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title: "13 Shared Beliefs Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 13 Shared Beliefs quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Shared Beliefs sayings and thoughts."
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> [Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, some body of shared beliefs, some spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/freedom-will-destroy-itself-if-it-is-not-exercised-within-some-sort/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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> [“Many months would pass before I understood that people bond more deeply over shared brokenness than they do over shared beliefs.” 18”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-held-evans/many-months-would-pass-before-i-understood-that-people-bond-more/)

[Rachel Held Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-held-evans/)

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> [Friendship of a kind that cannot easily be reversed tomorrow must have its roots in common interests and shared beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-tuchman/friendship-of-a-kind-that-cannot-easily-be-reversed-tomorrow-must/)

[Barbara Tuchman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-tuchman/)

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> [I think, for a while, my music was exclusively for those who shared my beliefs. But I realized I was perpetuating the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-mineo/i-think-for-a-while-my-music-was-exclusively-for-those-who-shared-my/)

[Andy Mineo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-mineo/)

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> [One of the most destructive mistakes we Christians make is to prioritize shared beliefs over shared relationship, which is deeply ironic considering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-held-evans/one-of-the-most-destructive-mistakes-we-christians-make-is-to/)

[Rachel Held Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-held-evans/)

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> [“Good Values, when shared by all affiliates, are extremely motivating because everybody is performing with shared beliefs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-perdue-johnson/good-values-when-shared-by-all-affiliates-are-extremely-motivating/)

[Doris Perdue-Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-perdue-johnson/)

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> [A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs, shared attitudes. That is what enables a people to maintain a cohesive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/a-nation-is-held-together-by-shared-values-shared-beliefs-shared/)

[John W. Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-gardner/)

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> [“Along with the "Law of Attraction" there is also an "Attractor Factor" for easily building camaraderie and commonality for making a positive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-c-young/along-with-the-law-of-attraction-there-is-also-an-attractor-factor/)

[Susan C. Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-c-young/)

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> [We need more than individual value systems; we need a shared vision. A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/we-need-more-than-individual-value-systems-we-need-a-shared-vision-a/)

[John W. Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-gardner/)

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> [What was love, really? Flowers, chocolate, and poetry? Or was it something else? Was it being able to finish someone's jokes? Was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/what-was-love-really-flowers-chocolate-and-poetry-or-was-it-something/)

[Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/)

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> [“The desire to be exalted or thought as, if not superior, at least distinct, by the rest of humanity is a widespread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-lastra/the-desire-to-be-exalted-or-thought-as-if-not-superior-at-least/)

[Xavier Lastra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-lastra/)

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> [Deep religious beliefs stemming from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible inspired many of the early settlers of our country,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/deep-religious-beliefs-stemming-from-the-old-and-new-testaments-of/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [“I began this path with a sense that an individual should be able to live in freedom among his neighbors, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-samples/i-began-this-path-with-a-sense-that-an-individual-should-be-able-to/)

[William C. Samples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-samples/)

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