“Friendliness and gentleness also apply to self. Children who learn to be gentle and tolerant with themselves grow up to be less stressed and more relaxed and selfsecure.”

“Haynes's formulation all but conflated middle-class status with moral integrity, as he implied that by their nature, the better classes were more selfsecure.”

“Stephan revealed the inner core of his captain as a self-assured man who had no regrets.”

“Al was calm and self-assured, and Sam could see that confidence rubbing off on Beckett.”

“The competition was just incredibly tough, as one after another we met 25 confident and self-assured young women.”