56 Funny and Inspiring Confidence Quotes to Boost Self-Esteem

If you struggle with a lack of self-confidence or low self-esteem, I’m sure these funny confidence quotes will make you feel better. I myself love inspirational quotes; they can teach you a lot about life, and the best ones will stick with you. 

I hope these self-confidence quotes will boost your self-esteem. Some of them are funny, some simply inspiring. In any case, just know that you are awesome just the way you are and that whatever your goal is in life, you absolutely do have what it takes.

Best confidence quotes

1. “When in doubt, look intelligent.”
— Garrison Keillor

2. “Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion. Just thinking foolishly that you will be able to do what you want to do.”
— Tina Fey

3. “Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.”
— Nikki Giovanni

4. “We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.”
— Michelle Obama

5. “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
— The Dalai Lama 

6. “You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.”
— Wayne Gretzky

7. “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.”
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

8. “I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.”
— Johnny Depp

9. “It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.” ­­
— Lillian Hellman

10. “Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.”
— J.K. Rowling

11. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
— Thomas Edison

12. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”
— Vincent Van Gogh

13. “Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.”
— Steve Martin

14. “You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at once.”
— Oprah Winfrey

15. “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.”
— Mark Twain

16. “Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.”
— Jon Bon Jovi

17. “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
— Oscar Wilde

18. “It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”
— W. Somerset Maugham

19. “The best revenge is massive success.”
— Frank Sinatra

20. “First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.”
— Marie Curie

21. “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
— Theodore Roosevelt

22. “Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right.”
— Henry Ford

23. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
— A.A. Milne (from Winnie the Pooh)

24. “Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that.”
— Ellen DeGeneres

25. “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”
— Duke Ellington

26. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
­­— Maya Angelou

27. “You grow up the day you have your first real laugh — at yourself.”
— Ethel Barrymore

28. “Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.”­
— Paul Tournier

29. “Never dull your shine for somebody else.”
— Tyra Banks

30. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
— Lucille Ball

31. “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”
— Helen Keller

32. “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
— Truman Capote

33. “Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.”
— Jean Sibelius

34. “Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only good for wallowing.”
— Katherine Mansfield

35. “If you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.”
— Gertrude Stein

36. “Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

37. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
— Peter F. Drucker

38. “There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them.”
— Clare Boothe Luce

39. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”
— Norman Vincent Peale

40. “Be messy, complicated, and afraid. And show up, anyway.”
— Glennon Doyle

41. “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt

42. “You’ve got to try your luck at least once a day because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.”
— Jimmy Dean

43. “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
— Vince Lombardi 

44. “The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.”
— Elbert Hubbard

45. “Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.”
— Zig Ziglar

46. “Accept who you are; and revel in it.”
— Mitch Albom

47. “Bad decisions make good stories.”
— Ellis Vidler

48. “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
— Louise May Alcott

49. “The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.”
— C. JoyBell C.

50. “Winning isn’t getting ahead of others, it is getting ahead of yourself.”
— Roger Staubach

51. “Whenever you feel uncomfortable, instead of retreating back into your old comfort zone, pat yourself on the back and say, “I must be growing,” and continue moving forward.”
— T. Harv Eker

52. “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

53. “About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.”
— Rita Mae Brown

54. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
— Michael Jordan

55. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”
— Bruce Lee

56. “The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.”
— William Jennings Bryan

Start believing in yourself

These are some great quotes by some of the most inspiring and successful people, and I’m sure they will help you realize your own potential and overcome your lack of confidence. It can be hard to believe in yourself sometimes, but confidence isn’t something you simply have or you don’t. It’s something you can build. 

I recommend you start by taking this 30-day confidence challenge and turn a new leaf in your life. 

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