We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Colorful Confidence And Strength quotations
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience which you must stop and look fear in the face.
I want our people to be like a molave tree, strong and resilient, standing on the hillsides, unafraid of the rising tide, lighting and the storm, confident of its strength.
Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals. When we pool our strength and share the work and responsibility, we can welcome many people, even those in deep distress, and perhaps help them find self-confidence and inner healing.
I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
Strength of character and inner fortitude, however, are decisive factors.
The confidence of the man in the ranks rests upon a man's strength of character.
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.
Often times God wants us to sit before Him in quietness.
He doesn't want us to do all the talking. As Is. 30:15 says "In quiet and confidence will be your strength."
Stop waiting for others to tell you what you can do.
Start putting faith into your own strengths and talents. Instead of questioning whether you can reach your goals, move forward with conviction and confidence.
It is disgraceful to live at the cost of one's self-respect.
Self-respect is the most vital factor in life. Without it, man is a cipher. To live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties. It is out of hard and ceaseless struggle alone that one derives strength, confidence and recognition.
Dictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they are.
Remember: even the smallest drop of God's strength is more than enough to cover our frailties, our shortcomings, and the places where we deem ourselves weak.
Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself- your strengths and your limitations -in contrast to depending on affirmation from others.
As you study your Bible with the help of the Holy Spirit, and live out the truths that God reveals to you, you will discover new stability, strength, and confidence.
I am the luckiest girl in the world. I learned that if I just keep a positive mental attitude, that I can go out there and do whatever I hope I can do. It's all mental in getting out there, and having confidence in myself, and having strength and knowing I can do it.
I constantly remind myself that resting takes confidence.
Anyone can train like a mad man but to embrace rest and to allow all the hard training to come out takes mental strength.
Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
When aerobic running becomes a daily habit, strength and confidence follow.
Meditation gives you more inner strength and confidence, and if you don't feel vulnerable, you can put that to the service of others. So it's not just about sitting and cultivating caring mindfulness. It's building up a way of being and then using it for the service of others.
I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.
Prayer requires that we stand in God's presence with open hands, naked and vulnerable, proclaiming to ourselves and to others that without God we can do nothing. As disciples, we find not some but all of our strength, hope, courage, and confidence in God. Therefore, prayer must be our first concern.
The human spirit is as expansive as the cosmos.
This is why it is so tragic to belittle yourself or to question your worth. No matter what happens, continue to push back the boundaries of your inner life. The confidence to prevail over any problem, the strength to overcome adversity and unbounded hope — all reside within you.
Don't be indecisive and unstable in all your ways.
Rather, walk in the strength, confidence, and boldness that come from decisive action.
As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.
In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence.
Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.