People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you’ve figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence. Don’t be shy or feel intimidated by the experience. You may face some unexpected criticism, but be prepared for it with confidence.
—Jack Canfield
Even if you are feeling the polar opposite of boldness, fake it! This act, repeated regularly, has amazing powers that will help you become the person you wish to be.
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You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you; and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. —Brian Tracy...
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. —Samuel Johnson (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. —William Blake (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
He that can be counted upon for making excuses can rarely be counted upon for anything else. —Benjamin Franklin (1778, by Joseph Duplessis; Image in the Public Domain)
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. —William James (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
We are defined in life not by what we believe or how we feel, but by what we actually accomplish. We must spend the better part of our day creating something in pursuit of our passion! —Mike...
In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts. —Francis Bacon (Image licensed by Penn Wealth) Welcome adversity: it provides a wonderful proving ground for our inner strength and...
Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief. —Jane Austen (1810, by Jane’s sister, Cassandra; Public Domain)
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. —Emily Dickinson (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. —Pablo Picasso (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but the wise speak. —Benjamin Jonson, English playwright and poet (1617, 1617, by Abraham van...
Haste and rashness are storms and tempests, breaking and wrecking business; but nimbleness is a full, fair wind, blowing it with speed to the haven. —R. Buckminster Fuller (Lofoten Islands,...
There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life. —Cato the Elder (Public Domain)
The things we fear most in organizations—fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances—are the primary sources of creativity. —Margaret Wheatley (Image licensed by Penn Wealth)
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. —Alexander Pope (1727, by Michael Dahl; Public Domain) Merit (noun): The quality of being particularly good or worthy; the level or measure of...
The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense. —Pablo Picasso (Image licensed by Penn Wealth) To create something new and vibrant, to discover an unexplored place, we must be willing to separate...
Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. —Walt Whitman (Image licensed by Penn Wealth) How many times have we stirred awake at two in the morning due to the thoughts which...
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. —Peter Drucker, modern management studies guru (by Jeff McNeill; Creative Commons)
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. —Horace, Roman poet during the time of Augustus, 1st century BC (Image licensed by Penn Wealth) It is so easy to get caught up in the...
Genius is Eternal Patience. —Michelangelo (prob. 1544, attributed to Daniele da Volterra; Public Domain) A lack of patience is a major reason why people fail to meet with success. Patience does...
