François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) French author of maxims and memoirs
Reflections on Various Subjects (1665–1678), I. On Confidence
Tribune, 5 November 1937
1930s
François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) French author of maxims and memoirs
Reflections on Various Subjects (1665–1678), I. On Confidence
“There is a sense in which all law is nothing more nor less than a gigantic confidence trick.”
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1907–2001) British judge, politician, life peer and Cabinet minister
Speech to Devon Magistrates, The Times 12 April 1972.
Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)
State of the Art (2000)
Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher
Source: The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
“We don’t need self-confidence we need God-confidence”
Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker
“Our slogan is Australia Unlimited, and we pronounce it with confidence.”
Robert Menzies (1894–1978) Australian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia
Election speech, Canterbury, Victoria, 29 October, 1958 https://electionspeeches.moadoph.gov.au/speeches/1958-robert-menzies <br class="br">Second Term as Prime Minister (1949-1966)
H. H. Asquith (1852–1928) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Speech in Leeds (23 November 1900), quoted in The Times (24 November 1900), p. 8
Opposition MP
Jo Cox (1974–2016) UK politician
Devolution and Growth Across Britain (19 June 2015)
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
Attributed to Laozi in self-help books and on social media, this quotation is of unknown origin and date.
Misattributed
Tenzin Gyatso book The Universe in a Single Atom
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality (2005).
Context: My confidence in venturing into science lies in my basic belief that as in science so in Buddhism, understanding the nature of reality is pursued by means of critical investigation: if scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.