#confidence

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth of falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong and sound as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose you had to hang by that rope over a precipice. Wouldn't you then first discover how much you really trusted it? ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#confidence #trust #death

…It's as if they actually think that what other people think of them somehow doesn't matter. I mean, I know we're all supposed to believe that, but obviously, none of us actually do. And nor should we, because it does! It does matter! And the people who genuinely believe it doesn't tend to be the very people who ought to care most what other people think of them, because what the other people are thinking is, 'No, actually, I don't think the Chinese are "up to something,"' or, 'You should use mouthwash,' or, 'Your mania for the collective socialization of agriculture will surely cause the deaths of millions,' or, 'Forty cats is too many cats. ↗

— David Mitchell

#judgement #judgment #motivational #death

Some nonreligious people are disgruntled by the word "faith," feeling that it has no connection to them. But we all have faith. Broadly speaking, "faith" does not apply only to belief in the supernatural. We have faith in our life, for example, believing we will live to see tomorrow, or in our health, believing we have years of healthy life ahead of us. Husbands and wives, parents and children have faith in one another. ↗

— Kentetsu Takamori

#buddhism #faith #happiness #japan #religion

In its essence, faith is a confidence in the person of Jesus Christ and in His power, so that even when His power does not serve my end, my confidence in Him remains because of who He is. ↗

— Ravi Zacharias

#confidence #faith #faith

And my dream for you..........., is that you'll catch a glimpse of what I love so much about fashion: It's boldness and creativity, the confidence that it takes to stand before a camera and let your image be captured, even though you aren't perfect, the peace to be truly okay with how others see you. ↗

— Lauren Scruggs

#fashion #inspirational #self-confidence #dreams

No name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident enough then it is just noise. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#inspirational #inspirational

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#inspirational #self-confidence #inspirational

If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#confidence #inspirational #motivational #prayer #inspirational

This inner Being is all powerful, intelligent, indestructible and a storehouse of knowledge and wisdom. This inner core is truly who and what you are and is perpetually trying to connect with your outward self. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#confident #empowerment #jedi #motivational #self-confidence

At every given moment we are absolutely perfect for what is required for our journey. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#journey #self-confidence #self-empowerment #self-esteem #inspirational