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• Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.

  David Hume

  Vivid Imagination, Able, Firm

  David Hume, Tom L. Beauchamp (2000). “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Critical Edition”, p.39, Oxford University Press

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• It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

  Thomas Huxley

  Forgotten, Instinct, Irrational

  Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). “Collected Essays”, p.310, Cambridge University Press

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• We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

  Samuel Johnson

  Life, Trust, Believe

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1840). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq”, p.433

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• My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Life, Sex, Gay

  "Somerset Maugham". Book by Ted Morgan, 1980.

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• The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Christian, Wise, Simple

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

  Pablo Picasso

  Art, Believe, Positive Thinking

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• The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Believe, Want, Argument

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• The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.

  Edith Sitwell

  Truth, Believe, Media Control

  Edith Sitwell (2011). “Taken Care Of: An Autobiography”, p.3, A&C Black

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• At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did.

  Charlize Theron

  Careers, Interesting, Different

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• I believe in prayer and in strong belief.

  Tina Turner

  Strong, Prayer, Believe

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• I don't believe we need the government's help as much as some think we do. That belief sets me apart from the Democrats, since their way of dealing with everything is to tax and spend.

  Jesse Ventura

  Believe, Thinking, Government

  FaceBook post by Jesse Ventura from Feb 01, 2016

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• The belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions.

  Paul Watzlawick

  Life, Ignorance, Reality

  Paul Watzlawick (1977). “How real is real?: Confusion, disinformation, communication”, Vintage

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

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Spring, Men, Blind Belief

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook L 81, 1799.

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• At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Inspirational, Lying, Deceit

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• The depth of your belief and the strength of your conviction determines the power of your personality.

  Brian Tracy

  Believe, Personality, Depth

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from May 05, 2014

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• The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

  Jonathan Swift

  Believe, Overcoming, Defects

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• There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

  Frank A. Clark

  Children, Christian Inspirational, Trying

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• The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

  Helen Keller

  Family, Philosophy, Optimism

  Helen Keller (2010). “The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays”, p.102, Courier Corporation

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• He who does not know how to believe, should not know.

  Antonio Porchia

  Believe, Doe, Should

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• When I believe in nothing, I do not want to meet you when you believe in nothing.

  Antonio Porchia

  Believe, Want, I Believe

  "Voces". Book by Antonio Porchia, 1943.

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• Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.

  Dale Carnegie

  Wrestling, Done, World

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• If you believe in what you're doing, you'll be successful.

  Connie Sellecca

  Happiness, Success, Happy

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• Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Strength, Believe, Optimistic

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.275, Vintage

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• The thing is to get the work done.

  Dale Carnegie

  Done, Seeming, Work Done

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• If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work.

  Dale Carnegie

  Believe, Selling, Seeming

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