From 'Beautiful' by Christina Aguilera:

I am beautiful no matter what they say,
Words can't bring me down.
I am beautiful in every single way,
Yes, words can't bring me down... Oh no,
So don't you bring me down today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAfyFTzZDMM

"Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan."
- Paul J. Meyer

"Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed."
- Baltasar Gracian

"Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out."
- Barbra Streisand

"There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake."
- Orison Swett Marden

"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."
- Dale Carnegie

"We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

#MainMessageForToday
Confidence grows when we attempt and complete difficult tasks or survive difficult experiences.

Maybe confidence made the difference......

From 'Homely Girl' by UB40:

It must have broke your poor little heart
When the boys used to say,
you looked better in the dark.
But now they'd give all they learnt in school
To be somewhere in the dark with you.

Homely girl, you used to be so lonely,
You're a beautiful woman, oh yes you are.
Homely girl you used to be so lonely,
You're a beautiful woman, oh yeah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd8tFL4tZOg

"Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication."
- Roger Staubach

"Confidence comes from discipline and training."
- Robert Kiyosaki

"My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go."
- Barbara Corcoran

"I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities."
- Tina Fey

"I used to not be confident. My father certainly didn't add to my confidence. When I was 17 or 18, I was voted the most beautiful girl in England by the association of press photographers. When they called Daddy for a comment, he said, 'I'm amazed. She's a nice looking girl, but nothing special.'"
- Joan Collins

"I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?"
- Beth Ditto

#MainMessageForToday
Confidence can be learned. It increases with discipline and training.

Song 'Man! I Feel Like A Woman' by Shania Twain:
https://youtu.be/ZJL4UGSbeFg

"I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness."
- Giorgio Armani

"When you look good, you feel good. Confidence with what you're wearing is very important. If you feel good, you will always perform your best without worrying about anything."
- Maria Sharapova

"Living in New York, you get a lot of confidence; when I go back to Michigan, I realise how obnoxious and demanding and straightforward I am."
- Angel Haze

"I love the confidence that makeup gives me."
- Tyra Banks

"I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet."
- Jane Fonda

"Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself."
- Nicole Scherzinger

"I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself."
- Eddie Murphy

"Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15."
- Hedy Lamarr

#MainMessageForToday
Some people are "born confident." Some are confident because of their experiences/maturity. Others feel confident because of the clothes they wear, the city they live in or people they socialize with.
What gives you confidence?

Conceited or confident?

From the song 'Don't Need You To Tell Me I'm Pretty' by Samantha Mumba:

I don't need you to
Tell me I'm pretty to make me feel beautiful,
I don't need you to
Give me your strength to make me feel I'm strong.
I got all of this strength that I need here
inside my own two hands,
All that I want is your love and respect for who I am,
What I really need
Comes from deep inside of me.

Don't need you to tell me I'm pretty to make me feel beautiful,
Don't need you to make me strong 'cause I'm strong all on my own,
Doesn't come from outside
This beauty I know,
Comes from inside my soul.

Don't need you to tell me I'm pretty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuCIcIQmBgU

"There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself."
- Paul Pierce

"There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done."
- Johnny Unitas

"To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing."
- Fred Durst

#MainMessageForToday
Confidence is not the same as conceit. Conceited people are usually a turn-off but everyone likes a confident person.

A case of a girl projecting confidence naturally? Or maybe other things make up for the lack of confidence?

From 'What Makes You Beautiful' by One Direction:

You're insecure,
Don't know what for,
You're turning heads when you walk through the door,
Don't need make-up,
To cover up,
Being the way that you are is enough,

Everyone else in the room can see it,
Everyone else but you,

Baby you light up my world like nobody else,
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,
You don't know,
Oh, oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,
If only you saw what I can see,
You'd understand why I want you so desperately,
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe,
You don't know,
Oh, oh,
You don't know you're beautiful.

That's what makes you beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJO3ROT-A4E

"If you're presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything."
- Katy Perry

"Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory."
- Diane Arbus

"As is our confidence, so is our capacity."
- William Hazlitt

"It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it."
- Lillian Hellman

"Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not."
- Vanessa Hudgens

#MainMessageForToday
When you display confidence, you are more likely to be successful.

Theme for the week 11/15 - 11/21: Confidence.