#confidence

The rose has told In one simplicity That never life Relinquishes a bloom But to bestow An ancient confidence. ↗

— Nathalia Crane

#confidence #letting-go #life #roses #life

Confidence is not a wilted plant that can be brought back to life with a bit of water. It is a highly flammable object. Doubt sets it aflame and destroys it irreparably. ↗

— Michèle Halberstadt

#destroy #flame #life #plant #water

I'm young as morning and fresh as dew. Everybody loves me and so do you. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#youth #love

Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than risk failure, they prefer to create conditions that make success impossible, a reflex that of course creates a vicious cycle. ↗

— James Surowiecki

#procrastination #self-confidence #success #dreams

I love my style of writing. Nope, it's not the most poetic stuff you've ever read but you know, it can evoke emotions and images and smells and sensations, and that is what I set out to do. ↗

— Erin M. Truesdale

#writing #love

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#spiritual #teacher

The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#self-confidence #self-doubt #enemy

A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. ↗

— George Eliot

#confidences #friends #friends

A diamond doesn't start out polished and shining. It once was nothing special, but with enough pressure and time, becomes spectacular. I'm that diamond. ↗

— Solange nicole

#growth #self-confidence #self-esteem #self-worth #solange

You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#confidence #lamp #community