In the United States everyone feels assured of his worth as an individual. No one humbles himself before another person or class. Even the great difference in wealth, the superior power of a few, cannot undermine this healthy self-confidence and natural respect for the dignity of one’s fellow-man.
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In the second place, could we not conceive of a philosophy of existence linked, not solely to experiences of separation, forlornness, and profound melancholy, but also to feelings of hope and confidence?
People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.
You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.
To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
Independence is earned by a few words of cheap confidence.
