You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.
Inspirational Gigachad Quotes to Boost Your Confidence - page 19
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
“Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.”
Steven Seagal
Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will achieve every aim .
Eileen Caddy
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that
James Neil Hollingworth
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.
The most effectual encouragement to population is, the activity of industry, and the consequent multiplication of the national products.
Thomas Malthus
Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.
Coco Chanel
No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.
Barbara De Angelis
The thing of courage
As rous'd with rage doth sympathise,
And, with an accent tun'd in self-same key,
Retorts to chiding fortune.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Saint Francis de Sales
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
You're more likely to slip up when you're trying to accomplish your goals by yourself. It may be that you don't have an outer support system in place to help you maintain focus and provide the external encouragement everyone needs.
Lauren Mackler
There is little success where there is little laughter.
Andrew Carnegie
If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.
To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs.
A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power.
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I know some really outstanding Turkish journalists, and have been pleased and honored to be able to join with them a few times in their courageous protests against state terror and repression.
“The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.”
Steven Pressfield