Inspirational Poems About Confidence and Believing in Yourself

Believe in Yourself

by Edgar Albert Guest

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you like to win, but you think you can't,
It is almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out of the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow's will—
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are.
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

The Peace of Wild Things

by Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound,
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water,
and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.
I come into the presence of still water,
and I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light.

For a time,
I rest in the grace of the world,
and am free.

The Man In The Glass 

by Peter Dale Wimbrow

When you get what you want
in your struggle for self
and the world makes you king for a day,
just go to the mirror
and look at yourself
and see what that man has to say.

For it isn’t your father,
or mother, or wife
whose judgment upon you must pass.
The fellow whose verdict counts most
in your life
is the one staring back from the glass.

He’s the fellow to please –
never mind all the rest,
for he’s with you, clear to the end.
And you’ve passed your most difficult,
dangerous test
if the man in the glass is your friend.

You may fool the whole world
down the pathway of years
and get pats on the back as you pass,
but your final reward will be heartache
and tears
if you’ve cheated the man in the glass.

Believe In Yourself

by Bruce B. Wilmer

Believe in yourself
to the depth of your being.
Nourish the talents
your spirit is freeing.

Know in your heart
when the going gets slow
That your faith in yourself
will continue to grow.

Don’t forfeit ambition
when others may doubt.
It’s your life to live
to live it throughout!

Learn from your errors
don’t dwell in the past.
Never withdraw
from a world that is vast.

Believe in yourself;
to find the best that is you.
Let your spirit prevail
to steer a course that is true.

Be Yourself

by Ellen Bailey

Why would you want to be someone else
When you could be better by being yourself
Why pretend to be someone you are not
When you have something they haven’t got

Cheating yourself of the life you have to live
Deprives others of that only which you can give
You have much more to offer by being just you
Than walking around in someone else’s shoes

Trying to live the life of another is a mistake
It is a masquerade; nothing more than a fake
Be yourself and let your qualities show through
Others will love you more for being just you

Remember that God loves you just as you are
To Him you are already a bright shining star
Family and friends will love you more too
If you spent more time practicing just being you