Belief Quotes

Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out.

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

What really keeps me going is the constant belief that it could all disappear tomorrow.

There are Universes begging for Gods, yet he hangs around this one looking for work.

What is possible and what is not possible is not objectively known but is, rather, a subjective belief on the part of the author and of the reader.

But superstition, like belief, must die.

There is another consequence of any belief in a single god, and that is that it is a very good excuse for people to behave very badly.

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.

Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?

Belief initiates and guides action - or it does nothing.

Cynicism was a school in Greece - the Cynics. Diogenes is a famous Cynic. There was a strong belief in nihilism and narcissism. Those are old schools too.

The world is evolving, and there is an acceptance of all beliefs, in my observation.

Many things in life inspire philanthropy, such as your faith in humanity and your belief in the human spirit to overcome.

Intellectual understanding does not always bring visceral belief.

I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.

But artistically, my art I kept very separate from my political beliefs, deliberately and very, very rarely would I allow that kind of thing into it.

Belief of some sort is the lifeblood of Art.

Do not believe hastily.

Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.

The birth of a doubt that was once your belief is drowning in the tears that you cry.

Achamian tossed his hands skyward in dismay. “Foolish boy! How many faiths are there? How many competing beliefs? And you would murder another on the slender hope that yours is somehow the only one?

It's useful to be able to recognize whether you're on track or not. To have that belief, but also paranoia about am I tracking against my investment thesis.

I absolutely believe that people should show respect to everybody, regardless of their lifestyle, regardless of their beliefs, religious beliefs or any other kind of belief.

Fundamentalism, in and of itself, is benign and can be personally beneficial, but the anger and prejudice generated by extreme beliefs can permanently damage your brain.

Again, it is belief without evidence. In the case of Stalinism, people actually distorted science, because it was for the good of the Communist Party.

I think what attracts me about the Electric Monk is that it's such an eloquent example of the futility of belief for belief's sake. I mean there's only any point in believing something if it's true.

Beliefs. Once entrenched in a culture, they persist, evolve and diverge, in a manner reminiscent of biological evolution.

The first thing we need to do is realize that some of our old beliefs are dysfunctional and no longer work, if indeed they ever did. If the desire to do that isn't there, there's nothing to do.

Sociologically, large groups of people don't generally have massive changes in their belief instantaneously.

Everyone who believes in the devil is the devil.

Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart.

A person who knows who they are is not threatened by the beliefs of others.

For me, it's the slow release of my ego and certain belief systems that I identify with that give me comfort and an identity, and it's scary to let go of that.

Thought plus belief equals manifestation.

It is my firm belief that action on the issues that matter for Africa must emerge from within Africa itself.

You can have your beliefs and have your faith, but don't try to impose it one me, and vice versa.

Whether your beliefs are true or totally insane, if you accept them, then that's what your life will be about.

Belief is the cornerstone of all the great achievements since the beginning of time.

You can change anything about yourself quite quickly. All you have to do is give up the belief system that says that it takes a long time to change.

Whatever my current beliefs are, on any topic, they're all open to being changed by the right facts and the right evidence.

I suppose, I said, it is one definition of love, the belief in something that only the two of you can see.

I have this belief that Donald Trump keeps floating the idea that he will quit the party and run as an independent if the Republican Party does not treat him fairly.

Carried by light, images remain while sensation is so evanescent as to be always beyond belief.

Anybody who gives you a belief system is your enemy, because the belief system becomes the barrier for your eyes, you cannot see the truth.

The only way to know something absolutely is to experience it for yourself; anything less is theory, speculation, and belief. .

All ages of belief have been great; all of unbelief have been mean.

You are walking, talking evidence of your beliefs.

Pronounce your limitations vigorously enough and they're yours.

Thus through half-belief, we are often doomed to repeat that very past we should have learned from.

All our experiences have led us to believe certain things about ourselves. Whether these beliefs are true or not really doesn't matter because if we accept them as true, then they are true for us.