sure of oneself
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And though I was entering my marriage as she was exiting hers, I felt that our joy came from a similar place: of being in the right place, at the right time, sure of oneself.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2022
The vertigo of life produces itself like the vertigo of heights, when one is not sure of oneself.
From A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 by New York Hospital. Society
It's maddening to know so much—to be sure of oneself.
From The Dark House by I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross) Wylie
Now to win an honest fight always makes one feel very strong and very sure of oneself.
From The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
One is as sure of oneself as a woman of thirty, and with as much and as little reason.
From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Perceval Gibbon
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