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Laozi Philosopher
Confidence

"The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident."

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Confidence

"Confidence always pleases those who receive it. It is a tribute we pay to their merit, a deposit we commit to their trust, a pledge that gives them a claim upon us, a kind of dependence to which we voluntarily submit."

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Barack Obama Politician
Confidence

"There is no doubt that thanks to the steps that we took early on to rescue our economy and to rebuild it on a new foundation, we are entering into the new year with new confidence that America is coming back."

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Eleanor Roosevelt Political Activist, Diplomat
Confidence

"For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in her ability to fulfill the functions of that office."

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Benjamin Franklin Inventor, Statesman, Author
Confidence

"Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial selling it has been approved by the company that makes it."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
Confidence

"We are such lovers of self-reliance, that we excuse in a man many sins, if he will show us a complete satisfaction in his position, which asks no leave to be, of mine, or any man's good opinion."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
Confidence

"People are timid and apologetic; they are no longer upright; they dare not say "I think," "I am," but quote some saint or sage. They are ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day."

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Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father
Confidence

"Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those with whom we live, and on whose esteem our happiness depends."

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Rumer Willis Actress
Confidence

"When I was a kid you didn't have Twitter or Instagram where as soon as you walk out of a building a photo of you is up within two minutes or a million people are commenting and saying nasty things. I found a different confidence because I realized that you can't base your self-worth on the opinions of others."

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