119 Inspiring Confidence Quotes

In the journey of life, confidence often serves as the guiding star that illuminates our path. It's the inner voice that reassures us, pushing us to embrace challenges, believe in our abilities, and reach new heights. Whether you're preparing for a big presentation, navigating a personal transition, or simply need a boost to get through the day, a few inspiring words can make all the difference. In this collection, we've gathered 119 of the most uplifting confidence quotes to help ignite your spirit and empower you to step boldly into the world, fully embracing your true potential. Prepare to be inspired and motivated as you explore these powerful affirmations that celebrate self-belief and courage.

1. “Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.” - Bertrand Russell

2. “There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.” - Marianne Williamson

3. “When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.” - Pablo Picasso

4. “A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” - Brian Tracy

5. “You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.” - Olin Miller

6. “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” - Michelangelo Buonarroti

7. “A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.” - V. Vale

8. “No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.” - Ansel Adams

9. “If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.” - John Lennon

10. “Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you.” - Cynthia Kersey

11. “Self-consciousness kills communication.” - Rick Steves

12. “What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?” - Eleanor Roosevelt

13. “There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.” - Samuel Johnson

14. “A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.” - Mae West

15. “I love the confidence that makeup gives me.” - Tyra Banks

16. “Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than risk failure, they prefer to create conditions that make success impossible, a reflex that of course creates a vicious cycle.” - James Surowiecki

17. “It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally.” - Maya Angelou

18. “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” - Edward Everett Hale

19. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” - Norman Vincent Peale

20. “And suddenly she knew exactly why Catherine had fallen in love with him. It wasn't that he was unusually attractive, or ambitious, or even charming. He was partly those things, but more important, he seemed to live life on his own terms.” - Nicholas Sparks

21. “Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.” - Michel de Montaigne

22. “What is it about wearing a tuxedo or that little black dress, that makes us feel confident, beautiful, splendid, even invincible?We put on formal wear and suddenly we become extraordinary.On the days when you feel low and invisible, why not try this on for size: imagine you are wearing a fantastic tailored tuxedo or a stunning formal gown.And then proceed with your day.” - Vera Nazarian

23. “When someone tells me "no," it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.” - Karen E. Quinones Miller

24. “Never dull your shine for somebody else.” - Tyra Banks

25. “We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” - Carlos Castaneda

26. “Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you.” - Zig Ziglar

27. “Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear, and superstition. By the year 2050, when the conflict began, the world had fallen upon fearful, superstitious times.” - Bernard Beckett

28. “My confidence was of the hothouse variety, carefully cultivated under highly regulated conditions. One wrong look, one mean comment, and my facade would wither.” - Justina Chen Headley

29. “When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week, then there's either something wrong with your skills or something wrong with your world. And there's nothing wrong with my skills.” - Jonathan Maberry

30. “Wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the Midol.” - Denise Jaden

31. “I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.” - Marcus Aurelius

32. “I see at intervals the glance of a curious sort of bird through the close set bars of a cage: a vivid, restless, resolute captive is there; were it but free, it would soar cloud-high.” - Charlotte Brontë

33. “The only power that exists is inside ourselves.” - Anne Rice

34. “How are you feeling, man?" he asks me."Great," I tell him, and it is purely the truth. Doves clatter up out of a bare tree and turn at the same instant, transforming themselves from steel to silver in the snow-blown light. I know at that moment that the drug is working. Everything before me has become suddenly, radiantly itself. How could Carlton have known this was about to happen? "Oh," I whisper. His hand settles on my shoulder."Stay loose, Frisco," he says. "There's not a thing in this pretty world to be afraid of. I'm here."I am not afraid. I am astonished. I had not realized until this moment how real everything is. A twig lies on the marble at my feet, bearing a cluster of hard brown berries. The broken-off end is raw, white, fleshly. Trees are alive."I'm here," Carlton says again, and he is.” - Michael Cunningham

35. “But ... but what if I hit you?”A snort. “You’re not going to hit me.”“How do you know?” I bristled at his amused tone. “I could hit you. Even master swordsmen make mistakes. I could get a lucky shot, or you might not see me coming. I don’t want to hurt you.”He favored me with another patient look. “And how much experience do you have with swords and weapons in general?” “Um.” I glanced down at the saber in my hand. “Thirty seconds?”He smiled, that calm, irritatingly confident smirk. “You’re not going to hit me.” - Julie Kagawa

36. “I never seek to defeat the man I am fighting, " he explained. "I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Two men are equals - true equals - only when they both have equal confidence.” - Arthur Golden

37. “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.” - Laurell K. Hamilton

38. “He was grand in his convictions. He would stride forward to meet his own destruction.” - Natsume Soseki

39. “Trying to build myself up with the fact that I have done things right that were even good and have had moments that were excellent but the bad is heavier to carry around and feel have no confidence.” - Marilyn Monroe

40. “Your appearance, attitude, and confidence define you as a person.A professional, well-dressed golfer, like a businessperson, gives the impression that he thinks that the golf course and/or workplace and the people there are important.” - Lorii Myers

41. “But human beings are not machines, and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see as injustice that they dare to declare their independence. In that historical possibility lies hope.” - Howard Zinn

42. “The world is full of men who want to be right, when actually the secret of a man's strength and his pathway to true honor is his ability to admit fault when he has failed. God wants to fill the church with men who can say they are wrong when THEY ARE WRONG. A man who is willing to humble himself before God and his family and say:"I was wrong." will find that his family has all the confidence in the world in him and will much more readily follow him. If he stubbornly refuses to repent or admit he was wrong, their confidence in him and in his leadership erodes.” - Jim Anderson

43. “Always Remember to take your Vitamins: Take your Vitamin A for ACTION, Vitamin B for Belief, Vitamin C for Confidence ,Vitamin D for Discipline, Vitamin E for Enthusiasm!!” - Pablo

44. “Please do make your decisions in life and feel confident that they are right.However, if fate is involved, feel just as confident even if they aren’t.” - C. Elizabeth

45. “Head up, heart open. To better days!” - T.F. Hodge

46. “Tap into ‘The Force’ and soon, at any given time that you need that extra shot of high octane confidence; you will soon be like a Jedi Master at this technique.” - Stephen Richards

47. “Certain situations need a Jedi-like approach. One of these is when you are in a strange environment, usually where you feel unsure of yourself. You would be surprised how, if you walk with confidence and meaning, people will see this as a mark of confidence, yet you are perhaps shaking inside but outwardly you have the gait of a confident Jedi Knight.” - Stephen Richards

48. “Once you feel nice about yourself, you have planted the first seed to develop self-confidence.” - Stephen Richards

49. “Self-confidence is contagious.” - Stephen Richards

50. “Jedi are always assessing situations, actions and possibilities. Jedi don’t just think outside of the box with the help from the Force, they also adapt to situations outside of the box!” - Stephen Richards

51. “Jedi act with confidence, move with confidence, and breathe with confidence. Jedi possess a confident calmness in their looks, attitude andbehaviour.” - Stephen Richards

52. “My theory was that if I behaved like a confident, cheerful person, eventually I would buy it myself, and become that. I always had traces of strength somewhere inside me, it wasn't fake, it was just a way of summoning my courage to the fore and not letting any creeping self-doubt hinder my adventures. This method worked then, and it works now. I tell myself that I am the sort of person who can open a one-woman play in the West End, so I do. I am the sort of person who has several companies, so I do. I am the sort of person WHO WRITES A BOOK! So I do. It's the process of having faith in the self you don't quite know you are yet, if you see what I mean. Believing that you will find the strength, the means somehow, and trusting in that, although your legs are like jelly. You can still walk on them and you will find the bones as you walk. Yes, that's it. The further I walk, the stronger I become. So unlike the real lived life, where the further you walk, the more your hips hurt.” - Dawn French

53. “The rose has toldIn one simplicityThat never lifeRelinquishes a bloomBut to bestowAn ancient confidence.” - Nathalia Crane

54. “Don’t be surprised by your greatness. Be surprised that no one expected it.” - Rebecca Maizel

55. “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” - Shannon L. Alder

56. “But that inadequacy, or feeling of inadequacy, never really goes away. You just have to trudge ahead in the rain, regardless.” - Lorrie Moore

57. “May our effort, confidence and concern for others be the altar from which we pray for personal abundance.” - Laura Teresa Marquez

58. “It does, Tennyson, because there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There’s a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you’re on the wrong side of both lines.” - Neal Shusterman

59. “The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.” - Robert Hand

60. “You can have regret from yesterday, fear tomorrow, but peace today by sharing your heart’s deepest feelings. A life spent being fearful of showing your soul is a life not worth living.” - Shannon Alder

61. “There had been a time when I owned my life and now I felt like I was coming around to myself again. It's like I've finally discovered bones in myself I never knew I had. I discovered that it takes bravery to be one's self. I now know that the only thing I needed to be afraid of was of not finding my true self and having the courage to be me.” - Benilde Little

62. “There will always be someone willing to hurt you, put you down, gossip about you, belittle your accomplishments and judge your soul. It is a fact that we all must face. However, if you realize that God is a best friend that stands beside you when others cast stones you will never be afraid, never feel worthless and never feel alone.” - Shannon Alder

63. “... I felt something and vowed that if I ever got a girl I would treat her right and never be bad or dirty to her or hurt her, ever. I vowed it and had all the confidence in the world that I would keep the vow.” - Markus Zusak

64. “Surely it is the one who fears he is wrong who avoids criticism. The one who is sure he is right invites it. It only illuminates the strength of beliefs and makes them more available to others.” - David L. Wolfe

65. “If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.” - Ilie Nastase

66. “Every goal first started as something in our mind. You have it all within you!” - Deborah Day

67. “I aine never seen a fox before. So, why should I be scared of you and I don't even-now know you a real fox for a fact?” - Patricia C. McKissack

68. “When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction.” - Criss Jami

69. “I walked out. I left. Andy Jankowski had taught me how.” - Nancy Werlin

70. “The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

71. “There is nothing more attractive than confidence, once she sees her own beauty, everyone else will.” - Habeeb Akande

72. “And when you play this song, hold your head high, motherfucker, don't ever look down, be comfortable with who you are, our flaws are what makes us perfect” - Machine Gun Kelly

73. “When you have the courage to follow your talents into the dark unknown places they lead, often God will send angels to light your way.” - Shannon Alder

74. “Confidence is providence” - Habeeb Akande

75. “Arrogance is thinking you are above someone else, Confidence is knowing no one is above you.” - Habeeb Akande

76. “The secret to your purpose is to find what you feel is important, and not pursue what others would think is important. When you think highly of yourself, me thinking highly of you will never be enough!” - Shannon L. Alder

77. “Often the inspiration to write music comes from the voices in your head. You’re not crazy. Just be thankful they are not making you rescue people in 20-degree weather at 2:30 in the morning in the forest.” - Shannon Alder

78. “The only one that believes in you, is you. Don't lean on how others see you to find belief in yourself.” - Anthony Liccione

79. “I know that I am not always right to the perception of some, but I am not daunted of being wrong. That's the effectiveness of confidence.” - Lionel Suggs

80. “Instinctively I started to panic when Dr. Martinez strapped my arm down, andthen the panic just melted away, la la la.Someone took my other hand. Fang. I felt his calluses, his bones, hisstrength.“I’m so glad you’re here,” I slurred, smiling dopily up at him. I took inhis startled, worried expression but dismissed it. “I know everything’s fineif you’re here.”I thought I saw his cheeks flush, but I wasn’t too sure of anything anymore.” - James Patterson

81. “If you have confidence, if you believe in yourself, you can go anywhere.” - Katie Kacvinsky

82. “At this point in my life, beaming confidence is largely a matter of mind over bladder control” - Josh Stern

83. “Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value.” - Rob Liano

84. “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” (Hebrews 13:5–6)” - John Piper

85. “…It's as if they actually think that what other people think of them somehow doesn't matter. I mean, I know we're all supposed to believe that, but obviously, none of us actually do. And nor should we, because it does! It does matter! And the people who genuinely believe it doesn't tend to be the very people who ought to care most what other people think of them, because what the other people are thinking is, 'No, actually, I don't think the Chinese are "up to something,"' or, 'You should use mouthwash,' or, 'Your mania for the collective socialization of agriculture will surely cause the deaths of millions,' or, 'Forty cats is too many cats.” - David Mitchell

86. “A hero is defined by what he or she can do, not by what he or she cannot do.” - Damon Throop

87. “He had the confidence of a man who had never been wounded.” - Victor Hugo

88. “The way you think about yourself determines your reality. You are not being hurt by the way people think about you. Many of those people are a reflection of how you think about yourself.” - Shannon L. Alder

89. “The only real conflict you will ever have in your life won’t be with others, but with yourself.” - Shannon L. Alder

90. “I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don't even need or want to look 'intelligent' anymore.” - Criss Jami

91. “The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

92. “Don't limit yourself to the skies when there is a whole galaxy out there.” - Bianca Frazier

93. “We need to have far less confidence in what man can do and far moreconfidence in what God can do for every believing soul. He longs to haveyou reach after Him by faith. He longs to have you expect great thingsfrom Him. He longs to give you understanding in temporal as well as inspiritual matters. He can sharpen the intellect. He can give tact andskill. Put your talents into the work, ask God for wisdom, and it will begiven you.” - Ellen G. White

94. “Fake it till you feel it” - Gemma Burgess

95. “Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.” - Criss Jami

96. “A winner is not someone who wins. It's someone who tries and isn't afraid to lose.” - Nusrat Sultana

97. “Perhaps I'd been a slow developer, but I was well into my forties before I realized that you don't have to comply with a request just because it's reasonable or reasonably put. Age is the great dis-obliger. You can be yourself and say no.” - Ian McEwan

98. “I have never written on any subject unless I believed that the authorities on it were hopelessly wrong.” - Samuel Butler

99. “If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!" (William Strunk) ... Why compound ignorance with inaudibility?” - E.B. White

100. “Real confidence has a realistic view of itself. It knows what it is capable of and not capable of. Real confidence does not need to overcompensate for anything, it doesn’t have to try harder to be more than what it already is. Real confidence does not beat itself up when it makes a mistake. Real confidence is secure enough to let someone else take the credit for something, without losing its own identity. Real confidence is humble. Real confidence recognizes its weaknesses and limitations, and is secure enough to admit when it is wrong."'Living With Confidence: From Fear To Love” - Dan Pedersen

101. “You crave winning and fear losing instead of just doing. To succeed you must remove your self-imposed limitations.” - Wayne Gerard Trotman

102. “Children are more than we think they are; they can do more than we think they can do. All they need is a vote of confidence from grownups, whom they will ultimately replace anyway. Their dream today will become the realities of tomorrow.” - Wess Stafford

103. “Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it.” - Thaddeus Golas

104. “You can't insure against the future, except by really believing in the best bit of you, and in the power beyond it.” - D.H. Lawrence

105. “Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own.” - Isaac Mizrahi

106. “Confidence is a pencil best sharpened with paper.” - Kale Burton

107. “The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize."[Modernism's Patriarch (Time Magazine, June 10, 1996)]” - Robert Hughes

108. “Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.” - Rob Lowe

109. “The problem isn’t that I think so highly of myself. It is just that you think so little of yourself. Live life BIG, BOLD and OUT LOUD!” - Shannon L. Alder

110. “Saying just the right thing after a considerable, awkward pause is far less effective than saying the wrong thing with perfect timing. I'm telling you.” - Augusten Burroughs

111. “You’ve got to be sure of yourself beforeYou can ever win a prize.” - Napoleon Hill

112. “It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.” - Criss Jami

113. “People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.” - Wayne Gerard Trotman

114. “A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else.” - Criss Jami

115. “Confidence is a life ingredient that is essential to success and wholeness. It is perhaps the single most important trait that enables seemingly average people to do and become all that they can. And the good news is – it can be learned. No one has to suffer a lifetime of low confidence.” - Steve Goodier

116. “Most people think confidence lies in an excessive rehearsal. It’s true that man has to prepare, plan and practice before projecting his purposes. But a time must definitely arrive when man has to put an end to learning and rehearsal and start practicing what he spent time learning.” - Israelmore Ayivor

117. “One-time rival and subsequent usurper Secretary of State Seward finally settled into an assessment of Lincoln that, "His confidence and compassion increase every day.” - Doris Kearns Goodwin

118. “In its essence, faith is a confidence in the person of Jesus Christ and in His power, so that even when His power does not serve my end, my confidence in Him remains because of who He is.” - Ravi Zacharias

119. “Successful continual learning means maintaining a balance and variety of success-oriented attributes, the most prominent being awareness, confidence, persistence, determination, courage, and focus. But curiosity, ingenuity, and creativity may be even more important as it is these traits that fuel the desire to continue to question and challenge the status quo.” - Lorii Myers