55 Self-Confidence Quotes to Inspire Belief in Yourself


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In today’s chaotic world, amidst the hustle and bustle of daily life, we often forget to take care of ourselves, which can lead to our mental health taking a toll on our bodies. Sometimes, though, a few powerful words are all we need to remind us of the strength and willpower we already possess. Self-confidence is something we build with every step, challenge, victory, and even failure, no matter how big or small. If you’re searching for that spark to restore your faith in yourself, we’ve gathered a collection of quotes that are more than just words. These will remind you of the wonderful and strong person you are. Let’s embrace that confidence and light up the path ahead!

Positive Self-Confidence Quotes

I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence.

Brian Greene

You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it.  Robert Anthony

You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it.

Robert Anthony

I've always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it's also been about confidence and faith.

Stephen Curry

Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Confidence is the willingness to be as ridiculous, luminous, intelligent, and kind as you really are, without embarrassment.

Susan Piver

With the realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.

Dalai Lama

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self-respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

Orison Swett Marden

Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.

Mark Victor Hansen

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

Lao Tzu

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

We think confidence causes success, but it’s more often a result of success, mastering something hard or accomplishing something meaningful.

Adam Grant

In life, an abundance of confidence gives us higher motivation, persistence, and optimism and can allow us to accomplish things we otherwise might not have undertaken.

Whitney Tilson

You always get things that teach you and steps to grow, but there is a confidence that is gained and a deep understanding of what it means to be supported by your knowledge – not by some team that is there to create confidence; it is there within you. That takes time. That takes teachers. That takes taking risks.

Sharon Lawrence

I would rather be my own tyrant than have someone else tyrannize me.  John D. Rockefeller

I would rather be my own tyrant than have someone else tyrannize me.

John D. Rockefeller

Noble and great. Courageous and determined. Faithful and fearless. That is who you are and who you have always been. And understanding it can change your life because this knowledge carries a confidence that cannot be duplicated any other way.

Sheri L. Dew

Inspiring Self-Motivation Quotes

The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

Dr. Seuss

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.  Theodore Roosevelt

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

Theodore Roosevelt

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Mahatma Gandhi

The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.

Brian Herbert

In learning, you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.

Phil Collins

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Norman Vincent Peale

Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.

Theodore Roosevelt

You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Pablo Picasso

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Nelson Mandela

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Change is the end result of all true learning.

Leo Buscaglia

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.

Peter T. Mcintyre

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.

B.B. King

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.

Dr. Benjamin Spock

Confidence is when you believe in yourself and your abilities; arrogance is when you think you are better than others and act accordingly.

Stewart Stafford

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

Abigail Adams

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.

Christian D. Larson

We talk on principle, but act on motivation.

Walter Savage Landor

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Mark Twain

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Napoleon Hill

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Joe Kennedy

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Abraham Lincoln

Deep Self-Esteem Quotes

I used to feel embarrassed, but then I realized that nobody’s watching and nobody gives a damn.

Barbara Corcoran

Once you embrace your value, talents, and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.

Rob Liano

Never let self-doubt hold you captive. You are worthy of all that you dream and hope for.

Roy Bennett

Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them.

T. Harv Eker

Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.

Tina Fey

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well, you must treat me well, and the world must be easy.

Albert Ellis

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Albert Einstein

Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.

Brian Tracy

External approval can temporarily boost your self-esteem, but ultimately keeps you trapped in the same cycle of relying on external validation to feel good about yourself.

Hailey Shafir

Feeling good about who and how we are helps us feel good about life’s situations and other people, and helps us face challenges with confidence and compassion.

Christina Hibbert

Self-esteem begins with self-understanding, grows with courage and perseverance, ends with confidence.

Maxime Lagacé

You don’t have to do or be or become anyone or anything in order to be good enough .

Julie Kristina

The single most powerful way to build confidence is to act with the confidence you aspire to have.

Margie Warrell

My self-esteem is high because I honor who I am.  Louise Hay

My self-esteem is high because I honor who I am.

Louise Hay

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

William J. Boetcker

I have faith in my ability to learn it; I have faith in my ability to try; I have faith in my ability not to give up.

Brooke Castillo

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