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Quotations regarding 'Confidence'

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Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist (1606-1684)
Golf is a matter of confidence. If you think you cannot do it, there is no chance you will.
Henry Cotton, British Athlete (1907-1987)
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Marie Curie, Polish Scientist (1867-1934)
I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence.
Charles Dance, English Actor (1946-  )
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Charles Darwin, English Scientist (1809-1882)
My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love.
Cat Deeley, English Celebrity (1976-  )
The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world.
Morris Dees, American Lawyer (1936-  )
We live in a time of conflict - external and internal - when we sometimes concentrate too much on what divides us. Today, fly the Stars and Stripes with pride and confidence that what unites is far stronger.
Charlie Dent, American Politician (1960-  )
It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
Rene Descartes, French Mathematician (1596-1650)
But I guess the lesson is this: If you don't have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you can't expect anyone else to.
Sam Donaldson, American Journalist (1934-  )
Thanks to President Bush and Republican principles, businesses now have more confidence to hire workers.
John Doolittle, American Politician (1950-  )
I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.
Robert Downey, Jr., American Actor (1965-  )
With new jobs, new ideas, and growing confidence that our brightest days lie ahead, Wisconsin is on the move.
Jim Doyle, American Politician (1945-  )
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, Scottish Poet (1942-  )
Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing.
David Duval, American Athlete (1971-  )
I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.
Dale Earnhardt, American Celebrity (1951-2001)
If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously.
Stefan Edberg, Swedish Athlete (1966-  )
It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.
Arthur Eddington, British Scientist (1882-1944)
The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through the process and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work and are brought together.
Ben Edwards, British Entertainer
I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project.
Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director (1960-  )
 
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