Belief Quotes - Page 38

• The future is beyond knowing, but the present is beyond belief.

  William Irwin Thompson

  Knowing

  William Irwin Thompson (1990). “At the Edge of History”, p.205, SteinerBooks

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• The earliest religious texts in the West ascribe to humankind both a prehistory and a destiny among the gods. M. David Litwa presents a striking survey of the varieties the latter of these beliefs has had, both within and outside the Christian tradition. Becoming Divine reconstructs an accessible and fascinating mosaic of this too-long neglected idea, utilizing figures as disparate as Orphic cultists, Augustine, and Nietzsche.

  Terryl L. Givens

  Christian, Religious, Destiny

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• If one believes in a god, one is a Theist. If one does not believe in a god, then one is an A-theist — he is without that belief. The distinction between atheism and theism is entirely, exclusively, that of whether one has or has not a belief in God.

  Chapman Cohen

  Believe, Atheism, Doe

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• Who knows the origin of religion? Certainly not the one who believes in it. Understanding and belief are quite antagonistic. The man who understands religion does not believe in it, the man who believes in it does not understand it.

  Chapman Cohen

  Believe, Men, Understanding

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• Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns.

  Hermione Gingold

  Women, Tweed, Contrary

  "The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations" by Ned Sherrin, 1995.

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• Tomorrow's realities come from our beliefs today.

  Tom Krause

  Reality, Today, Tomorrow

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• We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposes to rob us of their companionship. It is obviously not the ideas themselves that are dear to us, but our self-esteem, which is threatened.

  James Harvey Robinson

  Self Esteem, Passion, Ideas

  James Harvey Robinson (2015). “The Mind in Making”, p.26, Read Books Ltd

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• Faith is a process of leaping into the abyss not on the basis of any certainty about where we shall land, but rather on the belief that we shall land.

  Carter Heyward

  Faith, Land, Process

  Carter Heyward (1976). “A Priest Forever”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us.

  Linda Chavez

  Religious, Military, Want

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• Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

  Linda Chavez

  Government, Practice, Literature

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• My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.

  Sue Kelly

  Effort, Environmental, Legacy

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• You are never stuck, unless you are choosing to stay there. You are never limited, unless you choose to limit yourself. You are never less than, unless you choose to see yourself this way. You will never fail, unless you choose failure as an option. You are powerful beyond belief!

  Jennifer O'Neill

  Powerful, Way, Limits

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• Many people do not distinguish between something that happens to them and their reaction to it.  Yet it isn't the event or situation that holds the emotional charge; it's our beliefs that create our response.

  Chip Conley

  Emotional, People, Events

  Chip Conley (2012). “Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do, but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic. [That worldview] is that the only thing that matters is family and personal connection, and that's the only thing that gives life meaning. Religion and gods and beliefs - for me, it all comes down to your brother. And your brother might be the brother in your family, or it might be the guy next to you in the foxhole, it's about human connections.

  Eric Kripke

  Brother, Giving, Guy

  "'It's the fun Apocalypse': Creator Eric Kripke talks 'Supernatural'". Interview with Maureen Ryan, featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com. August 26, 2009.

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• Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising.

  Roy H. Williams

  Hate, Believe, Advertising

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• Christianity is the only system of faith which combines religious beliefs with corresponding principles of morality. It builds ethics on religion.

  Austin Phelps

  Religious, Principles, Ethics

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• The man who has a certain religious belief and fears to discuss it, lest it may be proved wrong, is not loyal to his belief, he has but a coward's faithfulness to his prejudices. If he were a lover of truth, he would be willing at any moment to surrender his belief for a higher, better, and truer faith.

  William George Jordan

  Religious, Men, Coward

  William George Jordan (1903). “Great truths”

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• The 'secret of life' is BELIEF. Rather than genes, it is our beliefs that control our lives. PSYCH-K is a set of simple, self-empowering techniques to change your beliefs and perceptions that impact your life at a cellular level.

  Bruce H. Lipton

  Psych, Simple, Impact

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• An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life.

  William Kingdon Clifford

  Struggle, Atmosphere, Breathe

  William Kingdon Clifford, Leslie Stephen, Frederick Pollock (2011). “Lectures and Essays”, p.199, Cambridge University Press

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• If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.

  William Kingdon Clifford

  Deeds, Guidance, Ifs

  William Kingdon Clifford, Leslie Stephen, Frederick Pollock (2011). “Lectures and Essays”, p.181, Cambridge University Press

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• The world is run by C students

  Al McGuire

  Running, World, Students

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• Belief initiates and guides action - or it does nothing.

  Octavia Butler

  Doe, Action, Guides

  Octavia E. Butler (1998). “Parable of the Talents: A Novel”, p.313, Seven Stories Press

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• The key to successful business is self belief and application.

  Felix Dennis

  Successful, Keys, Self

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• Without self belief nothing can be accomplished. With it, nothing is impossible.

  Felix Dennis

  Self, Impossible, Accomplished

  Felix Dennis (2008). “How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets”, p.105, Penguin

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• Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.

  Bear Grylls

  Achievement

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