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Overcoming Self-Doubt

The voice that says you cannot is almost always wrong — and these quotes say so with force.

50 quotes found

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Pessimism is a luxury in good times. In hard times, it's a self‑fulfilling prophecy.

—Bill GatesEntrepreneur & Philanthropist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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There are no virtues without sacrifices, no merits without struggles.

—Suzanne NeckerWriter, Reformer & Revolutionary

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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I always say, 'Stay true to yourself,' and that's what I did.

—Simone BilesAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.

—Eleanor RooseveltDiplomat & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

—Franklin D. RooseveltPresident

Early Modern ERA • North America

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The light of hope always shines even in the darkest corners of despair.

—Ba JinNovelist & Thinker

Early Modern ERA • East Asia

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To be truly free, one must first free one's mind from fear.

—Nayantara SahgalNovelist & Writer

Contemporary ERA • South Asia

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With self‑discipline, all things are possible.

—Theodore RooseveltPresident & Naturalist

Early Modern ERA • North America

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Even in the darkest cell, hope is a light that can never be extinguished.

—Armando ValladaresPoet

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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Fear is inevitable. I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

—Isabel AllendeNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.

—Angela DavisActivist & Philosopher

Post-War ERA • North America

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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken‑winged bird that cannot fly.

—Langston HughesPoet & Activist

Early Modern ERA • North America

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My soul, endure patiently the decrees of fate, for destiny cannot be changed.

—Mustafa Safi al-Din al-Tughra'iPoet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing must be attained.

—Marie CuriePhysicist & Chemist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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He who reigns within himself, rules passions, desires, fears, is more than a king.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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You must do the things you think you cannot do.

—Eleanor RooseveltDiplomat & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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The spirit of struggle was deeply ingrained in the lives of the people.

—Michael AnthonyNovelist & Writer

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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Courage is not the absence of fear, but the will to act despite it.

—Tāwini TetuanuiAuthor & Thinker

Industrial Age ERA • Oceania

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To be yourself is the greatest challenge. You have to be strong enough to do it.

—Marilyn MonroeActress

Post-War ERA • North America

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He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

—Friedrich NietzschePhilosopher

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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