“You should be ashamed for not trusting yourself.”

“And as long as you are in any way ashamed before yourself, you do not yet belong with us.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest”

William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer

“Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe book Faust

“Trust others to do the right thing. If you can't do that, trust yourself to survive what happens.”

Susan Mallery (1950) American author

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”

Benjamin Spock (1903–1998) American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care

“Doubt is an important part of the human being. Trust has to be attained. If you don’t trust yourself, you won’t trust others. You make a choice and see where it goes.”

Martin Landau (1928–2017) American actor and acting coach

“You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.”

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

“Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.”

Marva Collins (1936–2015) American schoolteacher

“Trusting yourself means living out what you already know to be true.”

Cheryl Strayed book Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar