Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Confidence Quotes

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way.

There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way.

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

Those that have loved longest love best.

Those that have loved longest love best.

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

Money confounds subordination

Money confounds subordination

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works,...

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works,...

A good quotation gets out the mental screwdriver and adjusts the setscrew

A good quotation gets out the mental screwdriver and adjusts the setscrew