Fake It Til You Make It Quotes

“You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.”
― Paulo Coelho

“To get what you wanted in life, you must inspire trust - even if you intended to break it.”
― Joelle Charbonneau, Time Bomb

“I do a weird thing when I am nervous where I tilt my head back like I am super confident. This is my attempt to fake it until I make it, or at the very least make it easier for someone to slit my throat.”
― Amy Poehler, Yes Please

“Fake it til you make it. Okay, here's the one to avoid. Attempt this bit of pop psychology at your peril. Originally an observation made by Aristotle, "Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a certain way," the modern version has become tainted by its suggested swagger, and if performed in that fashion can easily go wrong. The very notion of straying far from our real selves is at odds with the central premise of this book. Confidence isn't about pretending or putting on an act; it springs from the genuine accomplishment and work. Jenny Crocker told us, in fact, that not only does faking it not work as a confidence booster, but it almost certainly make us feel less secure, because knowingly masquerading as something we're not makes us anxious. Moreover, as good as we might be at faking it, we'll certainly project those subtle false signals described by Cameron Anderson, and that won't help us much, either.
The appeal of faking it, if only for a while, is that it offers a crutch --a way to begin. Here's a better way to reframe the premise for a quick confidence jump start: Don't pretend to be anything or anyone -- simply take action. Do one small brave thing, and then enxt one will be easier, and soon confidence will flow. We know -- fake it till you make it sounds catchier -- but this actually works.”
― Katty Kay, The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know

“What simple and
ordinary lives we live,
underneath the shadows
of projection screen
artists”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“Buck up. Fake it till you feel it. The show must go on. This was the way they did things - These people in the world she'd grown up in.”
― Kate Greathead, Laura & Emma

“I keep forgetting were Pono's girls. Maybe we're not suppose to be happy.'
'Then we'll pretend to be,' Rachel said. ' We'll make it a habit, no matter what.'
That's all we can do, Jess thought. Live in readiness for whatever comes.”
― Kiana Davenport, Shark Dialogues

“Nothing would teach me but personal experience. I’m just going to have to muddle through these first few times.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance

“No one really cares what you look like." I'm such a hypocrite, I think, and pull my shirt up over my head. I want it to be true so I decide to act like it is. If a pretty thin girl can be self-conscious about people looking at her in a bathing suit, then maybe the problem isn't what other people think so much as what we think of ourselves.”
― Eda J. Vor, Like Two Opposite Things

“You don’t need to fake it to make it, just faith it and you’ll make it.”
― Genereux Uwabunkonye Philip