I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

The trouble with ignorance is that it picks up confidence as it goes along.

The trouble with ignorance is that it picks up confidence as it goes along.

Never put much confidence in such, as put no confidence in others. A man prone to suspect evil is mostly read more

Never put much confidence in such, as put no confidence in others. A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself. As to the pure all things are pure, even so to the impure all things are impure.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

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.

Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.

Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.

Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.