There were some ages in Western history that have occasionally been called Dark. They were dark, it is said, because in them… — Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk Copy Share Image
I have a firm belief in such things as, you know, the water, the Earth, the trees and sky. And I'm wondering,… — Bill Blass Copy Share Image
Well, here’s a scientific question: Has anybody ever seen hard evidence? What we get is theories from our earlier prophets. Now, people… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
Dissent is the cousin of diversity; the respect for a wide range of beliefs. This begins by allowing people the space to… — Peter Block Copy Share Image
The belief in supernatural forces remains to this day a yoke on the neck of humanity, but at least Thales made it… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
That the Jews were unholy was a belief so ingrained by the Church [by the 14th century] that the most devout persons… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
I have a huge belief in the importance of bees, not just for their honey, which is a healing and delicious food,… — Trudie Styler Copy Share Image
This kind of passionate faith can be painful. Not caring is easy. Caring hurts. Caring costs you something. But without this sort… — Michael Gungor Copy Share Image
The fact is that I have lived with the belief that power, any kind of power, was the one thing forbidden to… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Ideologies - isms which to the satisfaction of their adherents can explain everything and every occurence by deducing it from a single… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The necessary precondition for the birth of science as we know it is, it would seem, the diffusion through society of the… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
No amount of effort could have stopped that, because our points of view - the way we perceive things - are inextricably… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Don't underestimate the power of your vision to change the world. Whether that world is your office, your community, an industry or… — Leroy Hood Copy Share Image
The reason I entered politics was a belief that the people of this country - having achieved so much that was good… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
“Some of us manage to think bigger, brighter, deeper thoughts. Some of these thoughts already shape the kind of research we do.… — Tarun Betala Copy Share Image
Every individual is at once the beneficiary and the victim of the linguistic tradition into which he has been born - the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
As an engineer, I understood that the natural world operated according to fixed laws. Through my studies, I came to realize that… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
We have never denied that it is possible, indeed probable, that other forms of life, even intelligent life, exist in the universe.… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
“I do not go to church. I don’t go to Christian church or Jew church or any other church. I don’t go… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
“A cricketer who hits a century in one match may score zero in the next, if he does not have the same… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Within a religious framework, a belief in free will supports the notion of sin—which seems to justify not only harsh punishment in… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is still theoretically possible ... faith is the readiness to act in a cause… — William James Copy Share Image
If you really believe something, you will act in accordance with that belief - always. If you believe in gravity, you will… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
There's no secret on how to attain a greater height, just keep climbing the ladder, don't look at the dreadful distance, lock… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It appears evident, therefore, that those actions only can truly be called virtuous, and deserving of moral approbation, which the agent believed… — Thomas Reid Copy Share Image
It is not the willingness to kill on the part of our soldiers which most concerns me. That is an inherent part… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
It is every Muslim's duty to fight those of a different belief until only Allah is worshipped around the world. Everybody has… — Abdul Sattar Abu Risha Copy Share Image
“Why doesn't the pope convert to Calvinism? Why doesn't the Dalai Lama, convert to Christianity, why doesn't Billy Graham convert to Islam,… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Hitler had an unprecedented opportunity, such as no man will ever again be offered so easily, to create something entirely new. However,… — Fritz Thyssen Copy Share Image
Ceaseless optimism about the future only makes for a greater shock when things go wrong; by fighting to maintain only positive beliefs… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
The truth is that we don't know much about the spiritual world except for what Scripture tells us, so it's unwise to… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
I think it's interesting how people act on their beliefs. A lot of Christians, for instance, wear crosses around their necks. Nice… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Harry Redknapp is a fantastic manager. He knows how to talk to players. You need that belief from your own manager. He… — Emmanuel Adebayor Copy Share Image
We believe one magnificent highway of this kind [the Lincoln Highway], in actual existence, will stimulate as nothing else could the building… — Carl G. Fisher Copy Share Image
What we hold sacred is honor, justice, and glory. You need not swear allegiance to our storm god, to serve with us.… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
Just as the French of the nineteenth century invested their surplus capital in a railway-system in the belief that they would makemoney… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Expected outcomes contribute to motivation independently of self-efficacy beliefs when outcomes are not completely controlled by quality of performance. This occurs when… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image