Belief Quotes

My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

A belief is something you will argue about. A conviction is something you will die for.

Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

Nothing is permanent about our behavior patterns except our belief that they are so.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.

Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

[In] the United States, we've always been held together by the belief that it doesn't matter where you came from. It matters where you're going.

The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.

If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.

I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.

My belief is stronger than your doubt.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance at life you will ever get.

An utterance can have Intentionality, just as a belief has Intentionality, but whereas the Intentionality of the belief is intrinsic the Intentionality of the utterance is derived.

The beginning of a revolution is in reality the end of a belief.

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.

Happiness comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of whose members are foredoomed to eternal inferiority.

Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.

In a society in which individualism is becoming rampant, people more and more believe that they are the center of the world. Such a belief system makes individual failure almost inconsolable.

No one who is rightly minded turns from true belief to false.

The recipe for beauty is to have less illusion and more Soul, to retreat from the belief of pain or pleasure in the body into the unchanging calm and glorious freedom of spiritual harmony.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

Because our ladies mostly attend Kalatshepams, (Religious discourses) they have fallen prey to the superstitions, blind beliefs, and immorality by the false and fictituous propaganda of the Brahmins.

The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.

Be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as we can, but an elevated and lofty destiny.

Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is humanity.

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.

The Earth is not 6,000 or 10,000 years old. It's not. And if that conflicts with your beliefs, I strongly feel you should question your beliefs.

You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.

When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven's name to what?

This is a very unforgiving country when you show this country its warts, when you hold the mirror up. If you happen not to share their beliefs, they'll kill you.

What do you mean, you "don't believe in homosexuality?" It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary.

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not limited to a system of beliefs; it is a plan of action.