Persons who have a strong sense of efficacy deploy their attention and effort to the demands of the situation and are spurred by obstacles to greater effort. — Albert Bandura
In social cognitive theory, perceived self-efficacy results from diverse sources of information conveyed vicariously and through social evaluation, as well as through direct experience — Albert Bandura
Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential. — Sheryl Sandberg
People with high assurance in their capabilities approach difficult tasks as challenges to be mastered rather than as threats to be avoided. — Albert Bandura
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. — Norman Vincent Peale
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
If you believe in yourself and feel confident in yourself, you can do anything. I really believe that. — Karlie Kloss
If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. — Rosalynn Carter
We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed. — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. — Sam Walton
Believe in yourself and your abilities. You have the power to make a difference. — Jensen Huang
Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture. — Frank Gifford
When you absolutely believe in yourself and your ability to succeed, nothing will stop you. — Brian Tracy
Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can't ever take that away from you. — Mae West
Short Self Efficacy Quotes
Your level of belief in yourself will inevitably manifest itself in whatever you do. — Les Brown
Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure. — Albert Bandura
If you don't believe in yourself, who will?' ~Maybeck — Ridley Pearson
The more confident you are, the less doubt you will have, and the more likely your success will be. — Lewis Howes
Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself. — Liberace
If you think you can do it, you can. — Eric Lindros
Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us. — Susan L. Taylor
In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. — Michael Korda
They are able because they think they are able. — Virgil
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it. — Stan Smith
Self Efficacy Image Quotes
Maturity is learning to walk away from people and situation that threaten your peace of mind, self respect, values, morals and self worth.
Which One Of The Following Quotes
The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only hunger for the sweet and gentle creatures which harm no one, which follow you, serve you, and are devoured by you as the reward of their service. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The only faults considered grave are the following: not respecting the rights of one's neighbor, letting oneself be paralyzed by fear, feeling guilty, thinking one does not deserve the good and bad which occurs in life, and being a coward. — Paulo Coelho
"Ju" means being natural or in other words the way which is natural and in accords with the truth of the universe and the one that human beings have to follow. Also, "Ju" may mean anything reasonable, just and honorable, accordingly noble: namely the realization of Truth , Good and Beauty. — Kyuzo Mifune
We are what we believe we are.
I can’t explain how it is I keep having new ideas. But one book inevitably follows another. It is my way of exploring the known, the remembered, and the imagined, the literary triad of which all stories are made. — Virginia Hamilton
Most of my photographs were taken on the spur of the moment, very quickly, just as they occurred. All attention focuses on the specific instant, almost too good to be true, which can only vanish in the following one. — Willy Ronis
I followed his argument with the blank uneasiness which one might feel in the presence of a logical lunatic. — Victor Serge
'All the gods are one god and all the goddesses are one goddess, and there is one initiator.' The one initiator is one's own high self, with which the personality becomes more and more integrated as the path of spiritual evolution is followed. — Doreen Valiente
During our religious instruction in school, we always asked: How can one prove the existence of God? And I have learned that the Catholic Church, which is never at a loss for an answer when it comes to existential questions, responds as follows: This question simply does not arise. — Jean-Claude Juncker
The good man shuns evil and follows good; he keeps secret that which ought to be hidden; he makes his virtues manifest to all; he does not forsake one in adversity; he gives in season: such are the marks of a worthy friend. — Bhartrhari
Different themes inevitably require different methods of expression. This does not imply either evolution or progress; it is a matter of following the idea one wants to express and the way in which one wants to express it. — Pablo Picasso
I trust that you will so live today as to realize that you are masters of your own destiny, masters of your fate; if there is anything you want in this world, it is for you to strike out with confidence and faith in self and reach for it. — Marcus Garvey
You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman. — Max Lucado
A positive self image and healthy self esteem is based on approval, acceptance and recognition from others; but also upon actual accomplishments, achievements and success upon the realistic self confidence which ensues. — Abraham Maslow
I wish I could show you...the astonishing light of your own being. — Hafez
I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way. — Nikki Giovanni
Our confidence in Christ does not make us lazy, negligent, or careless, but on the contrary it awakens us, urges us on, and makes us active in living righteous lives and doing good. There is no self-confidence to compare with this. — Huldrych Zwingli
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie
I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work. — Gregor Mendel
Self Confidence Quotes
First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events. — Marie Curie
Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine. — Oprah Winfrey
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie
Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it because without it we become weak and faint. Without love our self-esteem weakens. Without it our courage fails. Without love we can no longer look out confidently at the world. — Chief Dan George
Fighter pilot is an attitude. It is cockiness. It is aggressiveness. It is self-confidence. It is a streak of rebelliousness, and it is competitiveness. But there's something else - there's a spark. There's a desire to be good. To do well; in the eyes of your peers, and in your own mind. — Robin Olds
You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough. — Abraham Lincoln
Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always. — Yves Saint Laurent
I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be? — Robert Downey, Jr.
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go. — Dr. Seuss
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you. — Mother Teresa
You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. — Deepak Chopra
Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide. — Marva Collins
When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem. — Abraham Maslow
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. — Kahlil Gibran
I consider myself a crayon... I may not be your favorite color but one day you'll need me to complete your picture. — Lauryn Hill
Often Satan injects pride into the believer's spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God's work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers. — Watchman Nee
Self Belief Quotes
Cognitive therapy seeks to alleviate psychological stresses by correcting faulty conceptions and self-signals. By correcting erroneous beliefs we can lower excessive reactions. — Aaron T. Beck
When your world falls apart and you're left with just yourself, you're forced to discover who you are without all the beliefs, expectations, views, & self-image provided by some teacher or system. The calculating mind gives way to the intuitive mind, Knowing without Thinking. — Gabrielle Roth
Culture is the deeper level of basic assumptions and beliefs that are shared by members of an organization, that operate unconsciously and define in a basic 'taken for granted' fashion an organization's view of its self and its environment. — Edgar Schein
The single biggest obstacle to us getting what we really need and want in life is right here. It's ourselves. — William Ury
Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success. — Virat Kohli
Human beings are emotional amoral egoists, driven above all by emotional self-interest. All of our thoughts, beliefs and motivations are neurochemically mediated, some predetermined for survival, others alterable. — Nayef Al-Rodhan
Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are. — Rachel Naomi Remen
If one asks for success and prepares for failure, one will get the situation one has prepared for. — Florence Scovel Shinn
Optimism, obsession, self-belief, raw horsepower and personal connections are how things get started. — Sam Altman
What if all those terrible stories you tell yourself about yourself aren’t true? What if the limits you self-impose on your capabilities are a lie? Consider the possibility. Then modify your behavior accordingly. — Rich Roll
Self Esteem Quotes
We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people. — Joyce Meyer
Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be. — Fanny Brice
Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes. — William Gibson
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. — Margaret Thatcher
Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise. — Condoleezza Rice
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. — Maya Angelou
Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future. — William Arthur Ward
We don't realise that we are actually perfect just the way we are. We are born perfect, but spend a lifetime trying to be something we are not, and then feel inadequate for failing. Your only purpose is to BE YOURSELF, otherwise you will deprive the universe of who you came here to be. — Anita Moorjani
Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded. — T. D. Jakes
The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else. — E. E. cummings
Self Concept Quotes
Change your conception of yourself and you will automatically change the world in which you live. Do not try to change people; they are only messengers telling you who you are. Revalue yourself and they will confirm the change. — Neville Goddard
Health, wealth, beauty, and genius are not created; they are only manifested by the arrangement of your mind-that is, by your concept of yourself, and your concept of yourself is all that you accept and consent to as true. — Neville Goddard
We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love. — Fernando Pessoa
My chief task has been to conquer fear. The public sees only the thrill of the accomplished trick; they have no conception of the tortuous preliminary self-training that was necessary to conquer fear. — Harry Houdini
Don't allow the opinions of other people to shape your concept of him. Get to know him yourself, and let the goodness of God change you from the inside out. — Judah Smith
Stress + Rest = Progress. The concept seems self-evident, and, in fact, it's the current operating system for most endurance, track, cycling, swimming, and triathletes today. — Rich Roll
Read for yourself to understand concepts. — Naval Ravikant
Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image — Bruce Lee
Concepts vs. self-actualization. - Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, ACTUALIZE YOURSELF. The process of maturing does not mean to become a captive of conceptualization. It is to come to the realization of what lies in our innermost selves. — Bruce Lee
There are many types of emotional abuse but most is done in an attempt to control or subjugate another person. Emotional abuse is like brainwashing in that it systematically wears away at the victim's self-confidence, sense of self, trust in her perceptions and self-concept. — Beverly Engel
Self Confidence Building Quotes
Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents. — Conrad Burns
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. — Marianne Williamson
I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles. — Laurie Halse Anderson
We define ourselves far too often by our past failures. That’s not you. You are this person right now. You’re the person who has learned from those failures. Build confidence and momentum with each good decision you make from here on out and choose to be inspired. — Joe Rogan
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. — Dale Carnegie
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not
fearing to be wrong. — Peter McIntyre
Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don't let these feelings stop them. — T. Harv Eker
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. — Marianne Williamson
I tell students that even if they don't like math right now, they can use math as a brain-sharpening tool - a tool that not only builds the foundation for a great career, but that also builds self-confidence, no matter what they choose to do with their lives. — Danica McKellar
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. — Thomas Carlyle
Self Trust Quotes
If you want to give birth to your true self, you are going to have to dig deep down into that body of yours and let your soul howl. Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith and trust that if you turn off your head, your feet will take you where you need to go. — Gabrielle Roth
Face your fear, empty yourself, trust your own voice, let go of control, have faith in outcomes, connect with a larger purpose, derive meaning from the struggle. — Kano Jigoro
Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders. — Diane Nash
If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own power. Your self-sufficiency, your selfishness and your intellectual pride will inhibit His coming to live in your heart because God cannot fill what is already full. It is as simple as that. — Mother Teresa
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. — Foster C. Mcclellan
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. — Golda Meir
The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown. — James Stewart
You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. — Steve Jobs
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. — Michel de Montaigne
Self Assurance Quotes
Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it. — Ralph Ellison
Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge. — George Santayana
If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic. — Jean Sibelius
The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which so irritated Dickens. Instead, there is a sense of frustration so perceptible that even our politicians have attempted to exploit it. — Archibald MacLeish
I am driven to observe of the ultra-Darwinists the following features as symptomatic. First, to my eyes, is their almost unbelievable self-assurance, their breezy self-confidence. — Simon Conway Morris
They trap you in the toxic narrative that quitting is a weakness, an easy way out or, worse yet, that quitting is failure. I assure you – quitting is for winners and quitting is a skill. — Steven Bartlett
I know my body. I know my mind. I know what I can do. — Wim Hof
Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her. — Lao Tzu
The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever. — Soren Kierkegaard
What people think, believe, and feel affects how they behave. The natural and extrinsic effects of their actions, in turn, partly determine their thought patterns and affective reactions. — Albert Bandura
People not only gain understanding through reflection, they evaluate and alter their own thinking. — Albert Bandura
Such knowledge is probably gained in several ways. One process undoubtedly operates through social comparison of success and failure experiences. Children repeatedly observe their own behavior and the attainments of others — Albert Bandura
Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills — Albert Bandura
Once established, reputations do not easily change. — Albert Bandura
When people are not aiming for anything in particular or when they cannot monitor their performance, there is little basis for translating perceived efficacy into appropriate magnitudes of effort — Albert Bandura
Ironically, it is the talented who have high aspirations, which are possible but exceedingly difficult to realize, who are especially vulnerable to self-dissatisfaction despite notable achievements. — Albert Bandura
Perceived self-efficacy also shapes causal thinking. In seeking solutions to difficult problems, those who perceived themselves as highly efficacious are inclined to attribute their failures to insufficient effort, whereas those of comparable skills but lower perceived self-efficacy ascribe their failures to deficient ability — Albert Bandura
People judge their capabilities partly by comparing their performances with those of others — Albert Bandura
Even the self-assured will raise their perceived self-efficacy if models teach them better ways of doing things. — Albert Bandura
The satisfactions people derive from what they do are determined to a large degree by their self-evaluative standards — Albert Bandura
If self-efficacy is lacking, people tend to behave ineffectually, even though they know what to do. — Albert Bandura
Self-efficacy beliefs differ from outcome expectations, judgments of the likely consequence [that] behavior will produce. — Albert Bandura
People who regard themselves as highly efficacious act, think, and feel differently from those who perceive themselves as inefficacious. They produce their own future, rather than simply foretell it. — Albert Bandura
Success and failure are largely self-defined in terms of personal standards. The higher the self-standards, the more likely will given attainments be viewed as failures, regardless of what others might think. — Albert Bandura
A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior. — Albert Bandura
The human condition is better improved by altering detrimental circumstances and personal perspectives than by trying to alter personal outlooks, while ignoring the very circumstances that serve to nourish them — Albert Bandura
Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations. — Albert Bandura
People behave agentically, but they produce theories that afford people very little agency. — Albert Bandura
Through their capacity to manipulate symbols and to engage in reflective thought, people can generate novel ideas and innovative actions that transcend their past experiences — Albert Bandura
The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities — Albert Bandura
The adequacy of performance attainments depends upon the personal standards against which they are judged — Albert Bandura
One cannot afford to be a realist. — Albert Bandura
How children learn to use diverse sources of efficacy information in developing a stable and accurate sense of personal efficacy is a matter of considerable interest — Albert Bandura
The effects of outcome expectancies on performance motivation are partly governed by self-beliefs of efficacy — Albert Bandura
Even noteworthy performance attainments do not necessarily boost perceived self-efficacy — Albert Bandura
Stringent standards of self-evaluation [can] make otherwise objective successes seem to be personal failures — Albert Bandura
Gaining insight into one's underlying motives, it seems, is more like a belief conversion than a self-discovery process — Albert Bandura
Self-appraisals are influenced by evaluative reactions of others. — Albert Bandura
Agemates provide the most informative points of reference for comparative efficacy appraisal and verification. Children are, therefore, especially sensitive to their relative standing among the peers with whom they affiliate in activities that determine prestige and popularity — Albert Bandura
The evaluative habits developed in sibling interactions undoubtedly affect the salience and choice of comparative referents in self-ability evaluations in later life — Albert Bandura
Perceived self-efficacy influences the types of causal attributions people make for their performances — Albert Bandura
People who hold a low view of themselves [will credit] their achievements to external factors, rather than to their own capabilities. — Albert Bandura
Judgments of adequacy involve social comparison processes — Albert Bandura
[Children] receive direct instruction from time to time about the appropriateness of various social comparisons — Albert Bandura
To the extent that children with similar characteristics achieve comparable performance levels, using the performances of similar peers is likely to yield more accurate self-appraisal than using the accomplishments of dissimilar peers — Albert Bandura
A problem of future research is to clarify how young children learn what type of social comparative information is most useful for efficacy evaluation — Albert Bandura
Self-appraisals of efficacy are reasonably accurate, but they diverge from action because people do not know fully what they will have to do, lack information for regulating their effort, or are hindered by external factors from doing what they can — Albert Bandura
Discrepancies between self-efficacy judgment and performance will arise when either the tasks or the circumstances under which they are performed are ambiguous — Albert Bandura
Incongruities between self-efficacy and action may stem from misperceptions of task demands, as well as from faulty self-knowledge — Albert Bandura
For many activities, people cannot rely solely on themselves in evaluating their ability level because such judgments require inferences from probabilistic indicants of talent about which they may have limited knowledge. Self-appraisals are, therefore, partly based on the opinions of others who presumably possess evaluative competence — Albert Bandura
When experience contradicts firmly held judgments of self-efficacy, people may not change their beliefs about themselves if the conditions of performance are such as to lead them to discount the import of the experience — Albert Bandura
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