I Believe Quotes

No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based more or less on a self-centered idea.

Though magical communities believe in the God and the Goddess - the equally balanced male and female sides of Spirit - they also believe this equality brings wholeness and creates the One.

The fantasist in whom the reality barrier has broken down is unreliable, believing things when he should not, and telling things as true when they are not.

Life is like a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Very popular and not as bad as some would have you believe. That is, unspeakably awful but mercifully brief.

To believe something strongly when it is clearly hard to define and prove, and has not been proven, is to be prejudiced.

Great leaders give everyone something to believe in, not something to do.

There is a kind of universality in the human condition, masculine or feminine. That's one thing I continue to believe.

When you propose ridiculous things to believe, too many men will choose to believe nothing at all.

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.

An unaspiring person believes according to what he achieves. An aspiring person achieves according to what he believes.

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.

I didn't know you had to change diapers so often. I couldn't believe it - we must change them 10 times a day - each. So that's 20 diapers a piece a day.

At this moment in history, we are called to act as if we truly believe that liberty and justice for all is a desirable thing.

We can't live without eating, but we don't live to eat.

When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope, we lose drive, and we settle into resignation and stagnation.

I never quite dare to believe I'm brave enough to be an artist, but I'm on the side of artists. I think of myself as a bit of a Salieri, looking with longing eyes at Mozart.

I do believe that almost everything I do is based on my feelings, not on my intellect. Though But we won't chase ourselves up the particular sentiment, or we'll get lost.

But we all recognise the primary foible of frail humanity - our propensity for embracing hope and shunning logic, our tendency to believe what we desire rather than what we observe.

Say it, do it, preach it, shout it, but never, absolutely never, believe your own bullshit.

One of the mistakes we'll make because we're human beings is to believe that your vision is a fact. That's the natural optimism of human beings.

Believing that you must do something perfectly is a recipe for stress, and you'll associate that stress with the task and thus condition yourself to avoid it

I would hate to be a new artist or writer in town today. But somehow the cream continues to rise. If there's one who's great, he just jumps out of the pack like you can't believe.

You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs.

You have untold strengths and resources inside. You have your glorious self.

Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.

The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not.

Self-esteem is the basis for feminism because self-esteem is based on defining yourself and believing in that definition. Self-esteem is regarding yourself as a grown-up.

I defy any newcomer not to believe his or her publicity at the very beginning. It's only natural. At least it was for me.

Religious education is only valuable intellectually, if the child is educated in a religion versus [just] about a religion. I don't believe you can have both.

Please believe that I do this because I am convinced that my illness cannot be helped for any length of time and I cannot bear to be a burden on anyone any longer.

It is significant that people who refuse to tell their children fairytales do not fear that the children will believe in princes and princesses, but that they will believe in witches and bogeys.

The rat was merely trying to sleep. Believe me, pup, if I had wanted to kill you we wouldn’t be having this conversation,” said Ripred.

Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.

Hindu religion does not consist in struggles and attempts to believe a certain doctrine or dogma, but in realizing not in believing, but in being and becoming.

To believe that mind is all, that thought is all is only a higher materialism.

I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death.

I believe God did intend, in giving us intelligence, to give us the opportunity to investigate and appreciate the wonders of His creation. He is not threatened by our scientific adventures.

I believe that reforming our intelligence community is one of the most important things that we can do in order to ensure that our country is in fact safer, stronger and wiser.

I believe in giving people a second chance.

These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.

I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.

I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.

I like 'Zorro.' I like people you can believe that don't have those stupid powers. That is the beauty of Zorro. He's just a guy working for the people, to save the people.

I love costumes. I love getting dressed up because it really helps my imagination make the leap to believe that I am who I say I am.

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?

I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined.

I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it's spoken.

I believe in the sanctity of marriage.

I believe the Scriptures teach that there's a literal heaven and a literal hell, just like Jesus said. And without forgiveness of sins that, yeah, the place of punishment is called hell.

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.