Belief Quotes

Why abandon a belief merely because it ceases to be true Cling to it long enough, and it will turn true again, for so it goes. Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
Robert Frost
Michael crichton, caltech michelin lecture, january 17, 2003 - the belief that there are other life forms in the...
If we are immortal it is a fact in nature, and we are not indebted to priests for it, nor to bibles for it, and it cannot be destroyed by unbelief.
Robert Ingersoll, ? What Must We Do To Be Saved?? (1880)
A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.
Epicurus
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
Bertrand Russell
Sir winston leonard spenser churchill - in my belief, you cannot deal with the most...
Do continue to believe that with your feeling and your work you are taking part in the greatest the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it.
Rainer Maria Rilke
I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long - Established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right.
Henry Besseme
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
Walter Bagehot
D. elton trueblood - faith is not belief without proof, but trust...
Contrary to popular belief, the most dangerous animal is not the lion or tiger or even the elephant. The most dangerous animal is a shark riding on an elephant, just trampling and eating everything they see.
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
William James
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
Frank Lloyd Wright
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
James Thurbe
He does not believe, that does not live according to his belief.
Thomas Fulle
Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.
William James
With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Imagination grows by exercise and contrary to common belief is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
Ursula K. LeGuin
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.
Peter Ustinov
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.
Gerry Spence
Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence and a belief in our right and our responsibility to be equal members of society.
Janet Jackson
The final delusion is the belief that one has lost all delusions.
Maurice Chapelain
No sadder proof can be given by man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship, 1840
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
Henry David Thoreau
Faith Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
Ambrose Bierce
I wanted to become the seeker, the aroused and passionate explorer, and it was better going at it knowing nothing at all, always choosing the unmarked bottle, always choosing your own unproven method, armed with nothing but faith and a belief in astonishment.
Pat Conroy, "The Lords of Discipline".
What really keeps me going is the constant belief that it could all disappear tomorrow.
Phil Donahue
One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests.
John Stuart Mill
The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality, but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience.
David P. Mikkelson, Snopes. com, 04 - 10 - 04
Our religious faith gives us the answer to the false beliefs of Communism... I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose.
President Harry Truman, Public Papers of the President of the United States: Harry S. Truman - 1951 U. S. Gov. 1966 pp548 - 549
Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.
Ellen G. White
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.
Louise Erdrich
It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self - Conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations are in a conspiracy to under - Value them.
Henry James
Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.
Sophia Loren
Morpheus You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind.
Matrix, The
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
John Maynard Keynes
Believe your beliefs and doubt your doubts.
F. F. Bosworth
The final delusion is the belief that one has lost all delusion.
Maurice Chapelain
The greatest enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - - Delierate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth persistent, peruasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
John F. Kennedy
The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.
D. H. Lawrence