Quotes about Lost Confidence

Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason. Votes: 4

With so many contradictory renditions of the biblical text, the public has lost confidence that we can actually know what the Bible says. It is an easy step from this skepticism to an indifference about what the Bible says. Votes: 4

I had lots of trouble in school as a child, and I lost confidence. Teachers thought I was stupid. I learned to read very late, when I was 11. Dyslexia wasn't recognized then, and the assumption was you were incapable of thinking. Votes: 4

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. Votes: 4

He who has lost confidence can lose nothing more. Votes: 3

One who has lost confidence can lose nothing more. Votes: 3

To tell the truth, I just lost confidence in Joe Hooker. Votes: 3

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me. Votes: 3

For that genuine smile on your face, find the lost confidence and then that's it! Votes: 3

I never lost confidence in myself, no matter what the years were like or the results. Votes: 3

We have lost confidence in reason because we have learned that man is chiefly a creature of habit and emotion. Votes: 3

Europe has certainly lost confidence in itself. This was something that, when I was a young man, we never imagined would happen. Votes: 3

Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life. Votes: 3

Victorious troops are those who kill more, and here we were the victims. This put the finishing touch to our demoralisation. The soldiers had lost conviction long ago. Now they lost confidence. Votes: 3

You must not lose confidence in God because you lost confidence in your pastor. If our confidence in God had to depend upon our confidence in any human person, we would be on shifting sand. Votes: 3

I lost my confidence. Votes: 2

TV has lost a lot of its self-confidence as its power has been eroded by the internet. Votes: 2

Style is the instrument you can pick back up when you want to regain some of the confidence you've lost. Votes: 2

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King. Votes: 2

The only accusation of Gillian Triggs with the ring of truth is that she has lost the confidence of the government - but then, so too has Tony Abbott. Votes: 2

In common with many who have a brain injury, I initially lost my confidence and felt very vulnerable, as if a protective layer of skin had been stripped away. Votes: 2

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for. Votes: 2

Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins. Votes: 2

Before the sacred, people lost all sense of power and all confidence; they occupy a powerless and humble attitude toward it. And yet no thing is sacred of itself, but by declaring it sacred, by my declaration, my judgment, my bending the knee; in short, by my - conscience. Votes: 2

I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it feels like it's going badly or that I'm lost, I know I'll eventually find my way because I've been through it before. But writing itself is still hard. Votes: 2

I absolutely refuse to accept the fact that any country in the world goes into a kind of film-making crisis. What happens is they lose confidence, they lose focus and the young film-makers of any particular generation can very easily get lost in that mix. It's happened in Italy, happened in France, happened in the U.K. during my lifetime. Votes: 2

If we start without confidence, we have already lost half the battle and we bury our talents. Votes: 0

I once thought losing my confidence was the worst thing that could happen; then I lost my faith. Votes: 0

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up. Votes: 0

You must have an alibi to show why you lost. If you haven't one, you must fake one. You self confidence must be maintained. Votes: 0

I was never someone who had a lot of confidence in anything that had to do with using your brain. I really was lost in my life after football. Votes: 0

It gives the guys confidence and self-belief. Two or three years ago I think we would have lost it. The confidence that we have, we can actually nail it. Votes: 0