Self confidence is yet another virtue help one to achieve –the goal. Confidence in one’s own self brings courage and hope. Faith in one’s own abilities and capacities urges one to nobler ideals of life. But lack of confidence is leads to failures and disappointments. Therefore have confidence in yourself. Trust you’re self. Never lose hope. Therefore have confidence in your self. Trust yourself. Never lose hope, in spite of odds. Failures and disappointments should always drive you on to action with redoubled vigor and hope. You should not give in to despair, in the face of failure.

Sometimes you do not know yourself. You do not realize is your capacity or capability. On such occasions, you are given to doubt and despair. You are being to feel that all your efforts go waste. You will not succeed in realizing your ambition. If these doubts and fears get the upper hand, you are doomed forever. You cannot do anything. On the other hand, you h get the better of your fears and doubts. You should encourage your self to put up your best. You have to take the failure as challenge and March forward with courage and confidence. Then, none can stop you reaching your noble end. So, never lose confidence in your self. Never doubt yourself.

All the explorers of the past like Columbus never lost confidence. They had an inexhaustible confidence in themselves. They never shirked to face dangers and odds. Their companions who were weak willed could not stand the troubles any more. Their confidence could not hold any longer. So, they deserted their leaders. But, was the leader disturbed in the least? -No, not at all. He persisted. He stopped not till reached his goal.

In the recent past, so many efforts were made to explore other planets. Initially, scientists faced many problems. There were failures. There was loss of life too. But the scientists – did they lose their confidence? –no. they continued their efforts. They never gave up. They rested not till they were successful. That was how man landed on the moon. That man how the scientists sent an unnamed spacecraft to the distant Mars. Thus confidence was at the base of their success. The same can be said of any great achievement.

However, a note of caution is necessary. Self-confidence gives you courage and hope, leading to success. But overconfidence is dangerous. Overconfidence makes you careless and rash. And anything done in a rash and careless manner ends up in misery. Too much of confidence is always suicidal. Therefore avoid such weakness. Overconfidence is like a hidden enemy. It is like an enemy hidden in you. It is this overconfidence that bad brought about the downfall and ruins of many a great ruler of the past. A great man ruining himself due to such overconfidence is Hitler, the German dictator. He suffered from overconfidence and led his forces against the Allied Forces. And this result in his defeated and ruin. Hitler’s fall should be a lesson to all those who suffers from overconfidence.