Updated June 18, 2014.
Those who live with social anxiety disorder (SAD) often also deal with poor self-confidence. Building confidence is an important part of any treatment program to overcome SAD. Below are some quotes about confidence to get you thinking in a positive direction.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. ~W.C. Fields
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
~Henry Ford
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. ~Peter T. Mcintyre
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. ~Norman Vincent Peale
Always act like you're wearing an invisible crown. ~Author Unknown
Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. ~Les Brown
Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control. ~Richard Kline
Nothing reduces the odds against you like ignoring them. ~Robert Brault
Never dull your shine for somebody else. ~Tyra Banks
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. ~Thomas Alva Edison
If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits. ~Don Ward
The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. ~Author Unknown
The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others. ~Sonya Friedman
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
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all. ~Norman Vincent Peale
Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. ~Roger Staubach
I have always felt like you really don't have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it. ~Bill Parcells
Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. ~Channing Pollock
Lack of confidence is what makes you want to change somebody else's mind. When you're OK, you don't need to convince anyone else in order to empower yourself. ~Jada Pinkett Smith
If you never struggle with confidence, you obviously are not stretching yourself far enough. You are not pressing to the edge of your abilities. In other words, the only way to never struggle with confidence is to play it safe. Play it known. Play it in a way that you achieve stability, but lose opportunity. ~Timothy Ursiny
If we do have realistic confidence ... if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to us and to respond appropriately to challenges and opportunities. Self-esteem empowers, energizes, motivates. It inspires us to achieve and allows us to take pleasure and pride in our achievements. ~Nathaniel Branden
The best way for you to gain confidence is to prepare so well on something ... that there can be little chance to fail. ~Frank Cummins Lockwood
Total self-confidence is built through positive expectations. You can build positive expectations by knowing that you have the power within to overcome any obstacle that lies ahead. So many people have a magnetic attraction to the past. They save mementos, clippings, old letters, and trivia. There is nothing wrong with this, but if you want to succeed, your mind must focus on where you are going, not on where you have been. Instead of saving mementos, clippings, old letters, and trivia from the past, it would be more productive to make a scrapbook with pictures of where you want to go and what you want to be in the future. ~Robert Anthony
People who lack confidence do not understand other people. Seeing others through their own critical lens, they nervously perceive them as judgmental and rejecting. In order to offset their own shame and self-pity, many will pour blame and criticism onto others, and never look at their part in a problem. ~Sheenah Hankin
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won before you have started. ~Marcus Garvey
Sources:
Quote Garden. Quotes About Confidence. Accessed February 22, 2013.
Brainy Quote. Quotes About Confidence. Accessed February 22, 2013.
Notable Quotes. Quotes On Confidence. Accessed February 22, 2013.
Those who live with social anxiety disorder (SAD) often also deal with poor self-confidence. Building confidence is an important part of any treatment program to overcome SAD. Below are some quotes about confidence to get you thinking in a positive direction.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. ~W.C. Fields
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
~Henry Ford
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. ~Peter T. Mcintyre
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. ~Norman Vincent Peale
Always act like you're wearing an invisible crown. ~Author Unknown
Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. ~Les Brown
Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control. ~Richard Kline
Nothing reduces the odds against you like ignoring them. ~Robert Brault
Never dull your shine for somebody else. ~Tyra Banks
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. ~Thomas Alva Edison
If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits. ~Don Ward
The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. ~Author Unknown
The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others. ~Sonya Friedman
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
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all. ~Norman Vincent Peale
Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. ~Roger Staubach
I have always felt like you really don't have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it. ~Bill Parcells
Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. ~Channing Pollock
Lack of confidence is what makes you want to change somebody else's mind. When you're OK, you don't need to convince anyone else in order to empower yourself. ~Jada Pinkett Smith
If you never struggle with confidence, you obviously are not stretching yourself far enough. You are not pressing to the edge of your abilities. In other words, the only way to never struggle with confidence is to play it safe. Play it known. Play it in a way that you achieve stability, but lose opportunity. ~Timothy Ursiny
If we do have realistic confidence ... if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to us and to respond appropriately to challenges and opportunities. Self-esteem empowers, energizes, motivates. It inspires us to achieve and allows us to take pleasure and pride in our achievements. ~Nathaniel Branden
The best way for you to gain confidence is to prepare so well on something ... that there can be little chance to fail. ~Frank Cummins Lockwood
Total self-confidence is built through positive expectations. You can build positive expectations by knowing that you have the power within to overcome any obstacle that lies ahead. So many people have a magnetic attraction to the past. They save mementos, clippings, old letters, and trivia. There is nothing wrong with this, but if you want to succeed, your mind must focus on where you are going, not on where you have been. Instead of saving mementos, clippings, old letters, and trivia from the past, it would be more productive to make a scrapbook with pictures of where you want to go and what you want to be in the future. ~Robert Anthony
People who lack confidence do not understand other people. Seeing others through their own critical lens, they nervously perceive them as judgmental and rejecting. In order to offset their own shame and self-pity, many will pour blame and criticism onto others, and never look at their part in a problem. ~Sheenah Hankin
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won before you have started. ~Marcus Garvey
Sources:
Quote Garden. Quotes About Confidence. Accessed February 22, 2013.
Brainy Quote. Quotes About Confidence. Accessed February 22, 2013.
Notable Quotes. Quotes On Confidence. Accessed February 22, 2013.