I am in politics because I have a strong belief in the equal worth of every child.
Ruth KellyGrieve not the Christ of God, who redeems us; and remember that we grieve Him most when we will not let Him pour His love upon us, but turn a sullen, unresponsive unbelief towards His pleading grace, as some glacier shuts out the sunshine from the mountainside with its thick-ribbed ice
Alexander MaclarenKeep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. [On how to be a successful athlete]
Gail DeversWhat distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
John Stuart MillIt is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.
Lionel TrillingIf I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
James ThurberThey were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.
Louise ErdrichCapitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.
George Bernard ShawA man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
Havelock EllisCredulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.
Tryon EdwardsThe dust of exploded beliefs may make a fine sunset.
Geoffrey MadanBelieve that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
William JamesFaith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
William JamesI enjoy playing people that are totally different than me. It's a challenge to get inside these people's heads and wonder why they would have these beliefs.
Edward FurlongMy belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.
Steve IrwinWe must be open to all who share our values and our beliefs - young, old, black, white, straight, gay. Under my leadership there will be no more grumpy Conservatism.
David DavisThe great desire of this age is for a doctrine which may serve to condense our knowledge, guide our researches, and shape our lives, so that conduct may really be the consequence of belief
G H LewesMoralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.
Henry MillerFaith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
D Elton TruebloodThe Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
Norman Vincent PealeA lot of people now find belief in God immature, and eventually a lot of people may find realism immature.
[The Philosophers' Magazine, Autumn 1999]
Richard RortyWhen it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.
Michael EndeThere are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
Rudy GiulianiHistory is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive.
Francis GrimkeA wise man proportions his belief to the evidence
David HumeBe not afraid of life. Believe that life IS worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
James Truslow AdamsBeliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.
Peter UstinovIn the blood of the martyrs to intolerance are the seeds of unbelief
Walter J LippmannOnce you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon.
Walter LippmannContrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
Peter Ustinov'It was Christianity which first painted the devil on the worlds wall; It was Christianity which first brought sin into the world. Belief in the cure which it offered has now been shaken to it's deepest roots; but belief in the sickness which it taught and propagated continues to exist'.
Friedrich NietzscheUnderlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Milton FriedmanFaith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active
Edith HamiltonAgainst my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.
Bertrand RussellIt is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires
Walter LandorFrisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
George CarlinOne of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important
Bertrand RussellIf 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.
Denis WaitleyPerhaps the belief in God is the belief that the universe is intelligible, but not to us.
Thomas NagelTechnically he is very, very sound. Everyone talks about mental strength, but you need belief in your own game to be mentally sound
Andrew CastleThe equation of religion with belief is rather recent.
Arnold ToynbeeCulture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.
Tom WolfeSickness is a belief, to be annihilated by the divine Mind
Mary Baker EddyBelieve that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it.
Rainer Maria RilkeOur belief in any particular natural law cannot have a safer basis than our unsuccessful critical attempts to refute it.
[Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge]
Karl PopperA good example from the biological world of complex changes appearing to be simple is the belief in spontaneous generation.
Michael BeheIt is important that we have belief in God at all times of our life, and not just when we feel we have something to request of him or be particularly thankful for.
Benny HinnBelief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion. [And what about belief in the illusion of the absence of illusions?]
Barbara HarrisonThink of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science?
Carl SaganWhy should I 'respect' belief systems that I do not share? I would not be expected to respect the beliefs of flat earthers or those of the people who believed that the Hale-Bopp comet was a recycling facility for dead Californians, and killed themselves in order to join it.
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