Confidence is the answer.
It is as big as an apple, but an apple it's not. Leave it too long, it will surely rot. It is sour, and it is sweet. Tangy and tangerine, it is both. Yes, it's a fruit, but what is it?
If two fifty foot ropes are suspended from a forty foot ceiling that is twenty feet apart,
How much of rope will you be able to steal if you have a knife ?
Having some, you want more. But when you have too much of it you feel bored. Everyone people wants it, and some have to much of it. What is it?
From far away I may appear blue. A little closer and you'll see green and white too. When you look much closer you will see, that I contain all the colors you can see. I'm held aloft by a very weak force; One that I also help to enforce. What am I?
It is the water of life, but seeing too much of it is never good. It is what binds families together, but it can be defied. What is it?