Motivational Quotes

Belief

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

Best Quotes about Belief

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

Thomas, Isiah

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

Lilly, John C.

Unless you believe, you will not understand.

Saint Augustine

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

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.

Hellman, Lillian

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

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

James, William

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

Foreman, George

You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being -- not because anybody says so, not because you're successful, not because you make a lot of money -- but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason.

Dyer, Wayne

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

Gomez, Foka

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

Buckle, George Earle

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

Rostand, Jean

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

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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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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Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

Kazantzakis, Nikos

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Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.

Cannon's Law

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

Noah Porter

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You'll see it when you believe it.

Dyer, Wayne

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

Mencken, H. L.

24.

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

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

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

Epictetus

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

Craik, Dinah Mulock

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

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Hare, David

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

Leo Rosten

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

Voltaire

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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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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If you don't believe in yourself, then who will believe in you? The next man's way of getting there might not necessarily work for me, so I have to create my own ways of getting there.

Lawrence, Martin

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The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

DeVos, Richard M.

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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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What a person believes is not as important as how a person believes.

Virkkala, Timothy

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

Giacomini, Lynwood L.

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First we have to believe, and then we believe.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

Schwarzenegger, Arnold

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Everybody keeps telling me how surprised they are with what I've done. But I'm telling you honestly that it doesn't surprise me. I knew I could do it.

Ewing, Patrick

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Belief gets in the way of learning.

Heinlein, Robert

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All beliefs are bald ideas.

Picabia, Francis

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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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Men freely believe that which they desire.

Caesar, Julius