Belief Quotes
I've long held the belief that as a leader, I can't ask of you something that I can't do myself, and I can't impose on you values that I don't live out.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is not limited to a system of beliefs; it is a plan of action.
There is nothing so absurd that it cannot be believed as truth if repeated often enough.
So often the difference between success and failure is belief. Belief leads to action and execution.
The totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average members of a society forms a determinate system with a life of its own. It can be termed the collective or creative consciousness.
My activism did not spring from being black...The racial injustice that was present in this country during my youth was a challenge to my belief in the oneness of the human family.
You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology.
I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times.
Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.
Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.
Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others.
There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.
Surrealism is based on the belief in the omnipotence of dreams, in the undirected play of thought.
Belief is a toxic and dangerous attitude toward reality. After all, if it's there it doesn't require your belief- and if it's not there why should you believe in it?
I was convinced that our beliefs are based much more on custom and example than on any certain knowledge.
I think a lot of us are not on a path; we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life.
I am firm in my belief that a teacher lives on and on through his students. Good teaching is forever and the and the teacher is immortal.
I accept with sincere belief the doctrine of faith as handed down to us from the Apostles by the orthodox Fathers, always in the same sense and with the same interpretation.
The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.
Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.
We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.
Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it...
According to Christian belief, man exists for the sake of God; according to the liberal church, in practice if not in theory, God exists for the sake of man.
Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one is born with belief in anything. Infants are atheists until they are indoctrinated.
The purpose of our creation is obvious: to reach our utmost goals of belief, knowledge, and spirituality; to reflect on the universe, humanity, and God, and thus prove our value as human beings.
It is important to understand that there are many different ways of seeing the world and expressing the wisdom of Native belief...No one voice speaks for all voices.
There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art.
My own opinion is that belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.
Faith for my deliverance is not faith in God. Faith means, whether I am visibly delivered or not, I will stick to my belief that God is love.
Belief in God is an act of faith. But so is believing our existence is simply the result of chance.
I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've had an innate belief that they were wrong. Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.
Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.
My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with a power to learn from past mistakes.
