Being in employment had given these women personal confidence, a sense of independence, autonomy and pride.

- For individuals: the benefits of involvement included reported increases in personal confidence and social skills.

"That gave us personal confidence with respect to our own and our families' security."

Did I relish this abuse of personal confidence in myself?

As he enjoyed the personal confidence of the king, his power was similar to a prime minister's.

The next year he led the Dodgers in several offensive categories, and reached a new height of personal confidence.

A 2002 study found that the intellectual and personal confidence among women on campus dropped over the course of their undergraduate years.

Each student is encouraged to develop personal confidence and self-discipline.

Morris is now in his late fifties and comes across as a man of great personal confidence.

Those ministers were chosen by the king on the basis of his personal confidence in them, and they remained responsible to him.