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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've renewed four times with Athletic. I've done what I wanted, I've shown confidence in the club and them in me.

Quotes by Aymeric Laporte

I have total confidence in Beaute Prestige International to accompany me in creating a perfume that interprets my work and my world.

Quotes by Azzedine Alaia

He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

Quotes by B. C. Forbes

I know what it is like to lose your confidence.

Quotes by Ayda Field

I had this career and then I was working and then I met Rob and then I kind of went off and got married and had kids, and in that process, which was amazing and fantastic, I lost my confidence...

Quotes by Ayda Field

My kids are incredibly secure. More and more of their friends' parents are divorcing, but my kids have absolute confidence that we'll stay together forever. That goes a long, long way.

Quotes by Ayelet Waldman

I gain a lot of confidence through study.

Quotes by Autumn Reeser

An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.

Quotes by Auguste Renoir

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...

Quotes by Atom Egoyan

I'm super excited to be collaborating with JCPenney to create my first-ever capsule collection for that plus-size woman who needs that confidence and wants to be fabulous every day.

Quotes by Ashley Nell Tipton

Torrid was that company that I went to as a plus-sized kid. They're the ones that kind of got me out of my shell and gave me the confidence that I needed to experiment with my wardrobe, and they really...

Quotes by Ashley Nell Tipton

I love to have confidence, but that confidence doesn't come from myself. It comes from God, and that's what I wanted America to see.

Quotes by Ashthon Jones

The more balls that I hit, it's going to get better and better. Once I get a bit more confidence in my ball striking, that's when we can get down to the nitty gritty parts of the game.

Quotes by Ashleigh Barty

I think that when you use the word 'plus-size,' you're putting all these women in a category: 'You don't eat well.' 'You don't work out.' 'You could care less about your body.' 'You're insecure.' 'You have no confidence.'

Quotes by Ashley Graham

Confidence starts at home, and something my mother never did was look in the mirror and say she was ugly or fat.

Quotes by Ashley Graham

This confidence is not something that happens overnight. I have been working on it for a long time. I look in the mirror and do affirmations: 'You are bold. You are brilliant. You are beautiful.' If my lower pooch is...

Quotes by Ashley Graham

The runway isn't just about showing fashion, it's about gaining confidence. And I really believe that once you've got your confidence, you can wear anything, you can do anything.

Quotes by Ashley Graham

Back in Nebraska, I was known as the fat model - the girl who was pretty for a big girl. My body, like my confidence, has been picked apart, manipulated, and controlled by others who didn't necessarily understand it.

Quotes by Ashley Graham

It is only after you are able to stand on your own feet, or have the confidence that you can stand on your own feet, should you look at doing things such as marriage or setting up a family.

Quotes by Arundhati Bhattacharya

I've always had full confidence in the professionalism and the assessment of the armed forces.

Quotes by Arun Jaitley

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.