I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the U.K. economy. We're in a German rather than a Greek position in international financial markets which is very positive and keeps our debt service costs down and we're also beginning to see real evidence of rebalancing.

My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger battles and so it is very much a bottom-up grass-roots way of doing politics.

I have written some songs but I would really call what I've done poetry at the end of the day because I'll sit with my guitar for hours and hours on end for like a week and then I won't touch it for a month. I also just have no confidence. And you know what? I don't have time because I'd rather be doing other things like knitting.

From 1836 down to last year there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace or possessing increased security against war.

There has not been a war in South America for fifty years and I have every confidence that the countries of Central and South America are deeply in earnest in the maintenance of peace.

Oh how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in everybody.

For peace is not mere absence of war but is a virtue that springs from a state of mind a disposition for benevolence confidence justice.

Peace is not an absence of war it is a virtue a state of mind a disposition for benevolence confidence justice.

If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence that is everything.

Last year when 'Black Swan ' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies and not do the same old you-know-what.

Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence.

I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.

In fact the confidence of the people is worth more than money.

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive create or produce but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves their perceptions and emotions and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have won even before you have started.

If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

To succeed in life you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project but I'm always open to learning everybody's style - the director the actor I'm working with.

I think I'm learning to be bolder in my career choices and be more confident in my personal life. I haven't always felt very secure as an individual but now I feel I certain confidence and sense of self that gets me through the day a lot better than before.