Believing In Something Quotes

• By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Art, Believe, Creativity

  Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). “Report to Greco”, p.603, Simon and Schuster

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• Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

  Bertrand Russell

  Fear, Believe, Animal

  Unpopular Essays (1950) "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish"

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  To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Beauty

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• If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

  Malcolm X

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• If you don't stand for something, you stand for nothing.

  Mel Thompson

  Meaningful, Courage, Integrity

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• Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Happiness, Being Happy, Believe

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• Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticises you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

  Leah LaBelle

  Motivational, Positive, Being Strong

  "Jack Wilshere out for three months as Arsène Wenger's injury list grows" by David Hytner, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2014.

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• It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

  Albert Einstein

  God, Religious, Atheist

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.43, Princeton University Press

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• Not believing in something doesn't make it not exist.

  Marshall Sylver

  Believe

  Marshall Sylver (1995). “Passion Profit & Power”

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• We're not trying to form a new religion. I think that all the powerful religions are pretty much the same. People like to pretend they are very different, but they are not. They are really about believing in something bigger than yourself, something that's unseen, and about having some faith. That's not such a bad thing to have in the world.

  Zal Batmanglij

  Powerful, Believe, Thinking

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• We know that there must be a purpose out there. But for us to actually live according to that purpose, we need to first look for it. To actually look for it, you need to start believing in something you can't see yet. That is faith. Faith is...Full Assurance In The Heart.

  Nick Vujicic

  Believe, Heart, Needs

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• You see, you don't get old from age, you get old from inactivity, from not believing in something.

  Jack LaLanne

  Believe, Healthy, Religion

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• I'm a fan of the fan. I'm a fan of the active devotee who lives his life believing in something, who represents to me the character of a person that is very confident and sure of himself. Those are people I admire.

  Zoe Saldana

  Believe, Character, People

  "'Star Trek Beyond' stars on 'uncomfortable conversations,' Sulu's sexual orientation and the future". Interview with Marc Bernardin, www.latimes.com. July 21, 2016.

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• There is a great difference between believing in something and believing in it again.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Believe, Differences

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• Who are you writing to, Linus?" "This is the time of year to write to the Great Pumpkin. On Halloween Night, the Great Pumpkin rises out of his pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys for all the children!" "You must be crazy! When are you going to stop believing in something that isn't true?" "When *you* stop believing in that fellow with a red suit and the white beard who goes, 'Ho, ho, ho!'" "We're obviously separated by denominational differences.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Children, Halloween, Crazy

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• It's sad to have to leave your family but I like the idea of someone believing in something so strongly that are willing to find a new family.

  Zoe Kravitz

  Believe, Ideas, New Family

  "Zoë Kravitz Talks Bonding with Castmates, Fight Training, Consulting Jennifer Lawrence for Advice, and More on the Set of DIVERGENT". Interview with Adam Chitwood, collider.com. October 24, 2013.

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• The most important elements of faith [are] believing in something bigger than yourself, taking care of those less fortunate than you.

  Mitch Albom

  Believe, Important, Elements

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• You may spend fifty or eighty years of your life believing in something totally false, and this is what happens to most people!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life, Believe, Years

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• I'm all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself.
  But  leadership isn't the same as cheerleading. Believing
  in something is a necessary but absolutely insufficient
  condition for making it come true.

  Margaret Heffernan

  Cheerleading, Believe, Ambition

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• What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied with faith alone? Is there no way of finding out the truth? Is the attitude of faith, of believing in something for which there can be no more than philosophic proof, the true mark of a Christian?

  Clifford D. Simak

  Christian, Attitude, Believe

  Clifford D. Simak (2015). “Time Is the Simplest Thing”, p.49, Open Road Media

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• If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I mean believing in nothing, believing in something which has no form or no color, which is ready to take form or color. This enlightenment is the immutable truth. It is on this orginal truth that our activity, our thinking, and our practice should be based.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Buddhist, Believe, Mean

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.109, Shambhala Publications

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• If you’re passionate about something then it will definitely work out for you. You should never stop believing in something, and you shouldn’t listen to anyone who tells you otherwise. Never give up on something you love.

  Ariana Grande

  Giving Up, Believe, Work Out

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• Believing in something and being a part of something you believe in and watching it work and coming from it.

  Jam Master Jay

  Believe

  "Run-DMC star, 37, was hip-hop pioneer", www.cnn.com. October 31, 2002.

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