When you’re young, you’re very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again.
Clint EastwoodI often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, ‚Dang, she looks good for her age!‘
Dolly PartonWhether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.
Henry FordI’ve never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I’m a good person. I believe I’m a good mom. But that’s for my kids to decide, not for the world.
Angelina JolieI will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
ConfuciusEvery man should know, if you’re comfortable and you like it, you should do it. Everyone always worries about what the girls think, what the guys think. If you like it, do it.
Tom BradyI’m sick of the tabloids‘ saying I obsess over guys. Why would you obsess over guys? They don’t like it.
Taylor SwiftIt would be great to be 105 and still making films.
Clint EastwoodI don’t blame the average seventeen-year-old punk-rock kid for calling me a sellout. I understand that. And maybe when they grow up a little bit, they’ll realize there’s more things to life than living out your rock & roll identity so righteously.
Kurt CobainI believe that I’m one of the best in the world at what I do, and that’s all I’ve ever wanted to be.
Frank OceanEvery man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
Benjamin DisraeliCalm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.
Dalai LamaI don’t have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.
Cristiano RonaldoNothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
Thomas CarlyleDo not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
Andrew CarnegieYou don’t carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.
Charles DickensI see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.
Cristiano RonaldoIn fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of ‚Who do you think you are?‘
Lady GagaI had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be ‚sexy,‘ even before I knew what the word was.
Dolly PartonWhat is true belongs to me!
Lucius Annaeus SenecaBut ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.
LeBron JamesYou don’t have to be somebody different to be important. You’re important in your own right.
Michelle ObamaI’m too busy acting like I’m not Naive. I’ve seen it all, I was here first.
Kurt CobainA man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
William ShakespeareThe best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.
Napoleon HillWhen someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, ‚Sexiest Man Alive,‘ I’m honestly going, ‚Thank you. Right on.‘ For me, it’s never canceled out anything, it’s never made me go, ‚Does this make me less talented of an actor?‘
Matthew McConaugheyI feel matured in a way that I’m happy about. I’m at this other stage in my life – and it’s not a bad thing at all.
Angelina JolieMaturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.
Jim RohnI think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one’s best physical features.
Vivienne WestwoodI think it’s OK to be confident in yourself.
Lady GagaRelationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Brian TracyI think that I’m perfect.
Dolly PartonHe who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
Benjamin FranklinIf you hear a voice within you say ‚you cannot paint,‘ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Vincent Van GoghIt was really hard for them to intimidate me. They felt I was intimidating. One of the growers had a name for me: I think it was ‚dragon lady‘ or something like it.
Dolores HuertaI am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
Muhammad AliFor a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.
Carl JungI want kids to know: Don’t wait for somebody to come along and tell you you’re special. Because that may never happen.
Michelle ObamaA child wants things to be a certain way. When you get to be an adult, you just understand that some people are good, some are not, and you can’t be naive.
Robert GreeneI think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIt’s hard to be humble, when you’re as great as I am.
Muhammad AliNow I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.
Jackie ChanI trust my taste. I trust it completely and I always have done, and I’ve always thought it isn’t that different from everybody else’s.
Brian EnoI don’t even know how to speak up for myself, because I don’t really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.
EminemI’m not sure what you need first – the players believing or others believing in them – but in the end, both have to think it.
Jurgen KloppI just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.
Clint EastwoodI thought one should have the attitude of ‚What do you care what other people think!‘
Richard P. FeynmanMy philosophy is it’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.
Anthony HopkinsAll my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it.
David BowieI never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people’s minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.
Audrey HepburnI’m a decent cook; I’m a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period.
Anthony BourdainYou may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
EpictetusMost people don’t grow up. It’s too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older. That’s the truth of it. They honor their credit cards, they find parking spaces, they marry, they have the nerve to have children, but they don’t grow up.
Maya AngelouI’m odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.
Angelina JolieWe don’t mature momentarily, but over the long-term.
John C. MaxwellI would say things like ‚I am the greatest! I’m pretty! If you talk jive, you’ll drop in five! I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! I’m pretty!‘ When white people heard me talking like this, some said, ‚That black man talks too much. He’s bragging.‘
Muhammad AliAs I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.
Billy GrahamNone but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
Bertrand RussellNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor RooseveltI know I’m stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.
Beyonce Knowles