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Quotes about confidence and believing in yourself. This hand-picked collection brings together 30 of the finest confidence quotes ever written — from Lao Tzu, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

— Lao Tzu

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

— Coco Chanel

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

— J. K. Rowling

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.

— Chinese Proverb

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Become who you are.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

— Helen Keller

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was.

— Muhammad Ali

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

— Leo Tolstoy

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

— Maya Angelou

The things that make me different are the things that make me.

— A. A. Milne

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be!

— Anne Frank

You become what you believe.

— Oprah Winfrey

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

— Rumi

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

— A. A. Milne

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence.

— Dalai Lama

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities!

— Norman Vincent Peale

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

— Muhammad Ali

I never lose. I either win or learn.

— Nelson Mandela

As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

— Nelson Mandela

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

— Walt Whitman

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.

— Sylvia Plath

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

— Henry David Thoreau

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