--- title: "17 Hold Beliefs Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 17 Hold Beliefs quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Hold Beliefs sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/albert-mohler-14564_baptists_convictions-are-not-merely-beliefs-we-ho_2421833.png" --- > [Convictions are not merely beliefs we hold; they are those beliefs that hold us in their grip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-mohler/convictions-are-not-merely-beliefs-we-hold-they-are-those-beliefs/) [Albert Mohler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-mohler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/albert-mohler-14564_baptists_convictions-are-not-merely-beliefs-we-ho_2421833.png) > [Never stop paying attention to things. Never make your mind up finally. Do not hold beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-byatt-2/never-stop-paying-attention-to-things-never-make-your-mind-up-finally/) [A. S. Byatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-byatt-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbd/a-s-byatt-2-7553_attention_never-stop-paying-attention-to-things-ne_2634995.jpg) > [It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-gillies/it-takes-a-lot-more-energy-to-fail-than-to-succeed-since-it-takes-a/) [Jerry Gillies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-gillies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/jerry-gillies-36545_belief_it-takes-a-lot-more-energy-to-fail-than_2239778.jpg) > [“If I were to give any religious person advice, it would be to not hold their beliefs above others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-culliton-why-i-love-my-prozac/if-i-were-to-give-any-religious-person-advice-it-would-be-to-not-hold/) [Travis Culliton - "Why I love my Prozac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-culliton-why-i-love-my-prozac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/travis-culliton-why-i-love-my_faith_if-i-were-to-give-any-religious-person-a_2807108.jpg) > [“Hold your beliefs lightly.’ Certainty is not necessarily a friend of sanity, although it is often mistaken for it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-school-of-life/hold-your-beliefs-lightly-certainty-is-not-necessarily-a-friend-of/) [The School of Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-school-of-life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/the-school-of-life-38835_certainty_hold-your-beliefs-lightly-certainty-is-n_308171.jpg) > [“Don't entrust your future on others' hands. Rather make decisions by yourself with the help of God's guidance. Hold your beliefs so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hark-herald-sarmiento/don-t-entrust-your-future-on-others-hands-rather-make-decisions-by/) [Hark Herald Sarmiento](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hark-herald-sarmiento/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/hark-herald-sarmiento-56295_beliefs_don-t-entrust-your-future-on-others-hand_3180176.jpg) > [Believers should acknowledge and wrestle with doubts... It is no longer sufficient to hold beliefs just because you inherited them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/believers-should-acknowledge-and-wrestle-with-doubts-it-is-no-longer/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/timothy-keller-240_acknowledge_believers-should-acknowledge-and-wrestle_168749.png) > [“For some of our most important beliefs we have no evidence at all, except that people we love and trust hold these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kahneman/for-some-of-our-most-important-beliefs-we-have-no-evidence-at-all/) [Daniel Kahneman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kahneman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/daniel-kahneman-431_faith_for-some-of-our-most-important-beliefs-w_1700506.jpg) > [“When your turn comes to jump into the Nothing, you too will be a nameless servant of power, with no will of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ende/when-your-turn-comes-to-jump-into-the-nothing-you-too-will-be-a/) [Michael Ende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/michael-ende-2862_quote_when-your-turn-comes-to-jump-into-the-no_247480.jpg) > [“No one knows the true “us” because we don’t let them. It is a lonely place because we keep pretending to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-rico/no-one-knows-the-true-us-because-we-don-t-let-them-it-is-a-lonely/) [Dallas Rico](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-rico/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/dallas-rico-230047_dishonesty_no-one-knows-the-true-us-because-we-don_203195.jpg) > [The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-l-berger/the-basic-fault-lines-today-are-not-between-people-with-different/) [Peter L. Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-l-berger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/peter-l-berger-8474_belief_the-basic-fault-lines-today-are-not-betw_816509.png) > [“We should be agnostic about those things for which there is no evidence. We should not hold beliefs merely because they gratify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-should-be-agnostic-about-those-things-for-which-there-is-no/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/anonymous-1_afterlife_we-should-be-agnostic-about-those-things_166873.jpg) > [The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rorty/the-world-does-not-speak-only-we-do-the-world-can-once-we-have/) [Richard Rorty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rorty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/richard-rorty-13909_faith_the-world-does-not-speak-only-we-do-the_2553395.jpg) > [A democratic state will protect the freedom to hold any beliefs other than those that harm others, such as racism. In particular,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/a-democratic-state-will-protect-the-freedom-to-hold-any-beliefs-other/) [Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67c/mario-bunge-17317_belief_a-democratic-state-will-protect-the-free_1115329.jpg) > [“We hold many dubious beliefs, in other words, not because they satisfy some important psychological need, but because they seem to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gilovich/we-hold-many-dubious-beliefs-in-other-words-not-because-they-satisfy/) [Thomas Gilovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gilovich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/thomas-gilovich-10928_faith_we-hold-many-dubious-beliefs-in-other-wo_2250586.jpg) > [“At this point I reveal myself in my true colours, as a stick-in-the-mud. I hold a number of beliefs that have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-clark/at-this-point-i-reveal-myself-in-my-true-colours-as-a-stick-in-the/) [Kenneth Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-clark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/kenneth-clark-9681_brothers-and-sisters_at-this-point-i-reveal-myself-in-my-true_671480.png) > [Most true believers, when faced with evidence that contradicts their beliefs, will hold on to those beliefs even more strongly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-thomas/most-true-believers-when-faced-with-evidence-that-contradicts-their/) [Mark Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/mark-thomas-22192_atheism_most-true-believers-when-faced-with-evid_967540.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hold-beliefs/#itemlist", "name": "Hold Beliefs Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Convictions are not merely beliefs we hold; they are those beliefs that hold us in their grip.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Mohler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-mohler/convictions-are-not-merely-beliefs-we-hold-they-are-those-beliefs/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/albert-mohler-14564_baptists_convictions-are-not-merely-beliefs-we-ho_2421833.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/albert-mohler-14564_baptists_convictions-are-not-merely-beliefs-we-ho_2421833.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/albert-mohler-14564_baptists_convictions-are-not-merely-beliefs-we-ho_2421833.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Convictions are not merely beliefs we hold; they are those beliefs that hold us in their grip.” — Albert Mohler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Never stop paying attention to things. 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We should not hold beliefs merely because they gratify our desires for afterlife, immortality, heaven, hell, etc.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-should-be-agnostic-about-those-things-for-which-there-is-no/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/anonymous-1_afterlife_we-should-be-agnostic-about-those-things_166873.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/anonymous-1_afterlife_we-should-be-agnostic-about-those-things_166873.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/anonymous-1_afterlife_we-should-be-agnostic-about-those-things_166873.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We should be agnostic about those things for which there is no evidence. 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