Belief Quotes - Page 26

• You'll see it when you believe it.

  Wayne Dyer

  Believe, Law Of Attraction, Self Improvement

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Death, Atheist, Fear

  Jiddu Krishnamurti, Mary Lutyens (1973). “The second Penguin Krishnamurti reader”

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  Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

  Golda Meir

  Motivational, Happiness, Happy

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• Miracles happen to those who believe in them.

  Bernard Berenson

  Positive, Believe, Optimistic

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• If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam.

  Abdurrahman Wahid

  People, Islam, Territory

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  Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.

  Sophia Loren

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

  "The Subtlety of Emotions". Book by Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, 2001.

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• It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

  John Burroughs

  Believe, Optimism, Mind

  John Burroughs (1900). “Writings: The light of day”

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• A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.

  William Kingdon Clifford

  Believe, Reflection, Fundamentals

  William Kingdon Clifford (1884). “The Scientific Basis of Morals: And Other Essays, Viz. : Right and Wrong, the Ethics of Belief, the Ethics of Religion”

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• I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Please Me, Easy, Creeds

  Charlotte Bronte (2010). “Shirley and The Professor”, p.267, Everyman's Library

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• Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.

  Barbara Bush

  Time, Believe, Ideas

  Barbara Bush's Commencement Address at the Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, www.wellesley.edu. June 1, 1990.

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• If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Intelligence, Age

  Emile M. Cioran (1975). “A short history of decay”, Viking Books

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• The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe.

  Claude Bernard

  Believe, Should Have, Robust

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• Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Inspirational, Faith, Atheist

  The Devil's Dictionary

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• Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.

  Richard Dawkins

  Faith, Atheist, Thinking

  Richard Dawkins' Speech at the Edinburgh International Science Festival (April 15, 1992); quoted in "EDITORIAL: A scientist's case against God", "The Independent"(London), (p. 17), April 20, 1992.

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• Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.

  Eric Hoffer

  Believe, Knowledge, Calumny Is

  Eric Hoffer (1955). “The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms”

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• As an engineer, I understood that the natural world operated according to fixed laws. Through my studies, I came to realize that there were, likewise, laws that govern human wellbeing. It seemed to me that these laws are fundamental not only to the wellbeing of societies, but also to the miniature societies of organizations. Indeed, that is what we found when we began to apply these principles systematically at Koch Industries. Through our observation of how they could create prosperity in an organization, I began to systematize my beliefs into Market-Based Management.

  Charles Koch

  Law, Organization, Principles

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• One of the myths propagated by the enemies of Israel is that there is an all-powerful Zionist conspiracy. That is a false accusation. Nevertheless, that AIPAC has been so successful in suppressing criticism has lent some credence to such false beliefs.

  George Soros

  Powerful, Successful, Israel

  "On Israel, America and AIPAC" by George Soros, www.nybooks.com. April 12, 2007.

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• There is nothing wrong with you just because you haven't yet met people who share your interests or outlook on life. Unless you are doing something unhealthy or destructive, take pride in your beliefs, passions, and values. Know that you will eventually meet people who will appreciate you for being you.

  Alexandra Robbins

  Passion, Pride, Outlook On Life

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• I am firm in my belief that a teacher lives on and on through his students. Good teaching is forever and the and the teacher is immortal.

  Jesse Stuart

  Education, Teacher, Teaching

  Jesse Stuart (1958). “Thread that Runs So True”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• The tango is a direct expression of something that poets have often tried to state in words: the belief that a fight may be a celebration.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Fighting, Expression, May

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• The people of Africa have learned the lessons of patience and endurance in their long struggle for freedom.
  In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many. We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to belief in the goodness of people.

  Nelson Mandela

  Struggle, Inspiration, Long

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• People are not in good shape to where they have to question their own belief system because of a book or a story somebody wrote, or a SLAYER song.

  Tom Araya

  Song, Book, People

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• In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.

  David Hume

  Wise, Men, Facts

  David Hume (1784). “Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects”, p.118

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• It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man.

  Henry Mackenzie

  Men, He Man, Goodness

  Henry Mackenzie (1815). “The Works of Henry Mackenzie, Esq. ...: The man of feeling, and miscellaneous pieces.-v.II. The man of the world.-v.III. Julia de Roubigné”, p.192

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