"Confidence is the purity of action produced by a mind free of doubt."

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Source : Katty Kay, Claire Shipman (2014). “The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know”, p.15, Harper Collins

Katty Kay

#Doubt Quotes #Mind Quotes #Action Quotes

“Addicts, as a group, generally score far above average o intelligence tests. Why? You tell me. I guess maybe we're smart enough to have figured out how shitty things are and we decide addiction is the only way to deal with it.”
“Rankings are not so important. I am only focused on winning tournaments.”
“What I've done serves mostly to show that nearly all limits are self-imposed, a false construct of the mind. You can take on mind-boggling challenges. It may cause you grief, it may test your relationships and cause you to question your sanity, but you can do it! Yes, a fifty-seven year-old man can run across the United States and break a couple or records in the process. People of any age can accomplish what few others have done; we can endure the trials, overcome the obstacles, put up with the pain to realize our dreams. Why not try?”

Source : Marshall Ulrich (2011). “Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across Ameri ca”, p.117, Penguin
“When you have worked this hard to get this far, don't let up because you finally got here. Finish with your heart and fulfill this moment the way you have dreamt of it for so long.”
“I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.”

Source : "Irrfan Khan: 'Character reminded me of my dad'" by Zakia Uddin, www.digitalspy.com. February 23, 2012.
“Oh yeah - you have to write every day. Or every weekday. Because writing is a job. It's not eureka moments over and over. It's grueling work, panning for gold. You just keep at it and eventually you get a few grains. Or flakes. Or whatever gold looks like in rivers. Or maybe it's like fishing. Who cares? You just have to do it every day because you never know which day is going to be your productive day.”
“A writer is always observant, of course... You can take the kernel of something - part of it - and use it in a book.”

Source : "Mystery writer Carol Higgins Clark on her successful career and teaming with her famed mom to bring their popular characters to TV". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.
“It was a sad loss, this illusion of importance, a humbling blow.”

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