#fide

You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn’t determine who you are. You must all realize what you’re worth on your own. ↗

— Koushun Takami

#inspirational #intrinsic-value #japanese #life #self-confidence

I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence. ↗

— Julian Casablancas

#care #clothes #confidence #gives #i

I'm confident that we have measures in place. And the additional measures that we announced yesterday will be even more protective of our food supply in this country. ↗

— Ann Veneman

#announced #confident #country #even #food

The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence. ↗

— Mohamed El-Erian

#business #confidence #constitute #consumer #consumer confidence

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence. ↗

— Douglas Dunn

#aspects #boasting #complacency #confidence #expression

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#expected #going #gold #gold medal #medal

Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence. ↗

— Goran Ivanisevic

#feeling #given #great #great feeling #me

It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook. ↗

— James Keller

#carries #confidence #courage #depends #depression

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told. ↗

— Louis Kronenberger

#ask #closer #confidential #entitled #less

That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#common good #country #depends #diverse #duty