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These self-confidence quotes defeat doubt and rekindle your sense of strength.
Choose from the best confidence quotes for every occasion.
Everyone, at some point, suffers a lack of confidence. For some, it’s a perpetual fight. For others, it’s in specific environments. Even for the most confident among us, there are triggering situations when doubt creeps in.
Without self-confidence, those doubts get in the way of us reaching our goals — or trying at all.
What if you could instantly step out from under that rain cloud? What if you could suddenly remember what you do have going for you, then get back to it with a renewed sense of strength?
Cue: self-confidence quotes. Peruse this handpicked collection of the best, and get ready to put them to use in inspirational posters, personal cards, and more.
Confidence boosting quotes to leap over the low moments.
Can you remember the last time self-doubt snuck up on you? Everything was fine, but then, presented with criticism or faced with something you weren’t sure you could do, your confidence collapsed.
These are the confidence boosting quotes for those moments of sudden doubt. Keep them in inspirational photo collages, posters, and personal reminders. From confidence good luck quotes for a big presentation to sassy self-confidence quotes to always hold your head high, this collection hits the spot.
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.”
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”
Self-trust is the first secret of success.”
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.”
Confidence motivational quotes when action is needed.
One of the first things that low self-confidence does is debilitate us. We have something we need or want to do, but we freeze. We don’t think we can.
Without an injection of confidence, we might not even try.
These memorable messages don’t just open your eyes; they give you a kick in the pants. Peruse these quotes, choose your favorites, and imagine what they could do in social media posts, banners, posters, and other projects to share.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
Boldness be my friend.”
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
Fortune favors the bold.”
By women, confidence quotes for women.
Social realities for women have changed over the centuries, but there are still many shared experiences that shape women’s typical self-confidence. There’s been a long history of objectifying women on measures of beauty, for one. Beauty self-confidence quotes help redefine attractiveness — as well as its place in a person’s self-worth.
Women are often seen as “less than” in environments like the workplace, too, with less recognition for the work they do.
Confidence quotes for women take insights from powerful women to help empower others in terms that are deeply relatable. They cover topics like achievement, not taking “no” for an answer, and nurturing confidence from within.
I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.”
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
Confidence quotes for men that go beyond the expected.
Many confidence quotes for men are about winning, success, and power. Generations have thought that these are the only shows of confidence men should care about.
Still, men have moments of self-doubt with their own body images, not to mention how they stack up against their peers. Men struggle, too, to reach the stereotypes of “success,” defined by faceless forebearers of society’s past.
Confidence quotes for men go beyond those stereotypes. They dare to touch real self-esteem issues that many men have. Take your pick of these self-confidence quotes and imagine what they could do for specific people you know.
The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.”
A man is but what he knows.”
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.”
Confidence quotes for kids to learn self-confidence early.
Surrounded by peers every day at school, kids first look for external sources of self-confidence. Whether on field day, or during the spelling bee, or when kids line up to pick teams during gym, feedback from other kids can be interpreted as confidence boosters or busters.
Confidence quotes for kids are ideal for use on posters, flyers, and more. They each carry the message that self-confidence comes from within, and they use relatable metaphors and visuals that children can understand and remember.
Choose your favorite confidence quotes for kids and imagine everywhere you could use them. Remember, it’s all easy to make in Adobe Express — no experience required.
Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.”
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.”
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.”
Short confidence quotes that still send a big message.
When space is limited — on banners, social media posts, flyers, and other projects — you can still deliver a big dose of self-confidence. These short confidence quotes do exactly that.
Take your pick of the quotes you find most memorable, and use them everywhere imaginable.
Know thyself.”
Fortune favors the bold.”
Boldness be my friend.”
To thine own self be true.”
Tips to share confidence quotes.
Maybe you searched for self-confidence quotes because you needed some for yourself. Or maybe you searched for them to share with others. Either way, this is your chance to think of all the places you can use them.
For example:
- Custom cards for people you know need a confidence booster.
- Personal letters to people you’re even closer with, whom you want to send an extended message to.
- Photo collages to share on social, in emails, and to pin to your desk for inspiration.
- Flyers to promote events that push people out of their comfort zones.
- Social media posts that can be shared by businesses or users to spread memorable messages.
Exercise: measure your confidence.
If you don’t feel like you have the greatest self-confidence, do you know where you fall on self-esteem or self-worth?
Did you even know there was a difference between these things?
Learn what each really means, then ask yourself which you have the most of, and which you have the least of. Your answers might surprise you.
- Self-confidence is when you say, “I know I can do things.”
- Self-esteem is when you say, “I know I’ve successfully done things.”
- Self-worth is when you say, “I’m a person worthy of others’ love or respect.”
Adobe Express can help.
Adobe Express has templates and customization tools to put your favorite confidence quotes to work. If you want to use confidence quotes in cards, letters, posters, banners, photo collages, flyers, social media graphics, or other creative projects, Adobe Express makes it as simple as picking a template and personalizing it, or making your own idea with easy-to-use tools. Whatever message you want to transmit, Adobe Express brings it to life, no experience required.