confidence

That word, confidence, was like butter on a hot stove for Darien, what he considered the most attractive quality in a woman.

I should pursue only those habits that would make me feel freer and stronger.

Who said you weren't good enough? If it was you then pack up that thought and send it to Mars. If it wasn't you then pack up that thought and send it back to that person.

How you react doesn__ tell a person about your character, as much as it does your fear or God's fire. Which is it?

Yes, I was a badass all right. And I no longer felt like I needed someone, but instead WANTED someone to share this newfound badassery with. I deserved the best. Anything else wouldn't do.

I do not know the word 'quit'. Either I never did, or I have abolished it.

Confidence is this: Wearing your triumphs with humility, and wearing your scars with pride. Many of us do precisely the opposite.

Laugh a little when the joke's on you

It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. It matters what you think of yourself and what your children think. So if anyone is going to ask my advice, I'd say, do what is right for you and don't give a shit what anyone else thinks

That, my dear Liv, was confidence. Talk to someone. Make jokes with them. Seem interested in what they are saying even if they're dull as mud._ He shrugged. __nyone... anyone at all, can be glamoured if you know how.

By voluntarily adopting a dominated body posture you display the fact that you have accepted to be inferior.

They programmed you with the best of intentions but unfortunately their best was mediocrity.

And one of the reasons why he likes her is because she__ so different from him. She__ as big as four-fifths of five-eighths of fuck all, but she takes no bullshit from anyone. She even talks back to the Sarge, which is like watching a mouse bark at a pitbull.

If you have no competition there's no need to debate.

Though the wind was commanding the sand into even ridges, it couldn't control the sea.

Light fell, and so did my confidence.

Carrying confidence isn't being the person everyone likes, it's being yourself, regardless of who likes you.

When it comes to your looks, the only option in this world that matters is yours.