Sunday, January 24, 2010

Self-Confidence

Subject: Self-Confidence
Quote: “It may be a fault, or it may be a virtue—But I believe in myself.”
           “So does every great man. Me, I am the same!” said Poirot grandiloquently.
Character: Lord Alloway and M. Hercule Poirot
Chapter/Story: “The Submarine Plans”
Book Title/Copyright: The Underdog and Other Stories, 1923

Subject: Inferiority
Quote: “If I ever see anyone who appears to think only of himself and boasts unceasingly, I always know that there’s a secret sense of inferiority somewhere.”
Character: Mr. Satterthwaite
Chapter/Story: 14
Book Title/Copyright: Murder in Three Acts, 1934