Quotes with over-confidence

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  • Jean Paul Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Duke Ellington Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
    Duke Ellington
    American composer and pianist (1899 - 1974)
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  • Dylan Thomas Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.
    Dylan Thomas
    English poet (1914 - 1953)
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  • Charles Dickens Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Mark Twain Happiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • David Grayson Happiness... she loves, to see men at work. She loves sweat, weariness, self sacrifice. She will be found not in places but lurking in cornfields and factories; and hovering over littered desks; she crowns the unconscious head of the busy child.
    David Grayson
    American journalist, historian and author, pen name of Ray Baker (1870 - 1946)
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  • Alfred A. Montapert Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.
    Alfred A. Montapert
    American writer
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  • Bob Weinstein Harvey and I grew up in Queens, N.Y. My brother and I shared a room for 18 years until we went away to college. When we were kids, after our father said, 'Lights out,' he also exclaimed, 'No more talking. Time for sleep.' But we'd stay up late, arguing over statistics, who the best center fielder was - Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle.
    Bob Weinstein
    American film producer (1954 - )
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  • Kofi Annan Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you.
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • David Storey Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.
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  • John Paul II Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
    John Paul II
    Polish priest and later 264th Pope (1920 - 2005)
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  • Thomas A. Bennett Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
    Thomas A. Bennett
    Irish Carmelite priest
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  • Thomas Arnold Bennett Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
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  • Brad Feld Having read my share of tell-alls over the year, including some that were passed off as autobiographies, I mostly feel sad - sometimes for the writer and sometimes for all the people in his way. I hope that the process of writing the tell-all gives some release and closure on what clearly was an unpleasant and unfulfilling life experience.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Barbara Olson He decided to plunge on with pardons over the department's objections, or where he knew that there would be objections if he had let career prosecutors know what he was doing.
    The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House
    Barbara Olson
    American lawyer (1955 - 2001)
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  • Petronius He has gone over to the majority.
    Petronius
    Roman writer (27 - 66)
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  • Bram Stoker He seemed so confident that I, remembering my own confidence two nights before and with the baneful result, felt awe and vague terror. It must have been my weakness that made me hesitate to tell it to my friend, but I felt it all the more, like unshed tears.
    Dracula (1897) Dr. John Seward
    Bram Stoker
    Irish author (1847 - 1912)
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  • Robert Green Ingersoll He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
    Robert Green Ingersoll
    American lawyer, a Civil War veteran and politician (1833 - 1899)
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  • George Herbert He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
    George Herbert
    English poet (1593 - 1633)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller He that is over - cautious will accomplish little.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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