120+ Best Confidence Quotes And Sayings

Confidence Quotes: Confidence is key! Being confident and believing in yourself is crucial to self-worth, which in turn can improve your relationships, work-life balance, and day-to-day life as a whole.

Looking for the best confidence quotes? We’ve compiled a list of top  quotes and sayings on confidence, self-confidence and more.

Famous Confidence Quotes 

“The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.” – Blake Lively

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Confidence comes from discipline and training.” – Robert Kiyosaki

“Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.” – Samuel Johnson

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“When you have a lot of confidence and you feel like nobody can beat you, it’s game over for everyone else.” – Jason Day

“You’ve got to put in the work. And you’ve got to play with confidence. You’ve got to believe in yourself.” – Paul Pierce

“Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.” – Jessica Williams

“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.” – David Storey

“I’ve studied the lives of the 20th century’s great businessmen and concluded self-confidence was instrumental in all their success.” – Alex Spanos

“If you don’t have any confidence, you’re not going to do anything.” – Stefon Diggs

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” – Mark Twain

“I think my confidence has developed over the years in terms of the speed at which I will reveal how collaborative I want to be.” – Olivia Wilde

“Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I’m able to do what I want without anybody thinking it’s dumb.” – Amy Lee

“Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.” – Dalai Lama

“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” – Arthur Ashe

“Confidence is everything. Confidence is what makes that simple white tee and jeans look good.” – Ciara

“As is our confidence, so is our capacity.” – William Hazlitt

“Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.” – Thomas Carlyle

“Successful people often exude confidence – it’s obvious that they believe in themselves and what they’re doing. It isn’t their success that makes them confident, however. The confidence was there first.” – Travis Bradberry

“Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.” – George Herbert

“Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don’t think you can, you won’t.” – Jerry West

“It takes a lot for you to find your confidence, but you shouldn’t let someone else be the person to find it for you.” – Justine Skye

“Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.” – Roger Staubach

“Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you’re confident even when you’re not.” – Vanessa Hudgens

“My confidence comes from knowing I do the right things in my life. I do the right things in the gym. I do the right things all together.” – Daniel Cormier

“When you win, you don’t get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.” – Diego Maradona

“I never had confidence – never. The hardest thing to know is your own worth, and it took me years and years to find out what mine is.” – Peggy Lipton

“Along with age comes more confidence, so it kind of works out.” – Leslie Mann

“Confidence is one of the sexiest things in guys and girls.” – Danica McKellar

“Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good.” – Diane von Furstenberg

“For me, so far, confidence has been a journey, not a destination.” – Jessica Williams

“Sometimes, if you fake confidence long enough, you’re going to be confident.” – Elle King

“I think the most attractive thing for me when I meet a guy is confidence and him being comfortable in his own skin. I like someone who doesn’t need approval or validation.” – Minka Kelly

“Confidence is the number one thing I find attractive.” – Ronda Rousey

“Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.” – Arnold Palmer

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.” – Marcus Garvey

“Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Confidence is a very fragile thing.” – Joe Montana

“Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.” – Harry Houdini

“My style has changed and evolved mainly because I’ve grown to have more confidence in myself.” – Kevin Durant

“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” – Anna Freud

“It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.” – Lillian Hellman

“I think the best way to have confidence is not to allow everyone else’s insecurities to be your own.” – Jessie J

“Confidence comes from knowing what you’re doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.” – Tom Landry

“I taught myself confidence. When I’d walk into a room and feel scared to death, I’d tell myself, ‘I’m not afraid of anybody.’ And people believed me. You’ve got to teach yourself to take over the world.” – Priyanka Chopra

“Confidence isn’t optimism or pessimism, and it’s not a character attribute. It’s the expectation of a positive outcome.” – Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“Through my education, I didn’t just develop skills, I didn’t just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence.” – Michelle Obama

“Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.” – Nicole Scherzinger

“For me, it’s always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it’s only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.” – Aaron Rodgers

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” – Lao Tzu

“If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.” – Conor McGregor

“When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.” – Joe Namath

“Love who you are, embrace who you are. Love yourself. When you love yourself, people can kind of pick up on that: they can see confidence, they can see self-esteem, and naturally, people gravitate towards you.” – Lilly Singh

“You just have to be yourself and go full with confidence and be courageous.” – Gabby Douglas

“With confidence, you have won before you have started.” – Marcus Garvey

“Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.” – Stan Smith

“Just be confident. I think confidence is the most attractive part of a person.” – Curtis Jackson

“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

“Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence.” – George Clinton

“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

“Have confidence in everything. No matter what it is that you’re doing, know that you can do it better than anyone.” – O’Shea Jackson, Jr.

“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“If you’re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.” – Katy Perry

“I think confidence does come with time, and I’ve been really surprised by that, actually.” – Kate Winslet

“The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.” – James Madison

“Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess.” – Sabrina Carpenter

“A fit body gives you confidence. And there’s nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you’ll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.” – Virat Kohli

“I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.” – Jane Fonda

“Confidence is everything in this business.” – Reese Witherspoon

“When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.” – Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“My confidence comes from the daily grind – training my butt off day in and day out.” – Hope Solo

“When you have confidence, you can do anything.” – Sloane Stephens

“Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.” – Vince Lombardi

“I was born with confidence in myself and who I am. Even when I was a little kid, I felt that, and I carried it all through my years. I’m 26 now, and I’m still that person. I think every woman needs to have that self-love.” – Ricki-Lee Coulter

“Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.” – Barbra Streisand

“I have a lot of confidence in myself, and I love that challenge as well. I love going to every competition as the favourite. It’s something I relish.” – Katie Taylor

“Find what makes you feel comfortable. The confidence you wear your clothes in is what’s really going to shine.” – Hayley Hasselhoff

“The level of confidence women are able to build in women-only groups is important.” – Mae Jemison

“I’ve always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.” – Eddie Murphy

“Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.” – Jack Nicklaus

“Don’t take anything for granted. If you don’t believe in yourself, nobody else will. Have a little more confidence.” – Cathy Moriarty

“The most important thing is to have opportunities and feel confidence in yourself.” – Javier Hernandez

“I have a lot of confidence in my game. I love to play with confidence, be aggressive, and that’s just how I’ve always done it.” – Jordan Spieth

“I think confidence is a true form of beauty.” – Becky G

“In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.” – Carter G. Woodson

“Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.” – Brian Tracy

“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” – Rosalynn Carter

“It’s all about confidence and how you feel about yourself. There’s no such thing as a perfect woman. I like imperfections – that’s what makes you unique.” – Hayley Hasselhoff

“I did what I had to do to get where I wanted to go. I had unearned confidence.” – Ryan Gosling

“Confidence is one of the sexiest things.” – Katherine Jenkins

“There’s a confidence and sense of self that comes with age that I didn’t anticipate.” – Jillian Michaels

“For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum.” – Floyd Patterson

“Believing in yourself and having confidence gives you outer strength.” – Nikki Bella

“Confidence is the greatest gift for an actor.” – Will Poulter

“I think about trust and confidence as something that you earn every day, and we will keep at it, earning it every day.” – Lynn Good

“I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.” – Ben Whishaw

“I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.” – Christie Hefner

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” ­­- Bernard Baruch.

“It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.” ­­-Lillian Hellman.

Confidence is like “Show up in every single moment like you’re meant to be there.”

Confidence is not ‘they will like me’. Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t’.

Stop doubting yourself. Work hard, and make it happen.

Self confidence is a super power. Once you start to believe in yourself, magic starts happening.

I am who I am. Not who you think I am. Not who you want me to be. I am me.

Your energy introduces you before you even speak.

Coffee in one hand. Confidence in the other.