“Self Confidence has always been the parent of great actions.”
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright
History of the Thirty Years War - Volume II
The Thirty Years War
“Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.”
The Life of Pope http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5101 <br class="br">Lives of the English Poets (1779–81)
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et l'ingegno paventa a l'alta impresa,
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“We don’t need self-confidence we need God-confidence”
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