--- title: "19 Life Believed Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 19 Life Believed quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Life Believed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/anonymous-1_believed_as-many-as-were-ordained-to-eternal-life_3151008.jpg" --- > [“as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-many-as-were-ordained-to-eternal-life-believed/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/anonymous-1_believed_as-many-as-were-ordained-to-eternal-life_3151008.jpg) > [“All my life, I have believed that hard work and effort will be rewarded.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joelle-charbonneau/all-my-life-i-have-believed-that-hard-work-and-effort-will-be-rewarded/) [Joelle Charbonneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joelle-charbonneau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/joelle-charbonneau-13093_hard-work_all-my-life-i-have-believed-that-hard-wo_1221993.jpg) > [My whole life I always believed in myself and my abilities, in how hard I worked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shai-gilgeous-alexander/my-whole-life-i-always-believed-in-myself-and-my-abilities-in-how/) [Shai Gilgeous-Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shai-gilgeous-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/shai-gilgeous-alexander-5690_always_my-whole-life-i-always-believed-in-mysel_1936450.jpg) > [The powerful men in my life have always believed in me: my husband, my son](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-collins/the-powerful-men-in-my-life-have-always-believed-in-me-my-husband-my/) [Judy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/judy-collins-12173_husband_the-powerful-men-in-my-life-have-always_218947.png) > [All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/all-my-life-i-had-believed-that-unless-i-was-perfect-i-would-not-be/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/jane-fonda-1041_life_all-my-life-i-had-believed-that-unless-i_1549187.jpg) > [“All her life she had believed in something more, in the mystery that shape-shifted at the edge of her senses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/all-her-life-she-had-believed-in-something-more-in-the-mystery-that-2/) [Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/eowyn-ivey-7989_life_all-her-life-she-had-believed-in-somethi_2536568.jpg) > [Somehow, you can never and ever accept a lie! Unless it's the only thing in your life that you believed in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince/somehow-you-can-never-and-ever-accept-a-lie-unless-it-s-the-only/) [Vince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/vince-13034_acceptance_somehow-you-can-never-and-ever-accept-a_1278849.jpg) > [Whenever I have faced a setback I have dusted myself down and got on with the rest of my life because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-green/whenever-i-have-faced-a-setback-i-have-dusted-myself-down-and-got-on/) [Philip Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/775/philip-green-16401_believed_whenever-i-have-faced-a-setback-i-have-d_122473.png) > [The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-bourke-white/the-very-secret-of-life-for-me-i-believed-was-to-maintain-in-the/) [Margaret Bourke-White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-bourke-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/margaret-bourke-white-15756_events_the-very-secret-of-life-for-me-i-believe_2681559.jpg) > [Before you came into my life, I believed that God had abandoned me. Now I know that He has blessed me beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mayma/before-you-came-into-my-life-i-believed-that-god-had-abandoned-me-now-2/) [Mayma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mayma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/mayma-17019_god_before-you-came-into-my-life-i-believed_2094206.jpg) > [“There comes a moment in life where everything you ever believed in comes crashing down, leaving you gasping for air.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shahd-alshammari/there-comes-a-moment-in-life-where-everything-you-ever-believed-in/) [Shahd Alshammari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shahd-alshammari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/shahd-alshammari-53506_gasping_there-comes-a-moment-in-life-where-every_308554.jpg) > [What would happen if you believed it, if you came to the place where you knew it was true? Your life would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/what-would-happen-if-you-believed-it-if-you-came-to-the-place-where/) [John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/john-eldredge-1487_believed_what-would-happen-if-you-believed-it-if_2335748.png) > [“All her life she had believed in something more, in the mystery that shape-shifted at the edge of her senses. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eowyn-ivey/all-her-life-she-had-believed-in-something-more-in-the-mystery-that/) [Eowyn Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eowyn-ivey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/eowyn-ivey-7989_beautiful-writing_all-her-life-she-had-believed-in-somethi_290150.jpg) > [All the delights of sense, or heart, or intellect, with which you could once have tempted him, even the delights of virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/all-the-delights-of-sense-or-heart-or-intellect-with-which-you-could/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/c-s-lewis-2-132_alive_all-the-delights-of-sense-or-heart-or-in_173760.png) > [“There was a time in my life when I believed I could have a place in the world, that I deserved bigger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-schmidt/there-was-a-time-in-my-life-when-i-believed-i-could-have-a-place-in/) [Sarah Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-schmidt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/sarah-schmidt-41348_family-life_there-was-a-time-in-my-life-when-i-belie_1568677.jpg) > [For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-kennedy/for-all-my-years-in-public-life-i-have-believed-that-america-must/) [Edward Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/edward-kennedy-3423_america_for-all-my-years-in-public-life-i-have-b_2588539.jpg) > [At the end of the day, if there was indeed some Body or presence standing there to judge me, I hoped I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-armstrong/at-the-end-of-the-day-if-there-was-indeed-some-body-or-presence/) [Lance Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/lance-armstrong-1639_baptized_at-the-end-of-the-day-if-there-was-indee_2895300.jpg) > [“I asked myself what I believed. I had never prayed a lot. I hoped hard, wished hard, but I didn't pray. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-armstrong/i-asked-myself-what-i-believed-i-had-never-prayed-a-lot-i-hoped-hard/) [Lance Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/lance-armstrong-1639_beliefs_i-asked-myself-what-i-believed-i-had-nev_518571.jpg) > [“The night before brain surgery, I thought about death. I searched out my larger values, and I asked myself, if I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-armstrong/the-night-before-brain-surgery-i-thought-about-death-i-searched-out/) [Lance Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/lance-armstrong-1639_atheism_the-night-before-brain-surgery-i-thought_2811569.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-believed/#itemlist", "name": "Life Believed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-many-as-were-ordained-to-eternal-life-believed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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