Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.
"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
"We are all our own graveyards I believe; we squat amongst the tombs of the people we were."
To make mistakes is human. To own your mistakes is divine. Nothing elevates a person higher than quickly admitting and taking personal responsibility for the mistakes you make and then fixing them fairly. If you mess up, fess up. It’s astounding how powerful this ownership is.