Self-confidence Quotes

"Nobody controls me. I’m uncontrollable. The only one who controls me is me, and that’s just barely possible."

- John Lennon

"I’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I’ve always been a freak. So I’ve been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I’m one of those people."

- John Lennon

"Trying to please everybody is impossible – if you did that, you’d end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You’ve just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it."

- John Lennon

"You were born to stand out, stop trying to fit in."

- Roy T. Bennett

"If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others."

- Michelle Obama

"Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it."

- Ralph Ellison

"You have to give yourself permission, even when you’re doing it."

- Toni Morrison

"Let nothing dim the light that shines from within."

- Maya Angelou

"Don’t listen to those who say YOU CAN’T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN."

- Shirley Chisholm

"Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away."

- Bob Schieffer

"What people in the world think of you is really none of your business."

- Martha Graham

"Close your eyes and imagine the best version of you possible, that’s who you really are. Let go of any part of you that doesn’t believe it."

- C. Assaad

"Your age isn't you. Use today to feel your best, celebrate and be your very happiest."

- M. Rivers

"Purple has always been my favorite color... but purple, when I was a little kid, was a color that boys weren't really allowed to wear. That's what all the kids at school told me. I filled my wardrobe with as much purple as I could possibly find, because who cares? Life's too short to dress by other people's rules."

- Sasha Velour

"In third grade, I played basketball with the boys every day at lunch. I had braces that were yellow and purple, and I wore full Laker uniforms to school."

- Gigi Hadid

"True beauty is control. The power to control your image, not letting it control you."

- SZA

"I am not looking for approval. I have to stand on my own two feet and own my power."

- SZA

"“Eventually, you reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.”"

- Will Rogers

"Confidence is a journey, and I’m learning every day to allow myself the space to evolve without judgment."

- SZA

"I refuse to shrink myself to make others feel comfortable."

- SZA

"Confidence isn’t thinking you are better than everyone else, it’s realizing that you have no reason to compare yourself at all."

- SZA

"Confidence comes with acceptance of your personal flaws."

- SZA

"Stand for what you believe in and know your worth. Confidence follows."

- SZA

"Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone else’s life."

- SZA

"Being feminine is a state of mind. It’s not about how you look, it’s about feeling confident in your own skin."

- SZA

"Stay humble, but let them know who you are."

- SZA

"I’m not here to be perfect and I’m not here to be anything but my best, whatever that means for me."

- Jennifer Lopez

"Those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

"A cowboy’s strength comes from knowing who he is and what he stands for."

"75 looks fabulous on you!"