“If you don't believe in yourself, who will?' ~Maybeck”

— Ridley Pearson

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American writer 1953

Michael Korda (1933) British writer

Attributed to Korda in The Power of Choice (2007) by Joyce Guccione, p. 52, the earliest occurrence of such phrasing yet located is by Martin Lawrence, in "What Up?" in Upscale : The Successful Black Magazine (February 1993), p. 79: "If you don't believe in yourself, then who will believe in you? The next man's way of getting there might not necessarily work for me, so I have to create my own ways of getting there."
Disputed

“Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

Variant: Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will?

“Even if you don't believe in yourself now, know that I believe in you.”

Марк Фишбах (Markiplier) (1989)

“Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.”

Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman

Book III, Ch. 8
Attributed

“If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.”

Aurelius Augustinus (354–430) early Christian theologian and philosopher

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

“Relationship Principle 5
Don't believe what anyone tells you about yourself.”

Sherry Argov (1977) American writer

Variant: Don't believe what anyone tells you about yourself.
Source: Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart

“I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.”

Julie Taymor (1952) American film and theatre director

Academy of Achievement interview (2006)

“The first step is, if you don't believe it yourself your team darn sure won't.”

Rex Ryan (1962) American football coach

[Rex Ryan's press conference, http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/jets/post/_/id/953/rex-ryans-press-conference-2, ESPN, McManus, Jane, August 6, 2010, http://www.webcitation.org/5x46RBB2S, March 9, 2011, March 9, 2011]

“Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don't do it for anyone else.”

Keith Haring (1958–1990) American artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s b…

Letter to Michael http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/01/dont-do-it-for-anyone-else.html

“Have faith in who you are. Believe that you will recover, and it will truly happen. And don't judge yourself too harshly. Some things are meant to be, and you had to fall so that later you may rise and become what you are truly meant to be.”

Joseph Delaney (1945) British writer

Source: Clash of the Demons

“If you don't believe in yourself, who will?' ~Maybeck”

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