Brussels' newly installed EU president, Jean-Claude Juncker, recently echoed that view, proclaiming with forceful self-confidence that he did not think Tsipras was "the right man for Greece".
That very background seemed to help Robens develop a forceful, thrusting, ambitious self-confidence a contemporary once described to me in glowing terms.
If there was any thought of a timid Toronto losing their way in new playoff territory, Altidore's forceful play and self-confidence has given the lie to that, and at BMO Field in particular, the crowds too have created a sense of expectation and intensity that's damn near unprecedented since the club's first game in MLS back in April 2007.
My mother has a very forceful personality, so that confidence, strength and power is very attractive to me, and Lilia has that too, but is not that extroverted.
Steel, then a vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs, was a man of forceful personality and overflowing confidence, a driven achiever who liked having a clear goal.
Some states have taken even more forceful measures to build creditor confidence.
Policy makers in Europe and the United States have yet to demonstrate the kind of forceful leadership that would instill confidence, they assert.
"Forceful" therefore relates to having the confidence to persist in expressing what you think is important.
Whether he's peering through a spyglass, standing straight up in the rigging, looking nonchalant in the face of gale force winds or barking incomprehensible but forceful nautical commands, Crowe's Aubrey has an unflappable self-confidence.
Later on though, as several events influence her, she gains confidence and becomes a more forceful person.
