#confidence

Why do they wait until sixth grade when you already know everything? ↗

— Judy Blume

#omniscience #overconfidence #education

Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#confidence #marketing #professionalism #education

I love Tina Turner. I'm one of Tina Turner's biggest fans. Tina Turner was a big influence on me to become a singer. A role model and in a way she gave me back my confidence in choosing my material. ↗

— Bonnie Tyler

#become #big #big influence #biggest #choosing

...the restaurant itself is weird especially because of a big raunch mad thicklipped sloppy young Fillipino woman sitting alone at the end of the restaurant gobbling up her food obscenely and looking at us insolently as tho to say "Fuck you, I eat the way I like splashing gravy everywhere (p. 156) ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#eating #indecency #indifference #food

She said she never wanted to have secrets from me nor from herself, which is why she wanted to write down everything that otherwise would be hard to talk about. As I said, later I understood that someone who flees into honesty like that fears something, fears that her life will fill with something that can no longer be shared, a genuine secret, indescribable, unutterable. ↗

— Sándor Márai

#fear #secrets #sharing-secrets #writing #life

Why had I wasted all my time pretending to be someone I wasn't? I was tired, so very, very tired of standing on my own brakes. I felt...right. I felt free. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#self-confidence #freedom

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#confidence #create #creative #creative spirit #dictate

Your only limitations are those that you impose upon yourself ↗

— Gary Hopkins

#empowerment #energy-healing #enlightenment #god #higher-self

The worst thing to call somebody is crazy, it's dismissive. 'But I don't understand this person', so they're crazy. That's bullshit cause people are not crazy, they strong people, maybe their environment is a little sick. ↗

— Dave Chapelle

#fitting-in #individuality #inspirational #truth #wisdom

Protect your self-esteem and self-confidence - it is your responsibility! ↗

— Mark O'Brien

#love #self-confidence #self-esteem #togetherness #friendship