Mills & Boon e-Book Collections)

“A little thing, like children putting flowers in my hair, can fill up the widening cracks in my self-assurance like soothing lanolin.”

Children Littles Self Flower Hair Cracks Little Things Assurance Soothing Self Assurance

Book:The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such a way as to shake up not only the self-assurance of their enemies, but the complacency of their friends, are precious catalysts for change.”

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Book:You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

Source: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”

“Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge.”

Self Knowledge Confidence Self Confidence Self Knowledge Assurance Self Esteem And Confidence Confidence In Yourself Self Assurance

Author:George Santayana

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.”

Book:How to enjoy your life and your job

Source: How to enjoy your life and your job

“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.”

“Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According to prevailing attitudes, these people-the pride and joy of their parents-should have had a strong and stable sense of self-assurance. But the case is exactly the opposite... Whenever they suddenly get the feeling they have failed to live up to some ideal image or have not measured up to some standard, then they are plagued by anxiety or deep feelings of guilt and shame. What are the reasons for such disturbances in these competent, accomplished people?”

“Publishing is the only industry I can think of where most of the employees spend most of their time stating with great self-assurance that they don't know how to do their jobs. "I don't know how to sell this," they explain, frowning, as though it's your fault. "I don't know how to package this. I don't know what the market is for this book. I don't know how we're going to draw attention to this." In most occupations, people try to hide their incompetence; only in publishing is it flaunted as though it were the chief qualification for the job.”

“Clothes have always had a wonderful influence on my physical well-being as well as my self-assurance. All I have to do to make me feel like a new and younger man is to order three new suits of clothes. My fur-lined overcoat gave me such a glow of health that very shortly after acquiring it I was able to enjoy the hazards of a Gargantuan studio cocktail party without a single twinge of pain.”

Men Feels Wells Self Able Pain Order Three Enjoy Party Wonderful Influence Clothes Studios Suits Well Being Assurance Fur Hazards Cocktails Self Assurance Cocktail Parties Overcoat

Book:It took nine tailors

Source: It took nine tailors

“I am driven to observe of the ultra-Darwinists the following features as symptomatic. First, to my eyes, is their almost unbelievable self-assurance, their breezy self-confidence.”

Firsts Self Eye Following Driven Self Confidence Features Unbelievable Assurance Ultras Self Assurance Breezy

Book:Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe

Source: Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe

“The measure of self-assurance is how deeply and sincerely interested you are in others; the measure of insecurity is how much you try to impress them with you.”

Trying Self Insecurity Impress Assurance Sincerely Self Assurance

Book:Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone

Source: Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone

“When you stand and overcome a significant setback, you'll find an increasing inner confidence and self-assurance that has been created by conquering defeat. Absorbing and overcoming this kind of punishment engenders a sober, steely toughness that results in a hardened sense of independence and a personal belief that you can take on anything, survive and win.”

Source: The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership

“Self-assurance doesn't come from looking perfect and having a great title, but from accepting yourself with all you mistakes and eccentricities.”

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Author:Cecelie Berry

“It seems to me that self confidence and the ability to stand one's ground are essential if we want to succeed in life. I am not talking of stupid self-assurance but of an awareness of our inner potential, a certainty that we can always correct our behavior, improve ourselves, enrich ourselves, and that things are never hopeless”

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Author:Dalai Lama

“The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured.”

Ideas Opinion Dominant Defiance Self Assurance Catalyst For Change

Book:You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

Source: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

“Yves Saint Laurent liked women to put their hands in their pockets, or to hold cigarettes, and act a bit like boys. It was to give an impression of composure, some self-assurance, and to counter the feminine appearance.”

Giving Self Hands Bits Boys Saint Appearance Impression Pockets Feminine Cigarette Assurance Composure Self Assurance Like A Boy

Author:Carine Roitfeld

“It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.”

“The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which so irritated Dickens. Instead, there is a sense of frustration so perceptible that even our politicians have attempted to exploit it.”

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Book:Riders on the Earth: essays and recollections

Source: Riders on the Earth: essays and recollections

“How can love survive in such a graceless age? The trust and self assurance that lead to happiness, they're the very things we kill.”

Self Reality Age Assurance Self Assurance

Author:Don Henley