"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." ~ Helen Keller
I shall be like that tree-I shall die at the top. ~ Jonathan Swift
Be sure you are right, then go ahead. ~ Davy Crockett
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor. ~ John Milton
To have the sense of one's intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything. ~ Joan Didion
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. ~ Goethe
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-neglect. ~ William Shakespeare
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you wereborn to control affairs. ~ Andrew Carnegie
Watch my dust. ~ Babe Ruth
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks. ~ Joe Paterno
I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself. ~ Eddie Murphy
All you need in this life is ignorance & confidence, then success is sure. ~ Mark Twain
An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature. ~ Auguste Renoir
