[Self-]assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge. – George Santayana, Character and Opinion in the United States, 1921 Category: Confidence
God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily. – Author Unknown Category: Confidence
Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as Gods children. – Phillips Brooks Category: Confidence
Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone. – Julia Louis-Dreyfus Category: alone
True enough, nature has endowed me with a fair measure of patience and composure, yet I should be lying if I told you that, having seen the reporter off on his way to make his deadline, I fell peacefully asleep. – Leon Jouhaux Category: Patience