Motivational Quotes

Belief

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

- Frank Lloyd Wright

Best Quotes about Belief

Unless you believe, you will not understand.

Saint Augustine

Men freely believe that which they desire.

Caesar, Julius

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

Lilly, John C.

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

Nizer, Louis

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

Gerry Spence

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

Wilde, Oscar

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

Rostand, Jean

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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First we have to believe, and then we believe.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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The man who believes he can do something is probably right, and so is the man who believes he can t. Anonymous I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as someone who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

Winfrey, Oprah

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

Stein, Ben

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

Epictetus

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One can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Carroll, Lewis

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

Oscar Wilde

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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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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.

Gutzkow

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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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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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What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

Miller, Henry

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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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With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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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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Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality.

Tracy, Brian

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

Laurence J. Peter

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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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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.

Augustine, St.

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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.

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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

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All beliefs are bald ideas.

Picabia, Francis

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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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You must see first before you can believe.

Holliwell, Raymond

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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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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.

Saying, Traditional

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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.

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

Lewis Carroll

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

Foreman, George

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

Giacomini, Lynwood L.

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Loving is half of believing.

Hugo, Victor

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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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I knew my trainer believed in me and I couldn't let Him down.

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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

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The most fearful unbelief is unbelief in your self.

Carlyle, Thomas

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The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

George Bernard Shaw

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Everything is possible for him who believes.

Bible

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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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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