"Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes."

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"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage

"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

Courage

"When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to the happiness that you can give out."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Compassion

"Women must learn to play the game as men do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Empowerment

"Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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"The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others."

- Hasidic Proverb

Self-confidence

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

- Oscar Wilde

Self-confidence

"Be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

- Judy Garland

Self-confidence

"I am a woman with thoughts and questions and sh*t to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story – I will."

- Amy Schumer

Self-confidence

"You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through."

- Rosalynn Carter

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