confidence Quotes

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

There is always safety in valor.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in five! I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! I'm pretty!' When white people heard me talking like this, some said, 'That black man talks too much. He's bragging.'

I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.