Belief Quotes

5318 Belief quotes by 2883 unique authors

Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization... The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway… — Felix Frankfurter
One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't. — Lyn Nofziger
A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will be benefited. — Herbert Spencer
The unexamined life, said Socrates, is unfit to be lived by man. This is the virtue of liberty, and the ground on which we may… — Walter Lippmann
Modern man's difficulties, dangerous beliefs and feelings of loneliness, spiritual emptiness,and personal weakness are caused by his illusions about, and separation from, the natural world. — Benjamin Hoff
Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace… — Henri Frederic Amiel
I never let the thought of failure enter my mind. My knowledge of my unity with the Universal One and the fact that I must… — Walter Russell
If the person who runs a company has a belief system and everything he does stays fairly truly to that system, it will attract like-minded… — Donny Deutsch
My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labour and sacrifices made. — Nikola Tesla
If you believe you are plenty, you will validate that belief and create plenty of abundance. — T. Harv Eker
Few of us can easily surrender our belief that society must somehow make sense. The thought that the State has lost its mind and is… — Arthur Miller
Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one's belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one's right to believe, and obey,… — Viktor E. Frankl
There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another ... All human experience… — Emma Goldman
At the heart of western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man ... is the touchstone of value, and all society, groups,… — Robert Kennedy
Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress. — James Randi
The most powerful thing you can do to change the world is to change your own beliefs about the nature of life, people, and reality… — Shakti Gawain
In our course we teach that "no thought lives in your head rent-free." Each thought you have will either be an investment or a cost.… — T. Harv Eker
I will frankly tell you that my experience in prolonged scientific investigations convinces me that a belief in God-a God who is behind and within… — Louis Agassiz
That the great majority of those who leave school should have some idea of the kind of evidence required to substantiate given types of belief… — John Dewey
The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of our factual beliefs… — Michael Polanyi
I suspect that the changes that have taken place during the last century in the average man's fundamental beliefs, in his philosophy, in his concept… — Robert Andrews Millikan
I will simply express my strong belief, that that point of self-education which consists in teaching the mind to resist its desires and inclinations, until… — Michael Faraday
Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results are regarded by… — Martin Gardner
The releasing of attachment to object and certain beliefs was already indelibly written as a very necessary step in my human progress toward being. — Marlo Morgan
Dissections daily convince us of our ignorance of disease, and cause us to blush at our prescriptions. What mischief have we done under the belief… — Benjamin Rush

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