"We need cooperation based on trust and self-confidence to create an open, compassionate, harmonious society."
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"No one is born with self confidence. Self confidence is learned and earned with experience."
"The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work."
"Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind."
"A successful man has the following qualities: A smile that doesn't die; patience; fearless mind; love; self- confidence; love for everybody."
"Impossible mountains are climbed by those who have the self confidence that comes from truly being loved."
"If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness."
"That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together."
"Every time we choose action over ease or labor over rest, we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect and self-confidence. In the final analysis, it is how we feel about ourselves that provides the greatest reward from any activity. It is not what we get that makes us valuable, it is what we become in the process of doing that brings value into our lives. It is activity that converts human dreams into human reality, and that conversion from idea into actuality gives us a personal value that can come from no other source."
"You need self-confidence and determination: feeling depressed and losing hope will never really help to correct any situation."
"You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone's brain."
"Although I enjoy digging through the library to help students find books, my aim is to help them develop self-confidence in choosing books for themselves."
"When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it."
"Teaching is the human thing, in terms of building the kids' self-confidence, so if we take the broad ways that we want to see society to be better, science can only provide certain pieces of that."
"A feeling of continuous growth is a wonderful source of motivation and self confidence."
"Your self-confidence is directly connected to how much you feel you are making a difference in the world."
"I'm not writing about things other women do. I'm writing for other women to have more self-confidence because I need it myself! And if more women were in power, I would feel more comfortable."
"It takes great self-confidence to write a newspaper column. Some might say it takes arrogance. Be that as it may, my willingness to pronounce on a great many matters of which I have little or no knowledge is one of my prime qualifications for this trade."
"In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth whenever you need it."
"But the problems of perpetuating a hierarchical society go deeper than this. There are only four ways in which a ruling group can fall from power. Either it is conquered from without, or it governs so inefficiently that the masses are stirred to revolt, or it allows a strong and discontented Middle group to come into being, or it loses its own self-confidence and willingness to govern."