“Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.” — Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Tag: confidence
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“I believe it may be laid down as a general rule that their confidence in and obedience to a government will commonly be proportioned to the goodness or badness of its administration.” — Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 27, New York Packet (1787-12-25)
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“Experts who acknowledge the full extent of their ignorance may expect to be replaced by more confident competitors, who are better able to gain the trust of clients.” — Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow
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“When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I should be at forty-nine, what I now am.” — Samuel Johnson, “Letter to Bennet Langton” (1758-01-09), Life of Johnson
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“Research suggests that when it comes to understanding our feelings, we humans have an odd mix of low ability and high confidence.” — Leonard Mlodinow, Subliminal
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“The confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even if they see little.” — Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow
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“Death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident of receiving a warm welcome at any time, no questions asked.” — Nuruddin Farah, Hiding in Plain Sight
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“In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.” — Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
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“If we want good work from others or wish to accomplish anything ourselves, it will never do to harbor a doubt as to the result of an enterprise.” — Nellie Bly, A Proposal to Girdle the Earth
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“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt, Undelivered Address for Jefferson Day
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