One of the best ways to boost your Confidence is by seeking out motivational words from others and learning from their experiences.

So, today I’m sharing some beautiful self-confidence quotes for women which will remind you that…

• You can do anything
• You are brave, strong, and resilient
• Self-confidence will help you reach your dreams
• Being confident is possible, even when it feels hard

Below you’ll find:

• Quotes to boost your self-confidence
• Beauty self-confidence quotes
• Body confidence quotes
• Quotes about self-confidence and happiness
• Quotes about self-confidence and success
• Confidence quotes for girls
• Short self-confidence quotes
• More positive self-confidence quotes

200 Best Self-Confidence Quotes For Women

Get ready to feel inspired and motivated to follow your heart and build self-confidence that will last a lifetime.

Quotes to Boost Your Self-Confidence

“Your words have so much power. Every day, if you tell yourself ‘I love you,’ if you give yourself one word of validation, it will change your mind.” – Ashley Graham

“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay

“I just don’t believe in perfection. But I do believe in saying, ‘This is who I am and look at me not being perfect!’ I’m proud of that.”

– Kate Winslet

“I am allowed to look sexy, feel sexy, and be in love. I am worthy of all of those things. And so are you.” – Mary Lambert

“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face … we must do that which we think we cannot.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Confidence is the willingness to be as ridiculous, luminous, intelligent, and kind as you really are, without embarrassment.” – Susan Piver

“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.” – Zig Ziglar

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” ­­- Bernard Baruch

“With the realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.” – Dalai Lama

“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” – Peter T. McIntyre

“I forgive myself for having believed for so long, that I was never good enough to have, get and be what I wanted.” – Ceanne DeRohan 

“A total acceptance of yourself brings about a total transcendence of yourself.” – Adyashanti

I taught myself confidence. When I’d walk into a room and feel scared to death, I’d tell myself, ‘I’m not afraid of anybody.’ And people believed me. You’ve got to teach yourself to take over the world.” – Priyanka Chopra

“You will never gain anyone’s approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows.” ~Mandy Hale

“I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.” – Tracee Ellis Ross

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” – Judy Garland

“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

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit” – E. E. Cummings

“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”

– Audrey Hepburn

“Don’t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” – Dolly Parton

“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 have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.” – Jane Fonda

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Beauty Self-Confidence Quotes For Women

“People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.” – Salma Hayek

“You define beauty yourself. Society doesn’t define your beauty.” – Lady Gaga

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.” – Drew Barrymore

“Feeling beautiful has nothing to do with what you look like, I promise.” – Emma Watson

“If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important rule of beauty, which is: who cares?” – Tina Fey

“I think beauty comes from within. If you’re happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.” – Faith Hill

“One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl. I wear colors that I really like, I wear makeup that makes me feel pretty, and it really helps. It doesn’t have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see.”

– Gabourey Sidibe

“A great figure or physique is nice, but it’s self-confidence that makes someone really sexy.” – Vivica Fox 

“The most beautiful things you can wear are your self-confidence and your self-love.” – Leticia Rae

No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“I found I was more confident when I stopped trying to be someone else’s definition of beautiful and started being my own.” – Remington Miller

“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.” – Steve Maraboli

“Confidence breeds beauty.” – Estée Lauder

“Outer beauty is inner beauty made visible, and it manifests itself in the light that flows in our eyes.” – Paulo Coelho

“I just think a big smile and feeling confident makes you beautiful.” – Maye Musk

“Learn to embrace your own unique beauty, celebrate your unique gifts with confidence. Your imperfections are actually a gift.” – Kerry Washington

“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” – Coco Chanel

“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief she is beautiful.” – Sophia Loren

“Females are like the most beautiful, gorgeous creatures in the world. I think that we’re gorgeous no matter what size we are.”

– Alicia Keys

“Be confident in the skin you are in because that is the only body you will ever have, the only place that will ever be solely yours… you can be beautiful in your own way. And you have to accept, and own it.” – Deejae Harper

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“Beauty has so many forms, and I think the most beautiful thing is confidence and loving yourself.” – Kiesza

“I fall asleep feeling beautiful. Then, in the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like ‘You have really pretty eyes.’ That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence. It’s a feel-good protein shake in my back pocket in case someone messes with me that day.” – Jennifer Love Hewitt

“True beauty is the flame of self-confidence that shines from the inside out.” – Barrie Davenport

Body Confidence Quotes

“Hating our bodies is something that we learn, and it sure as hell is something that we can unlearn.”―Megan Jayne Crabbe

“Each individual woman’s body demands to be accepted on its own terms.” – Gloria Steinem

“I’ve never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I’m very proud of that.” – Adele

“I’ve made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.” – Sandra Bullock

“My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body.” – Serena Williams

“My limbs work, so I’m not going to complain about how my body is shaped.”

– Drew Barrymore

“Treat your body like an instrument, not an ornament.” – Gary Thomas

“Being a healthy woman isn’t about getting on a scale or measuring your waistline. We need to start focusing on what matters — on how we feel, and how we feel about ourselves.” – Michelle Obama

“Feeling beautiful has nothing to do with what you look like.” – Emma Watson

“Stop spending all day obsessing, cursing, perfecting your body like it’s all you’ve got to offer the world. Your body is not your art, it’s your paintbrush.” – Glennon Doyle

“My weight? It is what it is. You could get hit by a bus tomorrow. It’s about being content. And sometimes other priorities win.” – Melissa McCarthy

“Your self-esteem won’t come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you.” – Stacy London

“All I have to say is ‘I’m healthy.’ In that statement, I express gratitude. I am grateful for my strength and things I can do with my body. I am saying I’m healthy and I accept the way my body is today without changing anything.” – Demi Lovato

“​I have a belly. And I have cellulite. And I still deserve love.” -Amy Schumer 

“Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.” – Portia de Rossi

“Be happy in your own skin. If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.” – Octavia Spencer

“How I feel about myself is more important than how I look. Feeling confident, being comfortable in your skin — that’s what really makes you beautiful.” – Bobbi Brown

“Is “fat” really the worst thing a human being can be? Is “fat” worse than “vindictive,” “jealous,” “shallow,” “vain,” “boring,” or “cruel”? Not to me.” – JK Rowling

“Everybody has a part of her body that she doesn’t like, but I’ve stopped complaining about mine because I don’t want to critique nature’s handiwork … My job is simply to allow the light to shine out of the masterpiece.” – Alfre Woodard

“I am more than my measurements… My body is MY body. I’ll call the shots.” – Ashley Graham

“Change the shape of your mind, not the shape of your body.” – Chikari Collective

“And I said to my body, softly, “I want to be your friend. It took a long breath and replied, “I’ve been waiting my whole life for this.” – Nayyirah Waheed

“I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her own skin.” – Unknown

“I don’t want to wait until I’m 73 to embrace my body. To look back and think of my beauty: How did I miss it? Let’s not wait another moment.”

– Ashley Asti

“Don’t waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living.” – Meryl Streep

Quotes about self-confidence and happiness

“Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Happiness and confidence are the prettiest things you can wear.” – Taylor Swift

“Confidence – It all has to do with how you feel about yourself – it’s about projecting the attitude, I’m happy with who I am.” – Jennifer Lopez

“Self-worth is vital to your happiness. If you don’t feel good about you, it’s hard to feel good about anything else.” – Mandy Hale

“Independence is happiness.” – Susan Anthony

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”

– Norman Vincent Peale

“When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.” – Lucille Ball

“It’s okay to lose people, but never lose yourself.” – Buddha

“If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator.” – Tim Fargo

“Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be.” – Shonda Rhimes

“Happiness and self-confidence come naturally when you feel yourself moving and progressing toward becoming the very best person you can possibly be.” – Brian Tracy

“If you don’t ask, the answer is always no.” – Nora Roberts

“The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself.” – Ellen DeGeneres

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Washington Thurman

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”

– Golda Meir

“Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.” – Katrina Mayer

“Be everything to you, not everything to everybody.” – Lisa Lieberman-Wang

“You are the creator of your own destiny.” – Swami Vivekananda

“Imagine if we obsessed about the things we love about ourselves.” – Unknown

Quotes About Self-Confidence and Success

Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. – Coco Chanel

“Ignore the glass ceiling and do your work. If you’re focusing on the glass ceiling, focusing on what you don’t have, focusing on the limitations, then you will be limited.” – Ava DuVernay

“Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them.” – T. Harv Eker

“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”

– Mark Victor Hansen

“There’s something special about a woman who dominates in a man’s world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and the nerve to never take no for an answer.” – Rihanna

“People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.” ~Wayne Gerard Trotman

“Your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.” – Michelle Obama

“Self-confidence is the memory of success.” – David Storey

“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” – Arthur Ashe

“Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you’re confident even when you’re not.”– Vanessa Hudgens

“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.” – William Jennings Bryan

“We think confidence causes success, but it’s more often a result of success – mastering something hard or accomplishing something meaningful.” – Adam Grant

“The most significant successes come from letting your light shine, embracing failure, and getting good at being wrong.” – Stacey Abrams

“I’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence and faith.” – Stephen Curry

“If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.” – T. Harv Eker

“With confidence, you have won before you have started.” – Marcus Garvey

“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

“Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.” – Thomas Carlyle

“Successful people often exude confidence it’s obvious that they believe in themselves and what they’re doing. It isn’t their success that makes them confident, however. The confidence was there first.” – Travis Bradberry

“You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being – not because anybody says so, not because you’re successful, not because you make a lot of money – but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason.”

– Wayne Dyer

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” – J. M. Barrie

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’. – Audrey Hepburn

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angeloux

“Confidence isn’t optimism or pessimism, and it’s not a character attribute. It’s the expectation of a positive outcome.” – Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Confidence Quotes For Girls

“Since I don’t look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.” – Serena Williams

“When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.”

– Joe Namath

“If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” – Thomas Edison

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

“Never dull your shine for somebody else.” – Tyra Banks

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” –  William James

“Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Hellen Keller

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right.” – Henry Ford

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

“A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” – Coco Chanel

“Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too.” – David Storey

“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

“Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.” – Avril Lavigne

“Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous; there’s really nothing to lose.” – Jewel

“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” – Maya Angelou

“Anything you can imagine, you can create.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”

– Swami Vivekananda

“Be yourself, there is no one better.” – Taylor Swift

“I’m a big girl with a big heart and even bigger dreams.” – Unkown

“She believed she could so she did.” – R.S. Grey

“Don’t be afraid to shine. You were born to sparkle.” – Unknown

“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

“Confidence and intelligence will never stop being beautiful.” – Dau Voire

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

“Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.” – Marilyn Monroe

“The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.” – Blake Lively

Short Self-Confidence Quotes For Women

These short self-confidence quotes are perfect to share on social media to inspire your friends and followers.

“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” – Lalah Delia

“Worthiness does not have prerequisites.” – Brené Brown

“We can’t hate ourselves into a version of ourselves we can love. – Lori Deschene

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” – Helen Keller

“Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are.” – Brené Brown

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” – Marilyn Monroe

“Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess.” ~ Sabrina Carpenter

“Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.” – George Herbert

“For the first time maybe ever, it didn’t matter if I looked beautiful or not. I felt it.”- Kiera Cass

“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.” ­- Paul Tournier

“Accept who you are; and revel in it.” – Mitch Albom

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anais Nin

“With confidence, you have won before you have started.” – Marcus Garvey

“If you don’t have any confidence, you’re not going to do anything.” – Stefon Diggs

“I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.” – Muhammad Ali

“Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.” – Brene Brown

“You are what you believe yourself to be.” – Paulo Coelho

“I encourage women to step up. Don’t wait for somebody to ask you.” – Reese Witherspoon

“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”

– Louise May Alcott

“Tear off the mask, your face is glorious.” – Rumi

“Self-confidence is contagious.” – Stephen Richards

“Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing.” – Emma Donoghue

“Freedom lies in being bold.” – Robert Frost

More Positive Self-Confidence Quotes

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

“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

– Mahatma Gandhi

“Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.” – Tina Fey

“Power’s not given to you. You have to take it.” – Beyoncé Knowles

“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. ” – M. Scott Peck

“Your dream doesn’t have an expiration date. Take a deep breath and try again.” – K.T. Witten

“Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good.” – Diane von Furstenberg

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

“Confidence is everything. Confidence is what makes that simple white tee and jeans look good.” – Ciara

“A calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.

“Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?” – Brigham Young

“Don’t take anything for granted. If you don’t believe in yourself, nobody else will. Have a little more confidence.” – Cathy Moriarty

“Sometimes, if you fake confidence long enough, you’re going to be confident.” – Elle King

“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, at whatever cost, must be attained.” – Marie Curie

“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.”

– Cicero

“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.” – Sarah Dessen

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

“I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.” – Edgar Allan Poe

“It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.” – Erma Bombeck

“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

“You don’t have to worry about burning bridges if you’re building your own.” – Kerry E. Wagner

“Your confidence and self-worth should not be tied to external possession. Never trust anything outside you. Your greatest treasures are inside you.” – Joshua Selman Nimmak

“A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.” – Marge Piercy

“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” – Michelle Obama

“The quickest way to acquire self-confidence is to do exactly what you are afraid to do.” – Unknown

What Have You Learned From These Self-Confidence Quotes For Women?

Personally, I’ve discovered that in order to be confident in one’s self, we have to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

Putting yourself out there is the key. Whether it’s to follow your dreams, improve self-love, or to find more joy and contentment in life.

I’d love to know what you learned or what your favorite self-confidence quotes for women are. Share in the comments to inspire others

More Self-Confidence Resources:

• 20 Signs of a Strong Confidence Woman
• 100 Empowering Words for Women to Use
• 36 Free Printable Affirmation Cards To Build Confidence
• Love Yourself First: Daily Guided Journal

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