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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.

Private schools do confer other advantages, of course: whether it be networks, or a sense of confidence that can shade into a poisonous sense of social superiority.

Quotes by Owen Jones

I've had a lot of injuries. I had to learn a lot. Despite everything, I still have confidence.

Quotes by Ousmane Dembele

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

Quotes by Ovid

If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.

Quotes by Oswald Chambers

There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.

Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

Be comfortable. I think if you're comfortable, you exude confidence, and that leads to good style.

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

I feel real confidence in working on the stage.

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly whether it was safe to breathe in the smoke. They did not have confidence in the...

Quotes by Olafur Eliasson

The confidence is there, the game is there, but physically you can't fight nature sometimes. You can't do much about it.

Quotes by Novak Djokovic

Our cattlemen have given us the safest, most abundant, most affordable beef supply in the world and I trust their judgment. And if you look at consumer confidence in this country, so does the American public.

Quotes by Norm Coleman

As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.

Quotes by Nonito Donaire

Everything in life is about confidence. The more you have, the further you'll go usually.

Quotes by Nnamdi Asomugha

I think any time you get a boost of confidence, it fuels you to do more, and that kept happening for me.

Quotes by Nnamdi Asomugha

If I could borrow anything from Miley, it would be her stage confidence. For me, that's just going to come with time.

Quotes by Noah Cyrus

I had basically been shelved by the record label for two years and I was writing songs every day. I made two albums that just never came out, and that was just a really big knock to my confidence, because...

Quotes by Nina Nesbitt

You can't really fake confidence.

Quotes by Nina Agdal

I'm all about first impressions, so I love a guy who looks good and walks in with some confidence. That starts with a clean-shaven face and a great smile that'd I'd like to get close to.

Quotes by Nina Agdal

Whenever I need that extra confidence booster, whenever I want to feel that extra chic-edgy, I grab red lipstick.

Quotes by Nikita Dragun

One of the most important things that a Thatcher government did was change the mood of the nation to give it back its confidence.

Quotes by Nigel Lawson

I'm no diva but I can be annoying in a recording studio. Of course I try to be a diva in terms of confidence of performance and owning a song but I've never behaved like one in terms of the...

Quotes by Nicole Scherzinger

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.