How To Boost Confidence

When you are struggling to feel confident it is worth remembering you are not alone.

Indeed, some of the greatest achievers in history suffered, at times, from a lack of confidence.

Abraham Lincoln, for example, had a complete nervous breakdown before becoming President – not surprising after losing two business and eight elections!

Here’s some quotes from some great achievers that will help you to gain your own self-confidence!

The Need for Confidence

It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.

Source: Unknown

If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.

Source: Henrik Ibsen

They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

Christian Bovee

The Power of Self-Belief

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Source: Eleanor Roosevelt

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.

Source: David Brinkley

Whether you think you can or think you can’t – you are right.

Henry Ford

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.

Mark Twain

If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

Thomas Alva Edison

A great figure or physique is nice, but it’s self-confidence that makes someone really sexy

Vivica Fox

How to be confident

Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control.

Richard Kline

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

Arthur Ashe

Which quote is the most useful to you – and can you add any of your own?