- “By focusing clearly on your most valuable task and concentrating single-mindedly until it is 100 percent complete, you actually shape and mold your own character. You become a superior person. You feel stronger, more competent, more confident, and happier. You feel more powerful and productive. You eventually feel capable of setting and achieving any goal. You become the master of your own destiny. You place yourself on an ascending spiral of personal effectiveness on which your future is absolutely guaranteed.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 111-112“
- “And Gallup’s research has shown how a strengths-based approach improves your confidence, direction, hope, and kindness toward others.” StrengthsFinder 2.0 (Tom Rath) Kindle Location 232-33
- “In this same vein may I address an even more sensitive subject. I plead with you to please be more accepting of yourself, including your body shape and style, with a little less longing to look like someone else. We are all different. Some are tall, and some are short. Some are round, and some are thin. And almost everyone at some time or other wants to be something he or she is not! But as one adviser to teenage girls said: “You can’t live your life worrying that the world is staring at you. When you let people’s opinions make you self-conscious you give away your power. . . . The key to feeling [confident] is to always listen to your inner self—[the real you.]” And in the kingdom of God, the real you is “more precious than rubies” (Proverbs 3:15). Every young woman is a child of destiny and every adult woman a powerful force for good. I mention adult women because they are our greatest examples and resource for these young women. And if a woman is obsessing over being a size 2, she won’t be very surprised when her daughter or the Mia Maid in her class does the same and makes herself physically ill trying to accomplish it. We should all be as fit as we can be—that’s good Word of Wisdom doctrine. That means eating right and exercising and helping our bodies function at their optimum strength. We could probably all do better in that regard. But I speak here of optimum health; there is no universal optimum size.” Broken Things to Mend (Jeffrey R. Holland) Kindle Loc. 408-18
- “Many of you may have severe trials, that your faith may become more perfect, your confidence be increased, your knowledge of the powers of heaven be augmented, and this before your redemption takes place. If a stormy cloud sweeps over the horizon…if the cup of bitter suffering be offered, and you compelled to partake; Satan let loose to go among you, with all his seductive powers of deceivings and cunning craftiness; the strong relentless arm of persecution lifted against you;–then, in that hour, lift up your heads and rejoice that you are accounted worthy to suffer thus with Jesus, the Saints, and holy prophets; and know that the period of your redemption has approached.” Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow Chapter 7: Faithfulness in Times of Trial: “From the Shadows into the Glorious Sunshine”
- “Every trial a man goes through, if he is faithful in that trial and does honor to God and his religion he has espoused, at the end of that trial or affliction that individual is nearer to God, nearer in regard to the increase of faith, wisdom, knowledge, and power, and hence is more confident in calling upon the Lord for those things he desires. I have known individuals who have trembled at the idea of passing through certain ordeals who after they were through the temptation have said they could approach the Lord in more confidence and ask for such blessings as they desired. …” Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow. Chapter 7: Faithfulness in Times of Trial: “From the Shadows into the Glorious Sunshine”
- “When you’re in great shape, you’re telling the world that you’re a disciplined, motivated, confident, and healthy person—and hence a desirable partner.” The New Abs Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life (The Abs Diet) (David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker). Page13
- 2 Nephi 10: 20 -23… 20 And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been driven out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a better land, for the Lord has made the sea our path, and we are upon an isle of the sea. 21 But great are the promises of the Lord unto them who are upon the isles of the sea; wherefore as it says isles, there must needs to be more than this, and they are inhabited also by our brethren. 22 For behold, the Lord God has led away from time to time from the house of Israel, according to his will and pleasure. And now behold, the Lord remembereth all them who have been broken off, wherefore he remembereth us also.
- Words of Mormon 1:7… And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according to the workings of the Spirit of the Lord which is in me. And now, I do not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things which are to come; wherefore, he worketh in me to do according to his will.
- Jacob 7: 1-8… Jacob while contending with Sherem, who was a learned man, had the support of Heavenly Father through the Spirit on what to say and how to say it.
- “Daily we meet moments that steal our self-esteem. They are inevitable. Each day we are reminded that we don’t have certain talents, that we make mistakes. That we don’t excel in all things. And amidst all this, it is easy to believe that we don’t quite measure up in the great scheme of things, but are inferior in some secret way. Underrating ourselves is not only painful but is downright dangerous. For we limit the range of all possibility. We are the offspring of Heavenly Parents. Created with great personal care. Our hearts, our souls & minds have potential beyond our greatest imagination. We can become anything we want if we just remember who we are & if we do not choke off our power by brooding over some small fault, or by feeling inferior.” – Paul H. Dunn
- 2 Nephi 33:7… I have charity for my people and great faith in Christ that I shall meet many souls spotless at his judgment seat.
- D&C 121:45…Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; the doctrine of the priesthood shall distill upon thy soul as the dews from heaven.
- “In the Church especially, asking produces better results than ordering better feeling, too. Remember to tell why. Follow up to see how things are going. Show appreciation when people carry out instructions well. Express confidence when it can be done honestly. When something gets fouled up, it is well to check back and find out where you slipped up and don’t be afraid to admit that you did. Remember, our people are voluntary, free-will workers. They also love the Lord and His work. Love them. Appreciate them. When you are tempted to reprimand a fellow worker, don’t. Try an interesting challenge and a pat on the back instead. Our Father’s children throughout the world are essentially good. He loves them. We should also. People do not like to be forced to do anything, even if it is for their own good. But people do respond to effective leadership.” Manual, Teachings of the President of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson, Chapter 19, Leadership
- “Believe in yourself. Believe in your capacity to do great and good things. Believe that no mountain is so high that you cannot climb it. Believe that no storm is so great that you cannot weather it. You are a child of God, of infinite capacity.” Manual, Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Gordon B Hinckley, Chapter 3, Cultivating an Attitude of Happiness and a Spirit of Optimism
- May 19, 1995- Tuesday – Quito Ecuador…“We were going to go shopping today with the Castillo’s but we decided rather to come home. We had a little misunderstanding, Elder Hanks & I, so we ended up talking for 2 hours. He’s a stud. I’m learning a lot about myself because of him. I need to watch my pride and my way to share ideas. I usually share my ideas almost obligating the people. It’s because I talk with a lot of confidence and really feel I’m right. It’s something I need to watch.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
- “In a dark and troubled hour the Lord said to those he loved: Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid (John 14:27.) These great words of confidence are a beacon to each of us. In him we may indeed have trust. For he and his promises will never fail.” Manual, Teachings of the President of the Church: Gordon B Hinckley, Chapter 3, Cultivating an Attitude of Happiness and a Spirit of Optimism