#confidence

I replied that I did not quite know what my ailment had been, but that I had certainly suffered a good deal especially in mind. Further, on this subject, I did not consider it advisable to dwell, for the details of what I had undergone belonged to a portion of my existence in which I never expected my godmother to take a share. Into what a new region would such a confidence have led that hale, serene nature! The difference between her and me might be figured by that between the stately ship cruising safe on smooth seas, with its full complement of crew, a captain gay and brave, and venturous and provident; and the life-boat, which most days of the year lies dry and solitary in an old, dark boat-house, only putting to sea when the billows run high in rough weather, when cloud encounters water, when danger and death divide between them the rule of the great deep. No, the "Louisa Bretton" never was out of harbour on such a night, and in such a scene: her crew could not conceive it; so the half-drowned life-boat man keeps his own counsel, and spins no yarns. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#healing #loved-ones #suffering #villette #death

Perhaps defining a self begins with simply making the first choice, simply rising up and deciding what you desire, and then methodically, like writing, putting one word after the other until you have created a whole self and a whole life in the process. ↗

— Michele Rosenthal

#healing #inspirational #self-awareness #self-realization #inspirational

Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence. ↗

— Countess of Blessington

#confidence #fear #only #religion #superstition

The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed. ↗

— Nastia Liukin

#atm #before #characters #chinese #competed

I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn't know how tough the business is. ↗

— Susan Lucci

#age #always #business #confidence #early

Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance. ↗

— Derek Luke

#anything #being #being honest #confidence #denzel

I think with actors, if you just don't set about trying to crush their confidence immediately, you're usually OK. ↗

— John Malkovich

#confidence #crush #i #i think #immediately

When writing comedy, you have to have the confidence to believe that there is only one type of relationship in the world, and we are all having it, that all men behave in the same way and so do all women. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#believe #comedy #confidence #having #men

Citizens, the priority now is to recover trust between the Egyptian - amongst the Egyptians and to have trust and confidence in our economy and international reputation and the fact that the change that we have embarked on will carry on and there's no going back to the old days. ↗

— Hosni Mubarak

#back #between #carry #change #citizens

As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person. ↗

— Kim Novak

#began #confidence #i #instinctive #instincts