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Confidence In Fro Malala And The Book Of Samuel In The Bible

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Confidence comes naturally with success, and success comes to those who are confident. Being confident in everything that people do in life is key; it helps people succeed and keeps them positive. Merriam Webster’s defines confidence as a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances. A reader should understand the meaning of what it is like to have confidence and how it will help people. Take, for example, The Book of Samuel in The Bible when David had to go up against Goliath. David had a very small chance at defeating Goliath, but he was confident and did not back down when time came; he used his slingshot and a rock and defeated Goliath. Many non-fiction readings have shown people being confident in what they do to become successful. …show more content…

Her father always was encouraging and always stood behind his daughter in every decision she made. She went to school at her father's school that he had created just for females. She spoke at many events and even went on various news and radio stations. In one of those events she said, “I am the same Malala. My ambitions are the same. My hopes are the same, and my dreams are the same….” (15). Even though with everything that has happened Malala stays confident that the solution to the problem of females having no power will work and eventually one day they will all be equal. “On the 9th of October 2012, the Taliban shot me on the left side of my forehead. They shot my friends too. They thought that the bullets would silence us. But they failed. And out of that silence came a thousand voices.” (15). Even after everything that has happened to her she can still remain confident in what she does without having a doubt in her mind that what she is doing is wrong. Malala had gotten many threats to her and her family but they had stayed confident and fought through everything that was going on and happening to

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