Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Forty is when you actually begin even deserving to be on stage telling people what you think.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn’t, then why would you say I am.

Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

I’m not really concerned with portraying this tough warrior – I mean, that’s part of my job and I take that very seriously. But I don’t have anything to hide, and I’m not concerned with what people think.

A smart girl leaves before she is left.

I will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

I’m not intimidated by how people perceive me.

You have to feel confident. If you don’t, then you’re going to be hesitant and defensive, and there’ll be a lot of things working against you.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it’s not like I am hopeless.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well dressed. There ain’t much credit in that.

If I feel anxious every time someone is staring at me, well, I can’t control what they stare at, but my reaction is, I’m just not going to go outside the house. I’m going to stay in and chill. And when I do go out, I understand what comes along with that.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Be proud to be Latino and never lose that pride!

I 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.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.

I’m a can-do girl.

I think it’s OK to be confident in yourself.

I’m just a friendly person; that runs in my family.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people’s minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.

I 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.

I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

I don’t dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don’t know, people’s perceptions of me. I truly don’t.

Key is never be afraid of being yourself. Never!

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Immediately after 11 September, the U.S. closed down the Somali charitable network Al-Barakaat on grounds that it was financing terror. This achievement was hailed one of the great successes of the ‚war on terror.‘ In contrast, Washington’s withdrawal of its charges as without merit a year later aroused little notice.

I’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.

I got a dog with a Napoleon complex. I have a Napoleon complex. We’re small. Anything big that we feel is threatening us, we want to fight. We’re not a pushover.

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think I’m sort of building up to doing something else quite soon.

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it.

I’ve got a great sense of humor.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.

I think that I’m perfect.

You can tell alot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Don’t ever play yourself.

I think, a lot of times when you meet someone, you feel like you need to appear like you’re not interested in them so that they’ll be more interested in you. But what happens when you start showing him that you actually like him? What’s he gonna do then? Play the tape forward; how do you keep a guy like that? I don’t want to sign up for that.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

I’m not a complete psychopath. Am I partially? Sure. I’ll accept that. But I’m not a complete psychopath.

I 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.

Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.

What is true belongs to me!

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.