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"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army."
-- George Herbert, poet

"The true test of humility is whether you can say grace before eating crow."
-- Robert Orben, speechwriter and comedy writer

"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 (1860-1925) American lawyer, statesman, and politician

"The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear."
-- William Jennings Bryan, U.S. Secretary of State

"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left."
-- Oscar Levant

"Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. I had to feel the exuberance that comes from utter confidence in yourself. Without it, you go down to defeat."
-- Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), Entertainer, actor and film director

"Every time we prevail – if even for a moment – over anxiety, fear of failure, feelings of vulnerability and inferiority, we are not left even. We are not as we were; we are ahead. With each obstacle we conquer, we grow larger."
-- Walter Anderson: The Confidence Course

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler."
-- Henry David Thoreau

"Knowing that you have working with you a force, which never yet has failed in anything it has undertaken, you can go ahead in the confident knowledge that it will not fail in your case, either."
-- Robert Collier

"The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves."
-- Arthur L. Williams (Founder of A. L. Williams Insurance Company)

"The only opinion about your dream that really counts is yours. The negative comments of others merely reflect their limitations - not yours."
-- Cynthia Kersey, American author and motivational speaker

"You don’t back into great achievements, whether it’s winning World Championships or busting sales records. You have to approach every potential great achievement in a state of total confidence."
-- Pat Riley: The Winner Within

"You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit." -- Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), thirty-third President of the United States

"Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all."
-- Norman Vincent Peale, pastor, speaker and author

"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." Roger Staubach (1942-) National Champion American Football Player

"Confidence is contagious and so is lack of confidence, and a customer will recognize both."
-- Vincent Lombardi

"You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference."
-- Chris Evert, tennis great

"Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside."
-- Brian Tracy

"Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions."
-- Earl Gray Stevens

"Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably."
-- Walt Disney (Artist, Film Producer)

"Humility comes naturally to the best leaders. They seldom take credit themselves but instead give credit to the group with which they have worked ... They define their job as finding ways of releasing the creative potential that exists within each individual employee and in each group with which they work."
-- Richard Farson: Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership

"Humility is essential in being perceived as trustworthy. Do you trust a person who is arrogant, boastful, or narcissistic? When we sense self-grandeur in another person, we often feel an uneasiness in the pit of the stomach – an intuitive warning. Humility is inherent in someone who realizes their strengths and talents are gifts bestowed on them by God. They know these are gifts to be grateful for, not arrogant with… Humble leaders view themselves as blessed and thus revere others and their gifts."
-- Ellen Castro: Spirited Leadership

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less"
-- Rick Warren

"If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started."
-- Marcus Garvey (1887–1940), National Hero of Jamaica

"It is also in humility that we learn from each other, for it makes us open to each other and ready to see things from the other’s point of view and share ours with him freely. It is by humility that we avoid the sins of pride and intolerance and avoid all religious strife."
-- Sir John Marks Templeton: The Humble Approach

"We mentioned that the key to sharing sensitive information is a blend of confidence and humility. We express our confidence by sharing our facts and stories clearly. We demonstrate our humility by then asking others to share their views."
-- Kerry Patterson et al: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes Are High

"The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others."
-- Hasidic saying

"Self-confidence is so relaxing. There is no strain or stress when one is self-confident. Our lack of self-confidence comes from trying to be someone we aren't."
--Anne Wilson Schaef (writer and lecturer)