Quotes about Self-belief

You will be what you will to be; Let failure find its false content In that poor word, environment, But spirit scorns it, and is free.

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. Doubt and worry are the exceptional enemies of understanding, and he who encourages them, who does no longer slay them, thwarts himself at each step.

the magic is inside you. there ain't no crystal ball

Don't believe that,' said Fagin. 'When a man's his own enemy, it's only because he's too much his own friend.

For me, beauty is me at the top of my game, going as hard as I can, without fear of what anyone else thinks. Believing in yourself when nobody else is believing in you is half the battle about anything.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal powers comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

Think defeat and you are bound to feel defeated. But practice thinking confident thoughts, make it a dominating habit, and you will develop such a strong sense of capacity that regardless of what difficulties arise, you will be able to overcome them.

So if you feel that you are defeated and have lost confidence in your ability to win, sit down, take a piece of paper and make a list, not of the factors that are against you, but of those that are for you.

Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.

You are not a prisoner of your past; you are the architect of your future.

Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotizing yourself and going over the material coldly.