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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
Confidence

"I believe the ultimate source of blessings is within us. A good motivation and honesty bring self-confidence , which attracts the trust and respect of others. Therefore the real source of blessings is in our own mind."

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Baltasar Gracian Philosopher, Writer
Confidence

"Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the confidence of a prince is not a grant, but a tax"

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Armstrong Williams Political Commentator
Confidence

"Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease."

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Arthur H Musician
Confidence

"Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence."

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Arthur Schopenhauer Philosopher
Confidence

"It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger."

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Wilferd Peterson Author and Speaker
Confidence

"He can talk to himself about his dreams, hopes and aspirations. He can convince himself that there is a place for him and an important work for him to do."

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Tim Robbins Actor, Director
Confidence

"I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed."

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Leonardo DiCaprio Actor, Producer, Environmental Activist
Confidence

"I didn't worry about what DeNiro thought... I went in, looked him in the eye, and got the part. I was confident, even though I'd never done anything like it before. Now I realise it was ignorant confidence-I had no idea."

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James Wolfe Military Officer
Confidence

"Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
Confidence

"A religion that comes of thought, and study, and deliberate conviction, sticks best. The revivalized convert who is scared in the direction of heaven because he sees hell yawn suddenly behind him, not only regains confidence when his scare is over, but is ashamed of himself for being scared, and often becomes more hopelessly and malignantly wicked than he was before."

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