Motivational Quotes

Belief

Men freely believe that which they desire.

- Caesar, Julius

Best Quotes about Belief

That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.

Valery, Paul

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

Voltaire

Acquire the courage to believe in yourself. Many of the things that you have been taught were at one time the radical ideas of individuals who had the courage to believe what their own hearts and minds told them was true, rather than accept the common beliefs of their day.

Ching Ning Chu

Everything is possible for him who believes.

Bible

I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up.

Bakker, Jim

Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.

Madson, Andrew V.

They can conquer who believe they can.

Virgil

The most fearful unbelief is unbelief in your self.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Noah Porter

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You believe easily that which you hope for earnestly.

Terence

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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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We are all captives of the picture in our head -- our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists.

Lippmann, Walter

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Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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If you do not believe in yourself... chances are nobody else will.

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Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Lewis Carroll

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The very act of believing creates strength of its own.

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Men freely believe that which they desire.

Caesar, Julius

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A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.

Kafka, Franz

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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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A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

Giacomini, Lynwood L.

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I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.

Oscar Wilde

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Believe that you possess a basic goodness, which is the foundation for the greatness you can ultimately achieve.

Brown, Les

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Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

Gifford, Frank

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Belief gets in the way of learning.

Heinlein, Robert

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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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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Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

Epictetus

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What you hear repeatedly you will eventually believe.

Murdock, Mike

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I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.

Foreman, George

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Whatever one believes to be true either is true or becomes true in one's mind.

Lilly, John C.

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I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

Gerry Spence

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All the great ages have been ages of belief.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential of others.

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We are what we believe we are

Cardozo, Benjamin N.

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

Hare, David

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With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

39.

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

Frank Lloyd Wright

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I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.

Buffett, Warren

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Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. Remember this, too! Big ideas and big plans are often easier -- certainly no more difficult -- than small ideas and small plans.

Schwartz, David J.

42.

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

Leo Rosten

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

Wilde, Oscar

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Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.

Craik, Dinah Mulock

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Loving is half of believing.

Hugo, Victor

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To be a champ, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.

Robinson, Sugar Ray

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

Mencken, H. L.

48.

Unless you believe, you will not understand.

Saint Augustine

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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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You'll see it when you believe it.

Dyer, Wayne