Abraham
Lincoln once remarked “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to
speak out and remove all doubt.”
Often
we insist on asserting ourselves in areas where we are still uncertain, this being
an attempt to disguise our doubt. The irony is that it is our lack of
confidence that is inevitably exposed.
If I
have to tell people how important I am it is a sign that I feel insignificant.
If I need to tell the world how much I love someone, it is a sign of
self-doubt.
Confidence
doesn't need to be boasted, it is embodied. Self-assurance doesn't require a
salesman, it sells itself. Love is something best held in confidence,
publicizing it cheapens it.
“The
emptiest vessel makes the loudest sound”- Shakespeare.
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