Believer Quotes - Page 3

• A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.

  Eric Hoffer

  War, Men, People

  Eric Hoffer (2011). “The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• I am a great believer in found families and I'm not a great believer in blood.

  Joss Whedon

  Blood, Found

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• When you put your total faith in God, no matter what happens, to a person who's a true believer, if you die, you know you're going to heaven to be with God.

  Jim Bakker

  Heaven, Matter, Faith In God

  "The Best of Interviews With Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner". “CNN Larry King Weekend”, www.cnn.com. June 24, 2001.

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• Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Religious, Rascals

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• I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail.

  Pras Michel

  Firm

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

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• Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless, if true believers of democracy - citizens devoted to the democratic ideals - do not constantly oppose them.

  Charles Edison

  Government, Democratic Ideals, Boss

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• The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that the surrendering and humbling of the self breeds pride and arrogance.

  Eric Hoffer

  Religious, Humble, Pride

  ERIC HOFFER (1963). “THE TRUE BELIEVER”

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• Collective unity is not the result of the brotherly love of the faithful for each other. The loyalty of the true believer is to the whole the church, party, nation and not to his fellow true believer. True loyalty between individuals is possible only in a loose and relatively free society .

  Eric Hoffer

  Loyalty, Party, Faithful

  Eric Hoffer (1980). “The True Believer”

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• All mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful and the realities of the world. They do this by claiming that the ultimate and absolute truth is already embodied in their doctrine and that there is no truth nor certitude outside it. The facts on which the true believer bases his conclusions must not be derived from his experience or observation but from holy writ.

  Eric Hoffer

  Reality, Faithful, Doctrine

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• I'm a great believer in the competitive system, and think that competition will bring us greater innovation and put American industry in information ahead of everyone also.

  Harold H. Greene

  Thinking, Innovation, Competition

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• It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible.

  Eric Hoffer

  Belief, Realizing, True Believer

  Eric Hoffer (1980). “The True Believer”

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• I'm a firm believer in the hustle game.

  Eric Snow

  Basketball, Games, Effort

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• I'm a great believer in outlines.

  Tom Wolfe

  Outlines

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• I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

  Stephen Leacock

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.91, University of Toronto Press

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• I am also a believer in an integrated treatment approach to autism.

  Temple Grandin

  Autism, Treatment, Integrated

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 01, 1996.

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• The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Eye, Self, Disbelievers

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• My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith.

  Olivier Messiaen

  Faith, Drama, Word Of God

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• I was a very early believer in the idea of convergence.

  Jean-Marie Messier

  Ideas, Convergence

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• I'm a very big believer in fate.

  Christopher Atkins

  Fate, Bigs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm a firm believer that it's not the way you look or what you have, but what you've got inside.

  Krista Allen

  Looks, Way, Firm

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• A lot of people tend to chew up the scenery. I'm a firm believer in less is more, especially on the big screen.

  Mark Wahlberg

  People, Less Is More, Bigs

  FaceBook post by Mark Wahlberg from Sep 10, 2013

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• Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.

  Abu Bakr

  Eye, Humanity, Looks

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• I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

  Iain Banks

  Awards, Facts, Courses

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• I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.

  Anne Hathaway

  Girl, Women, Believe

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• Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.

  Barack Obama

  Pages, Claims, Critics

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