Motivational Quotes

Belief

We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.

- Baldwin, James

Best Quotes about Belief

They can conquer who believe they can.

Virgil

The barrier between success is not something which exists in the real world: it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for -- because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

Marshall, Peter

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.

Freud, Sigmund

Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.

Schwartz, David J.

If we let ourselves believe that man began with divine grace, that he forfeited this by sin, and that he can be redeemed only by divine grace through the crucified Christ, then we shall find peace of mind never granted to philosophers. He who cannot believe is cursed, for he reveals by his unbelief that God has not chosen to give him grace.

Pascal, Blaise

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

Hodges, H. A.

The word belief is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it --I don't need to believe it.

Jung, Carl

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In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.

John Lilly

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First we have to believe, and then we believe.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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The abdication of belief makes the behavior small -- better an ignis fatuus than no illume at all.

Dickinson, Emily

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Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are.

Noah Porter

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I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

Leo Rosten

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Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert.

Virgil

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It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.

Mencken, H. L.

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The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.

Phelps, William Lyon

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Belief creates the actual fact.

James, William

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My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.

Rudolph, Wilma

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The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything, and the young know everything.

Wilde, Oscar

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Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are.

Bristol, Claude M.

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We are what we believe we are

Cardozo, Benjamin N.

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One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

Mill, John Stuart

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You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot

Stein, Ben

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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.

Wilson, Robert

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The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

Swift, Jonathan

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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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You can change your beliefs so they empower your dreams and desires. Create a strong belief in yourself and what you want.

Wieder, Marcia

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Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are. Successful people are not superhuman. Success does not require a super-intellect. Nor is there anything mystical about success. And success doesn't based on luck. Successful people are just ordinary folks who have developed belief in themselves and what they do. Never -- yes, never -- sell yourself short.

Schwartz, David J.

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There seems to be a great misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.

Kronenberger, Louis

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Beware of assumptions! Whatever you assume to be possible -- or impossible will have a tendency to become real for you.

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Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.

Nizer, Louis

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Man is what he believes.

Anton Chekhov

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He does not believe that does not live according to his belief .

Fuller, Thomas

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The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

Jampolsky, Gerald G.

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You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything.

Carlson, Curtis

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With the majority of people unbelief in one thing is founded on the blind belief in another.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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People are slow to believe that, which if believed would work them harm.

Ovid

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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

Voltaire

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Once you begin to believe there is help out there, you will know it to be true.

Bartholomew, Saint

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Men willingly believe what they wish.

Julius Caesar

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Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early.

Grass, Gunther

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What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.

Robbins, Anthony

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If 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.

Waitley, Denis

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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

Hare, David

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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.

Baldwin, James

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The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.