With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.” —Thomas Fowell Buxton

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.” —Napoleon Hill

A river cuts through a rock not because of its power, but its persistence.” —Jim Watkins

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.” —Helen Keller

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”―J. M. Barrie

“When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.”―Jodi Picoult

“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”―Theodore Roosevelt

“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit”―e e cummings

“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”―bell hooks

“Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions ... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.”―Tina Fey

“To overcome fear is the quickest way to gain your self-confidence.”―Roy T. Bennett

If my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!”―Jesse Jackson

“Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.”―Henry David Thoreau

“For the first time maybe ever, it didn't matter if I looked beautiful or not. I felt it.”―Kiera Cass

“Being comfortable with who you are is the ultimate threat.”―Sean Beaudoin

“Self-confidence is contagious.”―Stephen Richards

“Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.”―Jean Vanier

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”―Henry Stanley Haskins

"Life is tough, but so are you." –Carmi Grau, Super Nice Letters

"Be kinder to yourself, and celebrate little wins." –Charlotte, The Fringe of It

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill

"I’m going to keep showing up as my best self and stay focused on my own path. That’s how I know I’ll win." –@bossbabe

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." –Maya Angelou

Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways." –Glennon Doyle Melton

"You sometimes lose by taking risks, but you always lose by holding back." –Rachel Wolchin

"Tear off the mask, your face is glorious." –Rumi

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." –Helen Keller

"We are cups constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." –Ray Bradbury

"Make no comparisons. Keep your head down and do your own thing." –Torrie Asai

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” –Eleanor Roosevelt

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.” –Cicero

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” ­–Marie Curie

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.” ­–George Washington

“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” –Vincent Van Gogh

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

“Accept who you are; and revel in it.” –Mitch Albom

“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” –Louise May Alcott

“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

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.” –Truman Capote