Some women are naturally self-confident. For others, confidence is a dream that’s hard to reach, especially when there’s pressure to conform to societal expectations. However, developing confidence is possible and development will help move out of comfort zones. Sometimes, all women need to build or improve their confidence is inspiration or motivation, with the help of some uplifting quotes from other confident women.

Low self-confidence may stem from negative body image, lack of support from family and peers, or entirely something else. Learning how to feel more confident takes work, but once you’ve found the right tools to reshape your mindset, your confidence will improve in no time. That’s where other confident women can lend a hand, either through their inspiring stories, advice, or quotes.

Your level of self-confidence improves whenever you find that much-needed inspiration or motivation. For example, reading or hearing that you’re incredible despite your age, background, occupation, or body type already works wonders in boosting your self-esteem and self-assurance. Start with a dose of motivation from our collection of quotes about tackling confidence. Not only will these words inspire you to commit a courageous act of self-confidence, but they will also remind you that it’s valid to love yourself.

Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.

– Jessica Williams

There’s a confidence and sense of self that comes with age that I didn’t anticipate.

– Jillian Michaels

It’s all about confidence and how you feel about yourself. There’s no such thing as a perfect woman. I like imperfections – that’s what makes you unique.

– Hayley Hasselhoff

Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.

– Nicole Scherzinger

I think about trust and confidence as something that you earn every day, and we will keep at it, earning it every day.

– Lynn Good

If you’re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.

– Katy Perry

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

– Jane Fonda

Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.

– Brene Brown

I’ve finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?

– Goldie Hawn

I think confidence is a true form of beauty.

– Becky G

Find what makes you feel comfortable. The confidence you wear your clothes in is what’s really going to shine.

– Hayley Hasselhoff

Believing in yourself and having confidence gives you outer strength.

– Nikki Bella

Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.

– Dorothy M. Neddermeyer

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

– Lillian Hellman

Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

– Barbra Streisand

I think the best way to have confidence is not to allow everyone else’s insecurities to be your own.

– Jessie J

Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good.

– Diane von Furstenberg

I think confidence does come with time, and I’ve been really surprised by that, actually.

– Kate Winslet

Confidence is everything. Confidence is what makes that simple white tee and jeans look good.

– Ciara

It takes a lot for you to find your confidence, but you shouldn’t let someone else be the person to find it for you.

– Justine Skye

Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I’m able to do what I want without anybody thinking it’s dumb.

– Amy Lee

Sometimes, if you fake confidence long enough, you’re going to be confident.

– Elle King

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

– Rosalynn Carter

You just have to be yourself and go full with confidence and be courageous.

– Gabby Douglas

Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess.

– Sabrina Carpenter

You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.

– Theodore Roosevelt

Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you’re confident even when you’re not.

– Vanessa Hudgens

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.

– Peter T. McIntyre

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

– Anna Freud

You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

You just have to be yourself and go full with confidence and be courageous.

– Gabby Douglas

When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.

– Jodi Picoult

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?

– Marianne Williamson

Confidence is everything. Confidence is what makes that simple white tee and jeans look good.

– Ciara

Love who you are, embrace who you are. Love yourself. When you love yourself, people can kind of pick up on that: they can see confidence, they can see self-esteem, and naturally, people gravitate towards you.

– Lilly Singh

You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.

– Lou Holtz

If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

– Vincent Van Gogh

If you’re one of the many women who need something to empower or boost your confidence and self-esteem, you’ll find these quotes a real treasure! These motivational quotes offer a little boost from other confident women who found the key to true confidence and self-love. Turn those self-sabotaging thoughts around and change your mindset with these quotes to become one of the many successful and self-loving women with a healthy dose of confidence!