Michel de Montaigne Quotes about Confidence

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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Michel de Montaigne

Confidence, Self Esteem, Love Yourself

"Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Chapter X, 1595.

Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.

Michel de Montaigne

Confidence, Philosophical, Goodness

Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book I, Ch. 14, 1595.

Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.

Michel de Montaigne

Confidence, Self Esteem, Acceptance

Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 13, 1595.

I admire the assurance and confidence everyone has in himself, whereas there is hardly anything I am sure I know or that I dare give my word I can do.

Michel de Montaigne

Confidence, Giving, Admire

Michel de Montaigne (1949). “Selected Essays: The Charles Cotton - W.C. Hazlitt Translation, Rev. and Edited, with an Introd”