"We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present."
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"I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself."
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"Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self-confidence and your self-doubt."
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"If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too."
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"Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think."
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"There is one prevailing key to success. Do what you resolve to do. Then you'll be a success. If you can discipline yourself to follow through on your promises to yourself, your self-esteem goes up. Persistence is self-discipline in action. Self-discipline is the foundation of self-confidence ."
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"The development of self-confidence starts with the elimination of this demon called fear."
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"I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round."
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"So long as Muslims continue looking towards Western civilization as the only force that could regenerate their own stagnant society, they destroy their self-confidence and, indirectly, support the Western assertion that Islam is a "spent force"."
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"Self-confidence without self-reliance is as useless as a cooking recipe without food. Self-confidence sees the possibilities of the individual; self-reliance realizes them. Self-confidence sees the angel in the unhewn block of marble; self-reliance carves it out for oneself."
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"The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first take the sledge-hammer of the Law in His fists and smash the beast of self-righteousness and its brood of self-confidence, self wisdom, and self-help. When the conscience has been thoroughly frightened by the Law it welcomes the Gospel of grace with its message of a Savior Who came-not to break the bruised reed nor to quench the smoking flax-but to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, and to grant forgiveness of sins to all the captives."
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"Anger and hatred lead to fear; compassion and concern for others allow us to develop self-confidence, which breeds trust and friendship."
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"It gave a tremendous level of self-confidence, that through exploration and learning one could understand seemingly very complex things in one's environment."
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"A better you means a better universe."
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"Self-confidence is not pride. Just the contrary: only a person or a nation that is self-confident, in the best sense of the word, is capable of listening to others, accepting them as equals, forgiving its enemies and regretting its own guilt."
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"Dig deep and believe in yourself and have the self-confidence you need to forge ahead."
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"In many parts of the Islamic world, secular forces, where they exist, tend to be so unsure of themselves, so lacking in self-confidence, that in many cases they line themselves up fairly squarely behind the imperial project and that then creates a big vacuum in which the Islamists become the dominant power because they are the only ones then who are seen as resisting."
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"We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in."
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"Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health."
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"To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject."
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