Dr. Seuss on confidence
Dr. Seuss94 quotes“Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand.”
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Poor empty pants with nobody inside them.
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss I’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well that’s because he’s a guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that’s usually to impress some girl.
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss You are you. Now, isn’t that pleasant?
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss Fiction is my addiction
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss You have to be odd to be number one.
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss People are weird. When we find someone with weirdness that is compatible with ours, we team up and call it love.
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read.
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In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt The irony is that he broke the only person he never wanted to hurt.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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I always knew I would be successful. So there was no element of surprise.
Aishwarya RaiAishwarya Rai It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.
Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.
Sonia SotomayorSonia Sotomayor Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It’s only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.
Orson WellesOrson Welles To me, if you’re trying to impress a girl, get a date, they’re gonna like that more because you’re a confident guy. That’s what it comes down to.
Tom BradyTom Brady We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of, discretionary power.
Thomas PaineThomas Paine Without the confidence, nothing can be accomplished.
Sathya Sai BabaSathya Sai Baba Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.
Steve PrefontaineSteve Prefontaine
