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Confidence Quotes

On self-belief, style, and trusting your own instincts.

These quotes trace confidence across very different settings: a director more sure of directing than writing, a performer whose bold teenage confidence later got weighed down by experience, and the link between confidence and a distinct personal style. Read more in Confident quotes.

I am now the Wimbledon champion, and I think that gives me even more confidence coming to the Olympics. And maybe in some ways, it maybe takes some pressure off the Olympics, because I already did win at Wimbledon this...

Quotes by Roger Federer

A guy who gets fired and humiliated in the press can lose a lot of confidence.

Quotes by Roger Ailes

Van Gaal gave me all the confidence I could ask for. He made me striker, my favorite position.

Quotes by Robin Van Persie

My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised.

Quotes by Robin Wright

Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it.

Quotes by Robin Wright

I sometimes lack confidence in public, although I am proud enough inwardly.

Quotes by Robert Schumann

The way you delegate is that first you have to hire people that you really have confidence in. You won't truly let those people feel a sense of autonomy if you don't have confidence in them.

Quotes by Robert Pozen

I have always had confidence in my own ability.

Quotes by Robert Preston

The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America.

Quotes by Robert Mueller

If I have the honor of being confirmed by the Senate, I will make it my highest priority to restore the public's confidence in the FBI and to re-earn the faith and trust of the American people.

Quotes by Robert Mueller

The more experience you have, the more confidence you get and the more ready you are.

Quotes by Robert Kubica

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

Quotes by Robert Kiyosaki

You have to have confidence in where you're going. Don't live and die by the fans' tweets.

Quotes by Robert J. Sawyer

Our ad campaign with Pfizer is educational. Lipitor is the most widely prescribed drug in the country. For every prescription, there is a doctor writing it. It's a huge vote of confidence.

Quotes by Robert Jarvik

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.

Quotes by Robert Hughes

And in doing this I advise you to send to the best manors of your lands those of your household in whom you place most confidence to be present in August at the leading of the corn, and to guard...

Quotes by Robert Grosseteste

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.

Quotes by Robert Downey, Jr.

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.

Quotes by Robert E. Lee

Once the public loses confidence in a president's leadership at a time of war, once they don't trust him anymore, once his credibility is sharply diminished, how does he get it back?

Quotes by Robert Dallek

Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing.

Quotes by Robert Collier

Frequently Asked Questions

Does confidence look the same throughout life, according to these quotes?
Not necessarily. One speaker reflects on how their confidence changed over time, describing "this kind of robust confidence that I had as a teenager," which later became constricted by the time they reached their mid-20s. It's an honest look at how confidence can shift with experience.
What qualities are linked to confidence in these quotes?
Quite a few. One quote calls confidence "the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say." For more on trusting yourself in that way, see our Belief quotes.
Is confidence described differently across creative fields?
Yes — one speaker admits feeling "more confidence as a director than my ability as a writer," showing that confidence can vary a lot from one skill to another, even for the same person.
Do these quotes connect confidence to working hard, especially for women?
One does, observing that audiences can sense when "she's worked twice as hard to get there," in a line that also mentions funny women "from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers." It ties confidence to earned respect built through effort.
Where can I find more quotes about self-belief like these?
Our Confident collection is a natural next stop, and if you're looking for something to say daily, our Status page has short confidence lines. For a more spiritual angle, browse our Prayers collection too.

A few speak to confidence earned the hard way, especially performers who feel they had to prove themselves twice over before an audience took them seriously. See Belief quotes and Status updates for more.