Believer Quotes - Page 20

• But would we know, whether the pretended prophet had really attained a just sentiment of morals? Let us attend to his narration; and we shall soon find, that he bestows praise on such instances of treachery, inhumanity, cruelty, revenge, bigotry, as are utterly incompatible with civilized society. No steady rule of right seems there to be attended to; and every action is blamed or praised, so far only as it is beneficial or hurtful to the true believers.

  David Hume

  Revenge, Islam, Hurtful

  David Hume (1758). “Essays and Treatises on several subjects, etc. New edition”, p.135

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• I'm a firm believer in quiet confidence. By that I mean knowing inwardly that you are good, and not exhibiting a boastful attitude outwardly. If an athlete doesn't believe in himself, no one else will.

  Dick Van Arsdale

  Leadership, Basketball, Attitude

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• A tiny group of believers who have the gospel keep mumbling it over and over to themselves. Meanwhile, millions who have never heard it once fall into the flames of eternal hell without ever hearing the salvation story.

  K.P. Yohannan

  Fall, Flames, Groups

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• You've got to be a believer in what you do.

  Philip Green

  Self Esteem

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• Among the believers who show most perfect faith are those who have best disposition and are kindest to their families.

  Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi

  Faith, Perfect, Disposition

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• I am a firm believer, that without speculation there is no good and original observation.

  Charles Darwin

  Education, Science, Observation

  Charles Darwin (2016). “Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: the Evolution”, p.342, VM eBooks

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• I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told OEMs that if they were going to put a bunch of icons on the desktop, then so were we.

  Jim Allchin

  Technology, Icons, Way

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• Most true believers, when faced with evidence that contradicts their beliefs, will hold on to those beliefs even more strongly.

  Mark Thomas

  Religion, Atheism, Belief

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• True believers are continually shown by reality that their god doesn't exist, but have developed extensive coping mechanisms to deal with this cognitive dissonance.

  Mark Thomas

  Reality, Coping Mechanisms, Religion

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• Believing is easier than thinking; that's why there will always be more believers than thinkers. However, the results of god-belief are often far more mental trials than those of nonbelief. It is quite difficult to ascertain the wishes of an invisible being.

  Mark Thomas

  Believe, Thinking, Religion

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• Women who were reputed believers began to resort to drugs for producing sterility. They also girded themselves around, so as to expel what was being conceived. For they did not wish to have a child by either slave or by any common fellow - out of concern for their family and their excessive wealth. See what a great impiety the lawless one has advanced! He teaches adultery and murder at the same time!

  Hippolytus of Rome

  Children, Abortion, Drug

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• Tomorrow, the busiest day of the week. I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating.

  Elle Varner

  Procrastination, Putting Things Off, Facts

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• He listens equally to the prayers of the believer and the unbeliever.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Spiritual, Prayer, Unbelievers

  Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.29, Courier Corporation

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• The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an unproved theory -is it then a science or a faith? Belief in the theory of evolution is thus exactly parallel to belief in special creation - both are concepts which believers know to be true but neither, up to the present, has been capable of proof.

  L. Harrison Matthews

  Theory Of Evolution, Special, Peculiar

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• Believers keep up and maintain their walk with God by secret prayer. The spirit of grace is always accompanied with the spirit of supplication. It is the very breath of the new creature, the fan of the divine life, whereby the spark of holy fire, kindled in the soul by God, is not only kept in, but raised into a flame.

  George Whitefield

  Spiritual, Prayer, Fire

  George Whitefield, G. B. (1829). “The Revived Puritan. Select Works of ... G. W., ... Containing a Memoir of His Life, Etc. [Edited by G. B.]”, p.117

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• Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality to it, but a joke is about surprising someone. I'm a great believer in context. You can joke about anything. I do like finding out where the line is drawn, deliberately crossing it and bringing some of them with me across the line, and having them be happy that I did.

  George Carlin

  People, Quality, Different

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• The believer does not use God's power; God's power uses him.

  Kenneth Wuest

  Life Changing, Doe, Use

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• As believers in Jesus Christ, our work is to believe while God works on our behalf.

  Joyce Meyer

  Motivational, Jesus, Believe

  Joyce Meyer (2010). “The Confident Woman Devotional: 365 Daily Inspirations”, p.24, Hachette UK

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• My son, when you pray, do it like a person who is bidding farewell to this world, and don't assume you will have another chance to pray again. My son, know that a believer dies in between two deeds, one he offers for today, where he will get immediate blessings, and the second deed is what he offers towards the day of resurrection, and that is where he will gain the ultimate benefits

  Muadh ibn Jabal

  Wisdom, Islamic, Farewell

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• The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses.

  Al-Ghazali

  Wisdom, Islamic, Hypocrite

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• The beloved of Allah are the perfume of Allah upon this world, but only the true, sincere believers have noses to smell them. They smell that beautiful perfume; they follow that smell. That perfume creates a yearning in their hearts for their Lord, and as a result the sincere believers increase their pace, efforts and devotions.

  Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi

  Beautiful, Wisdom, Islamic

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• I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.

  Tony Dorsett

  Football, Strong, Practice

  "Dallas Cowboys Legend Tony Dorsett: Bleacher Report Exclusive Interview". Interview with Jason Henry, bleacherreport.com. JANUARY 17, 2011.

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• What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer

  Bertrand Russell

  Attitude, Needs, Inquiry

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Bertrand Russell's Best”, p.35, Routledge

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• We ourselves were well conversant with war, murder and everything evil, but all of us throughout the whole wide earth have traded in our weapons of war. We have exchanged our swords for plowshares, our spears for farm tools...now we cultivate the fear of God, justice, kindness, faith, and the expectation of the future given us through the Crucified One....The more we are persecuted and martyred, the more do others in ever increasing numbers become believers.

  Justin Martyr

  Kindness, War, Numbers

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• But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even those of the rank and file or lesser grades who neither engage in pagan sacrifices nor capital punishment, be admitted into the church? No on both counts.

  Tertullian

  Military, Sacrifice, Punishment

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