Katty Kay quotes:

The idea that the United States of American might shut down its government over abortion and funding to an organization that is 0.01% of the U.S. budget seems completely insane. Anyone looking at this debate around the world is thinking 'What is this country doing? They have three wars going on, they're trying to manage major problems and they're thinking of shutting down their government over abortion?'

Confidence is the purity of action produced by a mind free of doubt.

confidence is a choice ... to act, or to do, or to decide.

Anyone who tells you that American seniors are not either going to have their services cut or we're going to have to pay more is...lying about it.

The difference between a confident person and an unconfident person is simply that the confident person acts on their ambitions and desires and doesnâ??t let fear of failure stop them.

we found that success correlates more closely with confidence than it does with competence. Yes, there is evidence that confidence is more important than ability when it comes to getting ahead. This came as particularly unsettling news to us, having spent our own lives striving toward competence.