self-confidence quotes

I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it’s lasting me very well.

I am who I am. That’s why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don’t change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I’m myself 24/7. People appreciate that.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

You’ll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you’re criticizing God.

When someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, ‚Sexiest Man Alive,‘ I’m honestly going, ‚Thank you. Right on.‘ For me, it’s never canceled out anything, it’s never made me go, ‚Does this make me less talented of an actor?‘

I’m very secure about my talents and about who I am.

I would say things like ‚I am the greatest! I’m pretty! If you talk jive, you’ll drop in five! I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! I’m pretty!‘ When white people heard me talking like this, some said, ‚That black man talks too much. He’s bragging.‘

I heard that when Christina Aguilera went back to her prom, people, like, booed her. I can’t imagine going through that. If you know that’s going to happen, why put yourself in that situation? I’d rather play for 20,000 screaming people, you know?

I’m not intimidated by how people perceive me.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

I should be a postage stamp, because that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked. I’m beautiful. I’m fast. I’m so mean I make medicine sick. I can’t possibly be beat.

Some guys look better as they get older.

I think, a lot of times when you meet someone, you feel like you need to appear like you’re not interested in them so that they’ll be more interested in you. But what happens when you start showing him that you actually like him? What’s he gonna do then? Play the tape forward; how do you keep a guy like that? I don’t want to sign up for that.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

I know who I am, I know what I can and can’t do. I know what I will and won’t do. I know what I’m capable of and I don’t agree to do things that I don’t think I can pull off.

I think it’s OK to be confident in yourself.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself – let’s put it that way.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.

Well, I don’t think there’s any need for people to focus on my career.

I don’t need to be vindicated, and I don’t want attention.

I tend not to really think about what other people say. I’d rather just try and focus on what I’m doing, try and win basically.

I don’t focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing, then I don’t worry about it.

It’s hard to be humble, when you’re as great as I am.

I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be ‚sexy,‘ even before I knew what the word was.

But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

Don’t ever doubt yourselves or waste a second of your life. It’s too short, and you’re too special.

We should not underestimate ourselves, because if lots of individuals go together then we can accomplish almost anything.

I know I’m stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.

Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else’s ideas of who you can or can’t become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a ‚Keep Out‘ sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, ‚I’m not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.‘ Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, ‚Yes, I deserve it.‘

My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.

Sure it’s a big job; but I don’t know anyone who can do it better than I can.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Above everything else I’ve done, I’ve always said I’ve had more guts than I’ve got talent.

I’m the greatest thing that ever lived! I’m the king of the world! I’m a bad man. I’m the prettiest thing that ever lived.

I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don’t have any flaws.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

I think I write in a fairly self-confident manner.

In the Raphael Room, the secret turned out to be that only some of the paintings were made by the great master; the rest were made by students. I had liked the ones by Raphael. This was a big jab for my self-confidence in my ability to appreciate art.

Sometimes, people can be extraordinarily judgmental and closed-minded to anyone different or special, which is why it’s so hard for young people in this day and age to be comfortable enough in their own skin to not listen to the people picking on them.

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

If you don’t stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

I’m a decent cook; I’m a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period.

What destroys more self-confidence than any other educational thing in America is being assigned to some remedial math when you get into some college, and then it’s not taught very well and you end up with this sense of, ‚Hey, I can’t really figure those things out.‘

I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it’s not like I am hopeless.

Know that any and all thoughts that you have regarding your own skills, interests, and inclinations are valid. To reinforce the validity of your thoughts, keep them private. Tell yourself that they’re between you and God.

I’m comfortable in my own skin, no matter how far it’s stretched. Ha ha.

You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. ‚Hey, y’all, I’m cool with everybody.‘ That’s my message.

Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we’ve got more strength than we think we do.