Because I have confidence in the power of truths and of spirit, I believe in the future of mankind.- The Philosophy of Civilization

Confidence is the hinge on the door to success

It's so important to believe in yourself. Believe that you can do it, under any circumstances. Because if you believe you can, then you really will. That belief just keeps you searching for the answers, and then pretty soon you get it

I've always had confidence, but I never let my ego get to the point that I think I'm the superstar, because I know that ego has destroyed many a poker career.

Doctors still retain a high degree of public confidence because they are perceived as healers. Should lawyers not be healers? Healers, not warriors? Healers, not procurers? Healers, not hired guns

The confidence which we have in ourselves engenders the greatest part of that which we have in others

Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years

Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success

Whoever puts his confidence in men or in any creature is very foolish

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one would lie in his place