“Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe”
“If you believe in yourself, anything is possible.”
“I was foolish because I believed in you. You are a fool because you believe in yourself!”
Source: In Search of Satisfaction
“You are what you believe yourself to be.”
Source: The Witch of Portobello (2007), p. 152.
Context: You are what you believe yourself to be.
Don't be like those people who believe in "positive thinking" and tell themselves that they're loved and strong and capable. You don't need to do that because you know it already. And when you doubt it — which happens, I think, quite often at this stage of evolution — do as I suggested. Instead of trying to prove that you're better than you think, just laugh. Laugh at your worries and insecurities. View your anxieties with humor. It will be difficult at first, but you'll gradually get used to it. Now go back and meet all those people who think you know everything. Convince yourself that they're right, because we all know everything, it's merely a question of believing.
Believe.
Source: Paris France (1940), p. 56
Earliest attribution found in Who Said That?: More than 2,500 Usable Quotes and Illustrations https://books.google.nl/books?id=7mn8AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT63 (1995) by George Sweeting. Online sources always attribute the quote to Augustine, but never specify in which of his works it is to be found.
Disputed
“Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.”
Secrets of Being Unstoppable
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
