Gaining Confidence

Famous quotes containing the words gaining and/or confidence:

“So we see
That all things change, one nation gaining strength
While others perish.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

“Men are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that no one every ever had the confidence to own it.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)