Words for My Soul

“Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions.”
-Earl Gray Stevens

“Confidence…thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd U.S. president

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
-Laozi; ancient Chinese philosopher, central figure in Taoism

“Original love never appears in pure form, but in manifold veils and shapes, such as confidence, humility, reverence, serenity, as faithfulness and modesty, as gratefulness.”
-Friedrich Von Schlegel (1772-1829), philosopher

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”
-Marie Curie (1867-1934), chemist, physicist, Nobel Prize winner

“The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others. ”
-Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) author, writer