Here is one of my favorite quotes that gets to the heart of self-confidence:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful
beyond measure. It is our light, not our
darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?....
Your playing small does not serve
the world.
There is nothing enlightened about
shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do....
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give
other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically
liberates others.”
—Marianne
Williamson, A Return to Love