“Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it. — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
Democracy will prevail when men believe the vote of Judas as good as that of Jesus Christ. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. (Roughly: It's easy for men to believe what they want to.)” — Julius Caesar Copy Share Image
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Even if it is nonsense, it is often useful to know what kind of nonsense men believe.” — John Christopher Copy Share Image
Some handsome and ambitious men believe they are above all morality, and a woman's virtue becomes a mere challenge to them. — William Safire Copy Share Image
To be fearless in the Lord does not require us to be great and powerful men, but only to believe in the… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
One of the greatest and also the commonest of faults is for men to believe that, because they never hear their shortcomings… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“Foolish men always believe that a little knowledge will give them control over the world, but it is no more than a… — J. P. Vinluca Copy Share Image
Most men believe that it would benefit them if they could get a little from those who have more. How much more… — William J. H. Boetcker Copy Share Image
Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
Men may believe what they cannot prove. They may not be put to the proof of their religious doctrines or beliefs. Religious… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at right time, or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I, for my share, cannot understand," continued she, "how men have made themselves believe that God speaks to us through books and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Men believe that fire will burn them; and therefore, they will not throw themselves into it. But the truth is, most men… — Thomas Boston Copy Share Image
“I know of men who believe in themselves more colossally than Napoleon or Caesar. I know where flames the fixed star of… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
They know the outward shows of this life present but of the next life are they careless. Have they not consider the… — Elijah Muhammad Copy Share Image
“Thus such another will not easily come to you, men, but if you believe me, you will spare me; but perhaps you… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“The publisher said of somebody, 'That man will get on; he believes in himself.' [...] I said to him, 'Shall I tell… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
If God does not exist, and if religion is an illusion that the majority of men cannot live without ... let men… — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
“Eirikr lies on the table, staring into the night sky, staring at the uncountable stars that are shining brightly down on him.… — Marcus Sedgwick Copy Share Image
“...And there really are men who believe in this, who spend their time in promoting Leagues of Peace, in delivering addresses, and… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Screens of tumbling water, breaking the world beyond them into glittering lines and smeared shadows. Kellhus had ceased trying to penetrate them.… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
Nothing can be surprising any more or impossible or miraculous, now that Zeus, father of the Olympians has made night out of… — Archilochus Copy Share Image
“Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very… — Gary Taubes Copy Share Image
“I want men who will believe in Me, even when I do not protect them; I will not open the prison doors… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
When it is useful to them, men can believe a theory of which they know nothing more than its name. — Vilfredo Pareto Copy Share Image