Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.

Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice.

Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice.

If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have read more

If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have won even before you have started.

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in read more

There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler.
Of these 3, Military Equipment is the least important, Food being the 2nd important, and Confidence of the people being the MOST important.
All men rather die of starvation than in war, but nevertheless all men do die of old age.
Lacking in Confidence from the people, a state cannot survive.