Beneath every struggle a student encounters in the classroom, the perceptive teacher knows that there may be a deeper issue at play: the student’s lack of self-confidence. Confident students achieve more because they can are capable of drawing on the well of resolve that their confidence gives them to overcome setbacks. They believe they can, and so they do! Do you have a student in your room who needs a dose of confidence as they face their challenges? Inspire them to believe in themselves with our collection of 56 quotes!
1. “Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control.” – Richard Kline
2. “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” – Maya Angelou
3. “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel
4. “Don’t wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.” – Joyce Meyer
5. “It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.” – Hanoch McCarty
6. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
7. “Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess.” – Sabrina Carpenter
8. “The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.” – Swati Sharma
9. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities!” – Norman Vincent Peale
10. “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” – J.M. Barrie
11. “You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.” – Zig Ziglar
12. “Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got this.” – Chantal Sutherland
13. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.” – Dale Carnegie
14. “Confidence is not ‘they will like me’, confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t’.” – Christina Grimmie
15. “Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.” – Vince Lombardi
16. “Confidence comes from discipline and training.” – Robert Kiyosaki
17. “It is confidence in our bodies, minds, and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures.” – Oprah Winfrey
18. “Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.” – Brian Tracy
19. “I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was.” – Muhammad Ali
20. “It’s not the absence of fear, it’s overcoming it. Sometimes you’ve got to blast through and have faith.” – Emma Watson
21. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
22. “Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Spock
23. “Confidence is the companion of success.” – Unknown
24. “Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.” – David Storey
25. “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” – Dr. Benjamin Spock
26. “Your confidence in yourself is directly proportionate to the risks that you are willing to take at any given time.” – Brian Tracy
27. “We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.” – Roderick Thorp
28. “When you have a lot of confidence and you feel like nobody can beat you, it’s game over for everyone else.” – Jason Day
29. “Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
30. “Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.” – Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
31. “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde
32. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
33. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
34. “The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.” – Blake Lively
35. “We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?” – Marianne Williamson
36. “The quickest way to acquire self-confidence is to do exactly what you are afraid to do.” – Anon
37. “Believing in yourself is the first secret to success.” – Unknown
38. “The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” – Carl Jung
39. “When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.” – Joe Namath
40. “Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don’t think you can, you won’t.” – Jerry West
41. “You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.” – Melissa Etheridge
42. “Confidence is silent. Insecurities are loud.” – Unknown
43. “Confidence comes from caring. Arrogance comes from not caring.” – Tom Hiddleston
44. “Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.” – Thomas Carlyle
45. “What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?” – Eleanor Roosevelt
46. “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” – Brian Tracy
47. “Confidence is contagious. Catch it. Spread it.” – Tom Hopkins
48. “With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.” – Dalai Lama
49. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
50. “The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.” – Ayn Rand
51. “Your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.” – Michelle Obama
52. “Stand up straight and realize who you are. That you tower over your circumstances.” – Maya Angelou
53. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
54. “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
55. “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” – Arthur Ashe
56. “You’ve got to take the initiative and play your game. Confidence makes the difference.” – Chris Evert
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