Belief Quotes
Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.
Disbelief in futurity loosens in a great measure the ties of morality, and may be for that reason pernicious to the peace of civil society.
Judaism stands or falls with its belief in the historic actuality of the revelation at Sinai.
But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder.
There are absolute atheists ... Absolute atheism is in no way a mere absence of belief in God. It is rather a refusal of God, a fight against God, a challenge to God.
Random? You'd almost think we were dealing with an identifiable enemy motivated by a distinct ideology that is drawn verbatim from a particular belief system's scriptures. Nah . . .
I am obliged to believe certain opinions myself. No man's belief will save me except my own.
As soon as it is held that any belief, no matter what, is important for some other reason than that it is true, a whole host of evils is ready to spring up.
Win-win is a belief in the Third Alternative. It's not your way or my way; it's a better way, a higher way.
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
One of the things that drives me crazy is the belief in Hollywood that bittorrent exists solely for stealing things.
Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
Some people will tell you werewolves can only shapechange under a full moon, but people also say there's no such things as ghosts.
If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.
If I understand this correctly Christ taught here the alarming doctrine that the desire for honor among men made belief impossible.
That is what we are, what we do: nose a net, push push, a net that never exists. The knots in the mesh as strong as our own believing. Our own fears.
I taught you to take the first step: to learn to believe in belief. And one day you will take the second step and find what is it you believe in.
Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible.
On any day - in any given event - you have to believe in yourself and back yourself 100%
Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can't, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do.
No one can control his own opinion or his own belief. My belief was forced upon me by my surroundings. I am the product of all circumstances that have in any way touched me.
The failure of the White House and Congress to seriously address the nation's fiscal situation is certain to broaden the belief among many voters that the U.S. political system is broken.
It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you.
If it is finally accepted that the personality in whole or part survives death - and I believe that it will be - then such a belief will be considered as modern as a belief in spaceships and rockets.
Self-confidence is nothing more than belief in one’s ability to decide and in one’s decisions.
We do not credit to the ideal of religious freedom when we talk as though religious belief is something of which public-spirited adults should be ashamed.
I have come to realize that an early symptom of approaching mental illness is the belief that one's work is terribly important. If you consider your work very important you should take a day off.
A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul.
... three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness.
Forceful actions arising from erroneous beliefs often create social effects that confirm the misbeliefs
As success converts treason into legitimacy, so belief converts fiction into fact, and "nothing is but what is not.
Dad has, and had, a deservedly glowing reputation. However, this belief in 'reputation first' seems to have given rise to his fears of what might be rumored after his death.
You can never have too much butter - that is my belief. If I have a religion, that's it.
All belief that does not make us more happy, more free, more loving, more active, more calm, is, I fear, a mistaken and superstitious belief.
