"If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you."
Natalie Goldberg

"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure."
Mark Twain, Letter to Mrs Foote, Dec. 2, 1887
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)

"The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others."
Hasidic Saying

"What you risk reveals what you value."
Jeanette Winterson

"There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us"
Orison Sweet Marden