“I should have wished to possess the intellectual equilibrium that characterizes you and permits you to achieve without fail the desired end... Chance has not favoured me with an equal self-assurance, it is the only regret I have about things of this earth.” ShouldEndsSelfEarthChanceFailingAchieveRegretConfidenceEqualIntellectualShould HavePermitAssuranceEquilibriumSelf Assurance Author:Paul Cezanne
“I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be?” IfsThinkingShouldSelfSidesTeamSelf EsteemConfidenceAssuranceSelf EmpowermentYour SideBe ConfidentSelf-importanceEstimating Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“The assurance that we have no means of answering [final] questions is no valid excuse for callousness towards them. The more deeply should we feel, down to the roots of our being, their pressure and their sting. Whose hunger has ever been [sated] with the knowledge that he could not eat?” FeelsShouldMeanRootsPressureFinalsHungerExcuseAssuranceCallousnessSated Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset