Belief Quotes · Page 111

One of the great mind destroyers of college education is the belief that if it's very complex, it's very profound.

— Dennis Prager

That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me.

— Zhang Ziyi

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic…

— Bertrand Russell

I always wanted to work with a psychologist because I had this belief that it's like a big part of the game.…

— Iga Swiatek

How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

— Woody Allen

It is my strong belief that Israel has not just the right but the obligation to protect itself.

— Barack Obama

The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual.

— Ronald Reagan

“If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? [...] Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is…

— Yann Martel

The issue is that if you hold onto the resentment against yourself, you're just going to recreate that destructive pattern in different…

— Gabrielle Bernstein

One of the most constant characteristics of beliefs is their intolerance. The stronger the belief, the greater its intolerance. Men dominated by…

— Gustave Le Bon

Science is not the affirmation of a set of beliefs but a process of inquiry aimed at building a testable body of…

— Michael Shermer

Those who make us believe that anythings possible and fire our imagination over the long haul, are often the ones who have…

— Paul Rogat Loeb

The dis-incumbenced stance is the one people should cultivate, we are told, once they recognize that there is no world beyond the…

— David E. Cooper

[Music] is the one thing that connects the dots in all kinds of ways. No matter how you were brought up, no…

— Kenny Chesney

People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because…

— Terry Goodkind

Some people seem to believe that for each problem there is a solution readily available - a solution that can be promptly…

— John W. Gardner

God is in control. Trust Him. He has a plan for everything. He has a great plan for you. Have faith.

— Surgeo Bell

When something comes up that attacks peoples beliefs, their first reaction tends to be fear.

— J. D. Pardo

Faith is the ability to see things that don't yet exist. Faith, though, can turn difficulty into reality, positive reality.

— Jim Rohn

I believe in a benevolent God not because He created the Grand Canyon or Michelangelo, but because He gave us snacks.

— Paul Rudnick

No religion is worth believing in, and the only creature you should truly believe in - is yourself.

— Modestas Rinkevicius

A lie is a lie... unless your friends and family are in on it. Then it's a "commonly held belief."

— Christopher Titus

A succession of eye-openers each involving the repudiation of some previously held belief.

— George Bernard Shaw

The only way to create change in anyone's psychology or belief system is to show them the consequences of their actions -…

— Tony Robbins

Many people who say they have no religion are simply saying they have no official religious affiliation. They may actually have strong…

— Rodney Stark

I am of the belief that acting is a form of blended art that shouldn't be restricted to a particular type or…

— Saba Qamar

“tolerance does not, cannot, and should not mean having to submit to rules of belief systems to which one does not ascribe.”

— Peter Boghossian

Sometimes the truth has difficulty breaching the city walls of our beliefs. A lie, dressed in the correct livery, passes through more…

— Rachel Hartman

“Faith requires no proof. No evidence. No explanation. Faith is entirely a matter of trust and belief. We cannot know, we can…

— Paula Brackston

At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given.

— Anonymous

Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the…

— Anonymous

What nuns don't realize is that they look better in nun clothes than J.C. Penney pantsuits.

— Walker Percy

Once trapped in the belief that you are a victim, you surrender your birthright to compete for the prizes of life.

— James Cook

I'm on a diet I plan to lose Guilt, Fear, Sin, and Doubt then I'll be confident enough to walk about.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

The law of conservation of energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it.

— Isaac Asimov

“I can no longer pretend that I believe in God. It's highly possible that I lost this belief when I started having…

— Catherine Millet

Don't hide behind white lies, because one day those lies are going to have to get behind you.

— Anastasia Blanchard

The act of defiance does not merely showcase bravery to stand for one's belief, it also proves that nobody is high or…

— Mark Raymond Abad

If you let markets - in general, my belief is that if you let markets give you information, they'll give you the…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

There's plenty about God that I don't understand and can't explain. But I come back to my core belief that God is…

— Joel Osteen