Belief Quotes - Page 21

Delusion: belief said to be false by someone who does not share it.

The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers.

The only limitations man has are the ones he sets for himself.

What of Art? -It is a malady. --Love? -An Illusion. --Religion? -The fashionable substitute for Belief. --You are a sceptic. -Never! Scepticism is the beginning of Faith. --What are you? -To define is to limit.

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.

The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible.

Most men appear wiser in their doubts than in their belief.

Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed.

When a thought is powerful, it is because it has a lot of belief in it... At a certain point, thoughts become irrelevant.

At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous.

Belief is otiose; reality is sufficiently awesome as it stands.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

And this I do believe above all, especially in times of greater discouragement, that I must BELIEVE-that I must believe in my fellow people-that I must believe in myself-that I must believe in God-if life is to have any meaning.

I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamour, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat, in a sickly atmostphere of tepid scepticism, without much belief in your own right, and still less in that of your adversary.

What you see is filtered through your beliefs. You rarely see "reality." You see your version of it.

Belief conditions experience, and experience then strengthens belief.

No evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer.

When a belief becomes more than an instrument, you are lost. You remain lost until you learn what 'belief' is really for.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.... A man full of faith is simply one who has lost (or never had) the capacity for clear and realistic thought. He is not a mere ass: he is actually ill.

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.

This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Most evil comes from the belief that one is a victim, or one's group is a victim

Belief doesn't rest on proof or existence...it rests on faith...without faith there is nothing.

The man who believes he can do it is probably right.

It has always been my belief that people are remembered for the sum of their accomplishments but defined by their singular failure.