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title: "23 Means Believing Quotes by 20 authors"
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> [Faith means believing the unbelievable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/faith-means-believing-the-unbelievable/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [“Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/faith-means-believing-in-advance-what-will-only-make-sense-in-reverse/)

[Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/)

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> [Loving smart means believing in you, your worth and your value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-mcgraw/loving-smart-means-believing-in-you-your-worth-and-your-value/)

[Phil McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-mcgraw/)

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> [Creativity means believing you have greatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/creativity-means-believing-you-have-greatness/)

[Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/)

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> [If you are sad and depressed, that means you're not believing God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-copeland/if-you-are-sad-and-depressed-that-means-you-re-not-believing-god/)

[Gloria Copeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-copeland/)

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> [Most people think that faith means believing something; oftener it means trying something, giving it a chance to prove itself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/most-people-think-that-faith-means-believing-something-oftener-it/)

[Henry Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford/)

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> [“Having faith in the existence of the paranormal, like faith in anything, means believing that it can stand up to honest skepticism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-buell/having-faith-in-the-existence-of-the-paranormal-like-faith-in/)

[Ryan Buell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-buell/)

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> [“Faith, I’ve concluded, means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/faith-i-ve-concluded-means-believing-in-advance-what-will-only-make/)

[Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/)

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> [“But not to believe in miracles means not believing that God can do anything, which seems a fundamental tenet of Christianity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/but-not-to-believe-in-miracles-means-not-believing-that-god-can-do/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“...to have true faith means believing in things you cannot see just as true love sometimes means making choices you never thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-watts/to-have-true-faith-means-believing-in-things-you-cannot-see-just-as/)

[J.D. Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-watts/)

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> [Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gunter-grass/believing-it-means-believing-in-our-own-lies-and-i-can-say-that-i-am/)

[Gunter Grass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gunter-grass/)

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> [“Confidence means believing in yourself. If you don’t believe that what you have to offer is of any value, well, no one’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-airey/confidence-means-believing-in-yourself-if-you-don-t-believe-that-what/)

[David Airey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-airey/)

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> [Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all. And faith means believing the incredible, or it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/hope-means-hoping-when-things-are-hopeless-or-it-is-no-virtue-at-all-2/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [Faith in God means believing absolutely in something with no proof whatsoever. Faith in humanity means believing absolutely in something with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/faith-in-god-means-believing-absolutely-in-something-with-no-proof/)

[Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/)

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> [My opinion of mankind is founded upon the mournful fact that, so far as I can see, they find within themselves the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus-de-morgan/my-opinion-of-mankind-is-founded-upon-the-mournful-fact-that-so-far/)

[Augustus De Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus-de-morgan/)

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> [A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-katie/a-thought-is-harmless-unless-we-believe-it-it-s-not-our-thoughts-but/)

[Byron Katie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-katie/)

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> [“Charity means pardoning what is unpardonable, or it is no virtue at all. Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/charity-means-pardoning-what-is-unpardonable-or-it-is-no-virtue-at/)

[G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/)

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> [Beware of solipsism Funny word. Sounds like it means "love of melons" or something. I looked it up. It means believing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/beware-of-solipsism-funny-word-sounds-like-it-means-love-of-melons-or/)

[Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/)

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> [If we are to give our utmost effort and skill and enthusiasm, we must believe in ourselves, which means believing in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mead/if-we-are-to-give-our-utmost-effort-and-skill-and-enthusiasm-we-must/)

[Margaret Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mead/)

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> [“A soldier’s duty…” Taylor intoned the last word in a voice of granite, “is to do an honest day’s work in dishonest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-peters/a-soldier-s-duty-taylor-intoned-the-last-word-in-a-voice-of-granite/)

[Ralph peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-peters/)

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> [Believing things on authority only means believing them because you have been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine per cent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/believing-things-on-authority-only-means-believing-them-because-you/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [“To be in love with someone means believing that to be in someone else's presence is the only means of being, completely,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-kraus/to-be-in-love-with-someone-means-believing-that-to-be-in-someone-else/)

[Chris Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-kraus/)

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> [Attaching to a thought means believing that its true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that weve been attaching to, often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/attaching-to-a-thought-means-believing-that-its-true-without/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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