Everybody liked better to conjecture how the thing was, than simply to know it; for conjecture soon became more confident than knowledge, and had a more liberal allowance for the incompatible.
Yet none of these things gave him confidence. All they gave him was egotism, which is less the conviction of one's worth than the desire for that conviction.
My confidence was of the hothouse variety, carefully cultivated under highly regulated conditions. One wrong look, one mean comment, and my facade would wither.
No, no. Don't make that face. Every time I propose to you, you make that twisty, unhappy face. It wears on a man's confidence.
Sitting outside on a dark night, under the stars, invites confidences amongst people of all ages, and all walks of life. It invokes an intimacy you don’t find under most other circumstances.
What is a friend if not someone you feel close to, someone you like being with, someone you can confide in and share pleasure with. -Jeremy Malory-
Tea at the Ritz is the last delicious morsel of Edwardian London. The light is kind, the cakes are frivolous and the tempo is calm, confident and leisurely.
...the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman I would have them copy.
Some arrogant feel very confident that they are the best. That's pity. Much better men let them feel so for a reason.
No name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident enough then it is just noise.
There is no model, no actress, no Miss America contender that can outshine a happy, confident, secure woman.
You will never gain anyone's approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows.
Happiness is feeling confident that the god of this universe is pleased with the things you say and do.
He wore the evidence of thinking all over his face, open and easy to read. Leah envied him that confidence to show what he was feeling.
Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
You shouldn’t be placing hope in our lives, Parvin. That’s my point. I don’t know the answers of the future, but your confidence and hope need to be in God.
A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.
If that's what you believe the Lord is calling you to do, then you can be confident He'll go ahead of you.
People admire my confidence, but they never see me when I'm alone. That's when I'm the most raw because I'm not trying to sell myself to anybody.
Confidence is not a wilted plant that can be brought back to life with a bit of water. It is a highly flammable object. Doubt sets it aflame and destroys it irreparably.
I'm not sentimental--I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know, is that the sentimental person thinks things will last--the romantic person has a desperate confidence that they won't.
