Quotes about belief

"The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do."

Allen, James on belief
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"Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults --a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on belief   

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"It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it."

Amos, Wally on belief
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"If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?"

Anthony, Dr. Robert on belief
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"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."

Augustine, St. on belief
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"Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can."

Bach, Richard on belief
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"Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger."

Bagehot, Walter on belief   

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"I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up."

Bakker, Jim on belief   

"Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses."

Baldwin, James on belief
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"We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours."

Baldwin, James on belief
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"Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it."

Barker, Joel A. on belief
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"More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much."

Barnum, P.T. on belief
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"Every time a child says, I don't believe in fairies, there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead."

Barrie, Sir James M. on belief
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"Once you begin to believe there is help out there, you will know it to be true."

Bartholomew, Saint on belief
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"The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity -- an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do."

Barton, Bruce on belief
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"Everything is possible for him who believes."

Bible on belief
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"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."

Black, Shirley Temple on belief
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"Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth."

Borne, Ludwig on belief
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"Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are."

Bristol, Claude M. on belief
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"Believe that you possess a basic goodness, which is the foundation for the greatness you can ultimately achieve."

Brown, Les on belief
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"Your level of belief in yourself will inevitably manifest itself in whatever you do."

Brown, Les on belief
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"If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little."

Buckle, George Earle on belief   

"Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide."

Buddha on belief
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"I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute."

Buffett, Warren on belief
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"It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative."

Burroughs, John on belief   

"Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance."

Butler, Samuel on belief   

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"All are inclined to believe what they covet, from a lottery-ticket up to a passport to Paradise."

Byron, Lord on belief   

"Men freely believe that which they desire."

Caesar, Julius on belief
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"Men willingly believe what they wish."

Caesar, Julius on belief   

"What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also."

Caesar, Julius on belief
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"Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire."

Cannon's Law on belief   

"We are what we believe we are"

Cardozo, Benjamin N. on belief
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"You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything."

Carlson, Curtis on belief   

"Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct."

Carlyle, Thomas on belief   

"No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve."

Carlyle, Thomas on belief   

"The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against unbelief."

Carlyle, Thomas on belief
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"The most fearful unbelief is unbelief in your self."

Carlyle, Thomas on belief
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"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

Carroll, Lewis on belief
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"One can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

Carroll, Lewis on belief
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"As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true."

Certeau, Michel De on belief