Motivational Quotes

Belief

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.

- Ford, Henry

Best Quotes about Belief

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

Nizer, Louis

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surmise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance cannot seal the mind and imagination more surely.

Smith, Lillian

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

Rostand, Jean

Your level of belief in yourself will inevitably manifest itself in whatever you do.

Brown, Les

You'll see it when you believe it.

Dyer, Wayne

If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

Buckle, George Earle

How many things served us but yesterday as articles of faith, which today we deem but fables?

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

All personal breakthroughs being with a change in beliefs. So how do we change? The most effective way is to get your brain to associate massive pain to the old belief. You must feel deep in your gut that not only has this belief cost you pain in the past, but it's costing you in the present and, ultimately, can only bring you pain in the future. Then you must associate tremendous pleasure to the idea of adopting a new, empowering belief.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favor of the belief which he finds in himself.

Russell, Bertrand

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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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I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Palmer, Arnold

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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

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Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

Buddha

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What ever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Hill, Napoleon

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Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

Borne, Ludwig

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

Gifford, Frank

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If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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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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They 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 Erdrich

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As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe what I do believe more and more.

Jenkins, David

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Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe.

Laurence J. Peter

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

Noah Porter

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You must see first before you can believe.

Holliwell, Raymond

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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe, three times.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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

Kafka, Franz

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All the great ages have been ages of belief.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality.

Tracy, Brian

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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.

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Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

James, William

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

Foreman, George

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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

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I've always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I'm going to make the next one.

Thomas, Isiah

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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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Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds.

Chesterfield, Lord

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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Gomez, Foka

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

Giacomini, Lynwood L.

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

Hodges, H. A.

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All beliefs are bald ideas.

Picabia, Francis

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And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning

Trollope, Anthony

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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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Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

Barker, Joel A.

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Men freely believe that which they desire.

Caesar, Julius

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As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.

Certeau, Michel De

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Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert.

Virgil

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Man is what he believes.

Anton Chekhov

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Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

Seligan, Martin