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Self Confidence Quotes

    “The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness.”

    John Amodeo, via Sunbeams (Page 144)

      “Be like the bird, pausing in his flight

      On limb too slight,

      Feels it give way, yet sings,

      Knowing he has wings.”

      Victor Hugo, Sunbeams (Page 17)

        “Confident people know what matters.  They know when to ignore other people’s opinions.  They don’t boast or lie to get ahead (and then struggle to deliver).  Confidence is the freedom to set your own standards and unshackle yourself from the need to prove yourself.  A confident person doesn’t fear disagreement and doesn’t see change—swapping an incorrect opinion for a correct one—as an admission of inferiority.” ~ Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key (Page 72)

          “You may be sure that you are at peace with yourself, when no noise reaches you, when no word shakes you out of yourself, whether it be flattery or a threat, or merely an empty sound buzzing about you with unmeaning sin.” ~ Seneca, via Stillness is the Key (Page XV)

            “Social media is a playground for our insecurities and self-pity.  It not only makes us feel like we’re not enough, but it chips away at our confidence, encouraging us to lash out in uninspiring ways.  I don’t want to feel insignificant in comparison to others, and I don’t want to belittle others to make myself feel better, so I took responsibility to reduce how often I expose myself to those triggers, which are highly addictive.” ~ Humble the Poet, Things No One Else Can Teach Us (Page 225)

            Richard Carlson Quote on Judging and Criticizing Other People

              “When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.”

              Richard Carlson

              Beyond the Quote (25/365)

              Not only does criticizing and judging other people say something about our own need to be critical, but it acts as a mirror that reveals far more about our own character than it ever does about the person being targeted.  In other words, what we’re ACTUALLY doing when we’re talking about someone else is, ironically, talking solely about ourselves.  Think about it.

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                “Attend carefully to your posture.  Quit drooping and hunching around.  Speak your mind.  Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them—at least the same right as others.  Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead.  Dare to be dangerous.  Encourage the serotonin to flow plentifully through the neural pathways desperate for its calming influence.” ~ Jordan Peterson, via 12 Rules for Life (Page 28)

                  “To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open.  It means deciding to voluntarily transform the chaos of potential into the realities of habitable order.  It means adopting the burden of self-conscious vulnerability, and accepting the end of the unconscious paradise of childhood, where finitude and mortality are only dimly comprehended.  It means willingly undertaking the sacrifices necessary to generate a productive and meaningful reality.” ~ Jordan Peterson, via 12 Rules for Life (Page 27)

                    “If your opinion of yourself means more to you than other’s opinions of you, you won’t feel the degradation if someone disagrees.” ~ Matt Karamazov, High Existence

                      “A healthy sense of self-confidence is a critical factor in achieving our goals.  This holds true whether our goal is to earn a college degree, build a successful business, enjoy a satisfying relationship, or train the mind to become happier.  Low self-confidence inhibits our efforts to move ahead, to meet challenges, and even to take some risks when necessary in the pursuit of our objectives.  Inflated self-confidence can be equally hazardous.  Those who suffer from an exaggerated sense of their own abilities and accomplishments are continuously subject to frustration, disappointment, and rage when reality intrudes and the world doesn’t validate their idealized view of themselves.  And they are always precariously close to sinking into depression when they fail to live up to their own idealized self-image.  In addition, these individuals’ grandiosity often leads to a sense of entitlement and a kind of arrogance that distances them from others and prevents emotionally satisfying relationships.” ~ Dalai Lama, The Art of Happiness