"He can inspire a group only if he himself is filled with confidence and hope of success."
- Floyd V. Filson
"A good sweat with the blood pounding through my body makes me feel alive revitalized. I gain a sense of mastery and assurance. I feel good about myself. Then I can feel good about others."
- Arthur Dobrin
"Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself."
- Honore de Balzac
"Measure yourself by your best moments not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression."
- Robert Johnson
"Oftentimes nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on what is just and right and well-managed."
- John Milton
"Confidence ... is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life."
- John Dewey
"The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense."
- Arnold Bennett
"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
"Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest the more strongly you cultivate this belief the more will reality and the world go forth from it."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
"Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness t..."
- Ann Landers